An eye-popping peek into entertainment industry in the magnetic force who has worked with an impeccable roster of stars throughout his storied career.

In the course of his famous career as a manager, agent, and producer, Shep Gordon has worked with, and befriended, some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry, from Alice Cooper to Bette Davis, Raquel Welch to Groucho Marx, Blondie to Jimi Hendrix, Sylvester Stallone to Salvador Dali, Luther Vandross to Teddy Pendergrass. He is about They Call Me Supermensch: A Backstage Pass towards the Amazing Worlds of Film, Food, and Rock’n’Roll also acknowledged with inventing the ‘celebrity chef,’ and has worked with Nobu Matsuhisa, Emeril Lagasse, Wolfgang Puck, Roger Vergé, and many more, including his holiness the Dalai Lama.

With this wonderfully engaging memoir, the charismatic entertainment tale recalls his existence, from his humble origins like a ‘timid, zero self-esteem, Jewish nebbisher child without ambition’ in Oceanside, Longer Island, to his unexpected rise among the most influential and respected personalities in present business, revered for his kindness, charisma-and fondness for a good time.

Gordon stocks riotous anecdotes and outrageous accounts of his free-wheeling, globe-trotting experiences with some of the biggest celebrities of days gone by five decades, including his 1st meeting with Janice Joplin in 1968, when the raspy singer punched him in the facial skin. Told with incomparable humor and center, They Call Me Supermensch is usually a sincere, hilarious behind-the-scenes look at the worlds of music and entertainment through the consummate Hollywood insider.