{"id":1977,"date":"2016-07-02T13:09:13","date_gmt":"2016-07-02T13:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisisbanter.com\/?p=1977"},"modified":"2016-07-13T11:48:54","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T11:48:54","slug":"a-conversation-with-danny-fields-139-july-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banter.test\/a-conversation-with-danny-fields-139-july-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"A conversation with Danny Fields (141, July 2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s not possible to talk about\u00a0Danny Fields<\/a>\u00a0without dropping a lot of names around the place. He\u2019s the colourful dude of whom the New York Times said \u201cyou could make a convincing case that without Danny Fields, punk rock would not have happened.\u201d He\u2019s the man who was signed and managed\u00a0Iggy and the Stooges<\/strong>, signed\u00a0The MC5<\/strong>, managed\u00a0The Ramones<\/strong>\u00a0and worked in various roles with\u00a0Jim Morrison<\/strong>,\u00a0the Velvet Underground<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0Modern Lovers<\/strong>. And that\u2019s just the bands: there are also connections with\u00a0Andy Warhol\u2019s Factory scene<\/strong>, his time as a writer (books on Warhol actress\u00a0Cyrinda Foxe<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Linda McCartney<\/strong>) and radio DJ on New Jersey\u2019s WFMU.<\/p>\n

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He\u2019s the subject of the rather brilliant\u00a0Danny Says<\/a>, a documentary by Brendan Toller on Fields\u2019 life and times which was one of the\u00a0hits<\/a>\u00a0at SXSW Film last year.<\/p>\n