Just posted on the Yardbirds' Facebook page.

This morning another legendary rock n' roll figure, a secret hero really, left us. Giorgio Gomelsky at 82, passed away this morning after battling with cancer last few years, may he R.I.P. Initially known for first managing The Rolling Stones, producing The Yardbirds and bringing blues to Britain in the early 60’s, Giorgio influenced, inspired and also helped kickstart the musical careers of so many including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, John McLaughlin….some of the all time greatest guitarists! And that's just on the surface of this man's multi-layered life. Then of course in NYC he ignited the DIY, underground music scene in his special space on W24th that became the Green Door and later Red Door. Personally, Giorgio was a very good and dear friend, my music mentor and one of the most fascinating people I’ve ever met, whom I owe much of my musical and cultural perspectives to, the work and inspiration he put in my band Barra Libre, the late late hours of incredible conversation, and the space, which was his own home in NY, that he gave us to serve music. “When you serve music, music serves you” - Gomelsky, RIP, you will be missed.

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"As we say in England, it can get a bit trainspottery"

That is so sad.

Late 2015 and early 2016 has started off in a bad way.

Things will get better and lots of good things will happen I'm sure.

R.I.P. Giorgio

A true visionary. RIP Giorgio.

See also this page:

The Crawdaddy Club
[www.iorr.org]

Bjornulf

at 82...sad!...see Shidoobee..

Thanks BV for getting the posts in the best way.

This is the most recent video of life and times of Giorgio in the Kingston /Richmond areas when I was a youngster living there.

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Ohhh my — love and light to him, and thanks and praises

The mad genius behind the Rolling Stones and Yardbirds


"As we say in England, it can get a bit trainspottery"

Sad to hear this...RIP Giorgio.....

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jp.M
at 82...sad!...see Shidoobee..

That website hurts my eyes...

A couple more of this great character.

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RIP Giorgio Gomelsky.

An original, unique, fascinating, funnily odd figure. I have always admired the sincerity in his artistic visualism.

- Doxa

An essential component of th early-mid 60's British Blues Boom.

Rest in peace, Giorgio Gomelsky

RIP Giorgio. A real visionary when it came to promoting and encouraging sheer musical talent

Brian Jones, Mick Jagger & Giorgio Gomelsky (Charlie Watts behind) backstage at 'The Mod Ball'
April 08, 1964| Photos: Jeremy Fletcher






"As we say in England, it can get a bit trainspottery"

Jesus 2016 is starting horribly....

So....the legendary film of the early Stones performing is just gone forever?

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24FPS
So....the legendary film of the early Stones performing is just gone forever?

Giorgio didn't have it.
VideoJames claims to have almost tracked it down: [www.iorr.org]


"As we say in England, it can get a bit trainspottery"

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Deltics

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24FPS
So....the legendary film of the early Stones performing is just gone forever?

Giorgio didn't have it.
VideoJames claims to have almost tracked it down: [www.iorr.org]

Thanks, but that leaves us in the same place, nowhere.

From Rolling Stone:

"Rock businessman and producer Giorgio Gomelsky, best known for helping break the Rolling Stones as their first manager, has died following complications from colon cancer, The New York Times reports. He was 81.

Gomelsky first rose to fame as owner of London's famed Crawdaddy Club, becoming a key figure in the city's early Sixties music scene. He brought on the Rolling Stones as house band at Crawdaddy and later took over their early management; as the group's popularity rose, they hired new manager Andrew Loog Oldham, with Gomelsky recruiting the Yardbirds as the club's new house band. During that time, Gomelsky is also credited with creating Eric Clapton's longtime nickname "Slowhand."


[www.rollingstone.com]

Yep

[www.iorr.org]

where have you been?