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Ron Delsener Presents

2023 1h 42m Biography Documentary List
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In a career spanning almost sixty years, concert promoter and impresario Ron Delsener has been behind virtually every major contemporary music concert in New York City. From the Beatles at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, to bringing David Bowie to Carnegie Hall and Patti Smith to the Palladium, to somehow convincing Simon and Garfunkel to come back together to play the biggest concert ever in Central Park, Ron Delsener was behind it all. RON DELSENER PRESENTS takes us behind-the-curtain through the last half century of the live music business, chronicling the tactics that drove live performance from disorganized, low-fi events to international tours, arenas, and, eventually, into a global empire. Now, at 86 years old, Ron's still in the game, working in the now-multi-billion industry he helped to create. Sure, he could stop -- he maybe even should. But Ron doesn't know how. Read More Read Less

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Roger Friedman Showbiz 411 You could think of “Ron Delsener Presents” as the flip side of Clive Davis’s “Soundtrack of Our Lives.” The two films together explain quite a bit about the record and music businesses, and how the culture rooted itself from the 60s til now. Oct 1, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis In a career spanning almost sixty years, concert promoter and impresario Ron Delsener has been behind virtually every major contemporary music concert in New York City. From the Beatles at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, to bringing David Bowie to Carnegie Hall and Patti Smith to the Palladium, to somehow convincing Simon and Garfunkel to come back together to play the biggest concert ever in Central Park, Ron Delsener was behind it all. RON DELSENER PRESENTS takes us behind-the-curtain through the last half century of the live music business, chronicling the tactics that drove live performance from disorganized, low-fi events to international tours, arenas, and, eventually, into a global empire. Now, at 86 years old, Ron's still in the game, working in the now-multi-billion industry he helped to create. Sure, he could stop -- he maybe even should. But Ron doesn't know how.
Director
Jake Sumner
Producer
Jake Sumner, James A. Smith, Margaret Munzer Loeb
Genre
Biography, Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 42m