III - Jonny Podell || Boy Scout Magazine

Jonny Podell was once the hottest agent in rock, a lunatic legend as large as Keith Moon with a taste of drugs to rival Keith Richards. Among the numerous Hall of Fame artists Podell represented includes the Allman Brothers Band, Alice Cooper, George Harrison, John Lennon, Blondie, Lou Reed, Rod Stewart, Jimmy Page, and Robert Plant. He collaborated with long-time friend Bill Graham to put together the historic 1974 trek by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young — the first stadium concert tour ever -- selling out 50,000 seats in every city and establishing a new way to present rock ‘n’ roll. But ten years later Podell got so high he hit rock bottom. After losing everything including his family, job, home and nearly his life, he crawled back to the top with the Podell Agency which serves spiritual teachers, artists, writers and healers worldwide. Boy Scout talked to Podell, the ultimate rock and roll survival act, about making love, mediation, and Muhammad Ali.