An award-winning journalist, novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and former associate editor of the London bureau of Rolling Stone, Robert Greenfield is the author of ten books of fiction and nonfiction, among them the classic STP: A Journey Through America With the Rolling Stones, and critically acclaimed biographies of Jerry Garcia, Timothy Leary, and Bill Graham.
"Mesmerizing, entertaining, informative. . . . There are a great
many delicious stories in this page-turning work. . . . A vivid
portrait of Ertegun but also a colorful panorama of the indie
record-business during and after its rough-and-tumble years, when
bootleggers sold as many singles as the real labels, gangsters were
always angling to squeeze in on the action, and payola was just
part of the cost of doing business." --Tom Nolan, "San Francisco
Chronicle"
"An excellent biography of a titan in the music industry."
--"Booklist" (starred review)
"Ahmet Ertegun was a man who loved his music and wanted others to
hear what may otherwise have gone unheard. . . . We first met when
the Stones signed up with Atlantic. The stories began to flow and a
lot of them are in these pages. Robert Greenfield has done a
masterful job of relating them. . . . I shall miss Ahmet. He was a
great man and a great friend!" --Keith Richards
"Ahmet Ertegun was a man of passion, loyalty, generosity and fun,
both sacred and profane, who could target like a laser what was
authentic and worthwhile in the many worlds he bestrode so
seamlessly and successfully. Greenfield's fascinating biography,
"The Last Sultan", gets it right, and I envy readers their
opportunity to experience the life and times of this extraordinary
man." --Henry Kissinger
"I found Robert Greenfield's book on Bill Graham to be one of the
best researched music business biographies ever. Now with "The Last
Sultan", he's topped himself. Ahmet Ertegun is not an easy
subject--he was both indelible and opaque--but Greenfield has dug
deeper than anyone ever has, to reveal one of the most complex
Americans of the last half century." --Taylor Hackford,
Director/Producer of "Ray"
"In many ways, this book is the Bible of rock 'n' roll. A sacred
tale rooted in the incredible life journey of my friend Ahmet
Ertegun who touched not only me but also so many other people in so
many ways." --Kid Rock
"Robert Greenfield has written a loving, vividly detailed and
utterly compelling history of one of the most fascinating lives of
the twentieth century. Not only do you get an insider's account of
the building of the record industry and the high times of the rock
and roll circus, but of the worldly education of a young man in the
diplomatic world of the European capitals and Washington D.C., and
American high society in New York's modern heyday. "The Last
Sultan" is the remarkable odyssey of a truly remarkable man."
--Jann Wenner, Editor, Publisher and Founder of "Rolling Stone"
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