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ABOUT THE MAGIC YEARS
Jonathan Taplin’s extraordinary journey has put him at the crest of every major cultural wave in the past half century: he was tour manager for Bob Dylan and The Band in the 60s, producer of major films in the 70s, an executive at Merrill Lynch in the 80s, creator of the Internet’s first Video-on-Demand service in the 90s, and a cultural critic and author writing about technology in the new millennium. His is a lifetime marked not only by good timing but by impeccable instincts—from the folk scene of Woodstock, to Hollywood’s rebellious film movement and beyond, Taplin is not just a witness but a lifelong producer, the right-hand man to some of the greatest talents of both pop culture and the underground.
With cameos by Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Martin Scorsese, and countless other icons, The Magic Years is both a rock memoir and a work of cultural criticism from a key player who watched a nation turn from idealism to nihilism. Taplin offers a clear-eyed roadmap of how we got here and makes a convincing case for art’s power to deliver us from “passionless detachment” and rekindle our humanism.
THE BOOK TOUR
Taplin’s book tour kicks off April 27 and runs through July 13 with virtual stops in Woodstock, Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, Seattle, Nashville, Harvard, and more. Each event features a new guest in conversation with Taplin, including Wim Wenders, Robbie Robertson, Ian Masters, Phil Galdson, Callie Khouri, and others. These are once in a life-time conversations with those that helped shaped the world and a generation. Click below to RSVP and learn more about each event:
April 27, 7:00 pm EDT - Watch now: Authors Guild of America: Jonathan Taplin in conversation with Douglas Preston
May 3, 6:00 pm EDT - The Golden Notebook, Woodstock: Jonathan Taplin in conversation with Happy Traum
May 4, 6:30 pm PDT - Watch now: Diesel Bookstore, Los Angeles: Jonathan Taplin in conversation with Ian Masters
May 6, 7 pm EDT - The Americana Music Association Foundation and the Steinhardt School, New York: Words & Music - Jonathan Taplin in conversation with Phil Galdston
May 9, 2 pm EDT - Watch now: A Capella Books, Atlanta: Jonathan Taplin in conversation with Wim Wenders
May 10, 7 pm PDT - Third Place Books, Seattle: Jonathan Taplin in conversation with William Deresiewicz
May 13, 8 pm EDT - Brooks Alumni Event, Massachusetts
May 17, 6 pm CDT - Parnassus Books, Nashville: Jonathan Taplin in conversation with T-Bone Burnett and Callie Khouri
May 25, 5 pm PDT - Powells, Portland: Jonathan Taplin in conversation with Robbie Robertson
May 26, 7 pm CDT - The Book Cellar, Chicago: Jonathan Taplin
May 27, 7 pm EDT - Harvard Bookstore, Harvard: Jonathan Taplin in conversation with Kurt Andersen
June 3, 6 pm PDT - Book Soup, Los Angeles: Jonathan Taplin in conversation with Marc Weingarten - Link to come!
June 17, 7 pm EDT - The Ivy Bookshop, Baltimore: Jonathan Taplin in conversation with Jack Carneal - Link to come!
July 13, 7 pm PDT - SF Library, San Francisco: Jonathan Taplin in conversation with Greil Marcus – Link to come!