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Gail Roberts -
Well, we moved to Calif. in '64, as you may remember. I somehow fluked into the music
business and was head of PR for CBS Records (Columbia, and a bunch of other labels -
now called Sony) for a number of years. Traveled a lot, lots of tours and rock 'n roll.
Made a few bucks, bought a house, had a guy in the business too.
Then, Columbia downsized and a bunch of us were unceremoniously dumped. I went to Hawaii and sat on a beach and contemplated my chubby navel. Came
back, approached a couple of acts and managers, opened a PR firm and here I am still doing PR.
Did ten years with Diana Ross - everyone from Quincy Jones to
Billy Joel, to Ozzy Osbourne to....oh well....it wasn't bad. Did a year in Paris, six
months in London, a good few world tours - and now I'm tired. I still do PR and
only travel lightly.....the privilege of experience is that I don't have to schlep on the
road anymore...I can send someone! Or I turn it down - I just don't wanna tour anymore.
No guy now (s ** t). Lost both my parents in the last ten years....rough. Live in a
little place in an area called Toluca Lake. I'm within a couple of miles of Warner
Bros., Universal, NBC, Disney Studios.....so all is very close and industry convenient.
I'm going back to Toronto and Montreal for Canadian thanksgiving in Oct. I have a couple cousins to see. I keep in touch with Erica Tester and Pam Emberly via email and Priscilla Zizian checks in once a year or so....saw her a few years ago. You can visit my web page at www.GailRobertsPR.com