Publisher's Synopsis
Believe it or not, in addition to having lots of red meat inside rock and roll history and the genesis of the Tom Cruise Tropic Thunder Les Grossman character, reading this book is all about motivation as the real Les Grossman makes the energy bunny look like he is standing still while you learn how to easily do the same! Master of all media long before Howard Stern, the real Les Grossman's life coincides with great events in U.S. history. As a high school kid, working part time in downtown Washington, he parked his car on the same cobble-stoned alley that John Wilkes Booth parked his horse prior to doing his dastardly deed at Ford's Theater. LG sold marching shoes within one mile of MLK when he made the infamous "I Have a Dream" speech. Les witnessed integration of the Virginia school system literally one black student at a time. The decade after asking Jack Ford if his Dad was going to run for VP, he saw President Nixon pull up to the neighboring Ford home and quietly go in. Some of his concerts were platforms for civil disobedience; but he still helped provided music for protests with his premier country rock band Tractor the composer for David Lynch's movie Grandmother. Fast forward to 2001, when Tropic Thunder Les Grossman character writer Justin Theroux starred in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive movie. Any connection? Dah! Les satisfied a Martin Scorsese assoc producer request to organize the US Capital as a backdrop to his DC scene in the movie "Medicine Ball Caravan" by making a phone call! Albeit, not a peacenik, Les Grossman was against sacrificing our troops as they heroically won every battle only for useless politicians to lose the war! That included massive Washington Monument demonstrations where Abby Hoffman welcomed everyone to the "World's greatest hard on!" LG even provided truckloads of food on a donation basis. As a kindergarten student, Les was right across the street from the newly transferred Episcopal HS Jr, later war hero Senator John McCain. LG delivered newspapers with the huge Bay of Pigs headline. In 8th grade science class, he sat next to lifetime friend musician Ron Culbertson as they watched on TV our first American shot into Space. Then eight years later Les was backstage at the July 20, 1969 Blind Faith concert watching a small TV as Neil Armstrong took man's first steps on the moon when the lanky pale Ginger Baker simultaneously strolled in front of him to get to his drum set! As LG helped make the first smoothies on the planet, he opened GaZang Organic Groceries before anyone dreamed of Whole Foods! He produced an FM radio underground music show when FM meant find me! Les discovered and lived in the World famous Negril, Jamaica resort Rick's Café when it was nothing more than a $100 a month over-run play boy pad! He observed Jimmy Page and Robert Plant being interviewed by Time Magazine back- stage at his onetime only in US concert history, Led Zeppelin/Who gig. The interview stopped as everyone wondered who the kid was leaning against the wall. They found out when Les Grossman told them he was the producer as in the guy paying them to perform and to go on with their interview! Couple decades later, for whatever reason/s, Tom Cruise and co-writer Justin Theroux organized a Hollywood portrayal of Les Grossman in a Tropic Thunder cameo role. While Tom Cruise/ LG not only reignited his then faltering career when LG stole the show, the character developed a life of his own with a huge global fan base. A couple years later Les Grossman was invited to produce the MTV awards with a killer Jennifer Lopez dance skit. Upon that performance taking Hollywood by storm plus of course going viral, Paramount Films "committed" $100,000,000 to make the Les Grossman movie. "Not so fast" says the real Les Grossman as he co-writes his own screenplay or he'll have to tell the powers to be to take a big step back and etc. etc. This is where we are now folks. So read on for details!! TheRealLesGrossman.c
