Howie Hubberman, Gary Ballen - NWA to Jerry Heller!

Howie funded Guns N’ Roses up to the point they were signed to Geffen Records. He managed Poison. But perhaps he is best known as one of the top vintage guitar sellers in the world. Howie started selling guitars in 1969. He was the owner/operator of Guitars R’ Us on the famous Sunset Blvd. He’s worked with Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Robin Trower, Rick James, Sam Kinison, C.C. Deville, Eddie Van Halen, Lou Reed…

Gary Ballen toured with Air Supply and Lita Ford. In addition he worked with both his cousin, Jerry Heller, and Eazy-E running Ruthless Records.

00:00 Intro
11:03 Hawaii w/ Hurricane at The Jazz Cellar
13:00 Jimmy Z & Flock of Seagulls Brawl
16:45 Steve Hunter & Mimi Betinis
18:16 Axl Rose & Steven Adler Fights
20:44 Promoting all the early GNR shows
21:49 Buying Poison from Vicky Hamilton
23:30 Guns N' Roses & NWA
25:43 C.C. Deville Songwriting
26:27 Fighting w/ Rikki Rockett, Suge Knight & Don Arden
28:51 Dr. Dre & Suge Knight
30:20 Jerry Heller
38:03 Tom Petty's stolen Guitars
43:44 Davey Kirkwood, Tico Bob, & Pablo Escobar
55:39 Taking care of Eazy-E
58:09 Dr. Dre Abuse
1:00:00 Eazy-E was tough!
1:04:47 Jerry Heller meets Eazy-E
1:07:55 Hurricane, Bob Ezrin, Mike Clink
1:11:00 On the road with NWA & Public Enemy
1:30:35 Ice Cube

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