'Whatever the zeitgeist was at the time, he was at the center': the incredible life of Earl McGrath

The record producer and man of many other cultural hats left behind a treasure trove of rare recordings that are finally seeing the light of day At the apex of his career in the freewheeling 70s, Earl McGrath headed a record company for the Rolling Stones, ran his own label distributed by Atlantic Records that featured early recordings by stars like Hall & Oates, David Johansen and Jim Carroll, and earned steady mentions for himself in gossip columns for partying with stars from Jack Nicholson t...