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Only a few more episodes left in Season 3 of Rock & Roll High School with Pete Ganbarg. Today we welcome founder of the influential independent record label IRS Records and long-time manager of Sting and The Police, as well as Squeeze, The Bangles and others: Miles Copeland. Miles has written a great memoir: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: My Life In The Music Business which recounts his road to becoming a dominant figure in contemporary music. From being raised in the Middle East by a father who helped form the CIA; to putting together the disastrous StarTruckin 75 tour - the first traveling music festival of its time - which almost bankrupted him; to becoming manager of some of the biggest rock bands in the world; to starting a label that discovered REM, The Go-Go's, The Buzzcocks, Oingo Boingo and more; and even being summoned to the White House by Donald Rumsfeld(!) for advice on how music could help better relations between the US and the Middle East. Outspoken and entertaining, Miles is a great guest. Listen here: https://lnkd.in/gHWXfqT