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Backstage Past

By Barry Fey

matter the event or the venue, Barry understood how to get people to care about it and show up to be a part of it, and perhaps be a part of history as well. Backstage Past leaves no stone unturned and it leaves out no detail, good or bad. Music lovers everywhere will appreciate the work Barry and his team did to bring the music to audiences around the world. Though Barry was very successful he is quick to say that he didn’t really do what he did just for the money. “I totally loved my audiences,” he says, “and I wanted the experience to be special for them and for the artists.”
Indeed, it was.

Long before there were $500 dollar tickets to see The Stones, and faceless global promoters of music shows and venues, there were perhaps 5 kings in the rock and roll concert business. Bands learned quickly who cared about them and their work and they gravitated back to them over and over again, producing unforgettable concert experiences and music that still lives on today. Barry Fey was one of those five, and he will tell you that he was absolutely in the right place at the right time. He promoted his first concert in 1967, at the crossroad and unprecedented convergence of culture and politics and music that would literally explode and send a generation into orbit. The 60’s were a time for music that will never be replicated. Almost half a century later, classic rock stations still play The Doors, Hendrix, Cream, Buffalo Springfield, and others as if their records came out yesterday. That music, so associated with the times, is still fresh and delivered with a commitment and passion not seen since. Backstage Past is really a love story, part tell-all and part homage to the audiences Barry served and the music and joy he brought to millions. He lets us hang out with him for a while as he travels the globe and lives one of the more interesting lives on record. From backyard barbecues at his house with The Stones, to The US Festival; from four-wheeling with Springsteen to playing tour guide to Bono in Vegas. As he recounts the adventures it becomes crystal clear that every musician and band who was anyone at the time was promoted by Barry and his Feyline Concerts. And there were unforgettable moments outside of Rock and Roll, like saving the Colorado Symphony, and promoting an old timers baseball game with Ernie Banks, Joe Dimaggio, Mickey Mantle and others. No 

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