When the Shark Enters the Lagoon
Geffen used any means necessary to get the best deals for his talent. “He could also exploit any insecurity you had about yourself and make you feel you weren’t worthy,” Gottlieb said. One of Geffen’s early “victims” was Paul Rothchild, who produced the first CSN demo tapes only to be unceremoniously taken out of the frame before they started recording at Wally Heider’s.
Janis Joplin and Paul Rothchild 1970. Photo by John Byrne Cooke Estate / Getty Images
You can say that Rothchild is a bit bitter towards Geffen. For Rothchild, it was “the beginning of the end of the love groove in American music… When David Geffen enters the California waters as a manager, the sharks have entered the lagoon.”