Lorren Daro | |
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 Daro being interviewed in Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile (2004) | |
| Born | Loren Darro Schwartz 1937 |
| Died | 2017 (aged 79–80) Cobb, California, U.S. |
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Lorren Daro (born Loren Darro Schwartz, 1937–2017) was an American talent agent known for his involvement in the Los Angeles music scene in the 1960s. His contacts included Beach Boys member Brian Wilson, session musician Van Dyke Parks, jingle writer Tony Asher, and Byrds members David Crosby, Chris Hillman, and Roger McGuinn.[1]
Daro helped connect Wilson to Asher for the writing of the Beach Boys' album Pet Sounds (1966). He is also infamous for having introduced Wilson to marijuana and LSD; the latter drug is sometimes cited as the cause of Wilson's subsequent mental health struggles.[2] Later in his life, Daro was a tour manager, concert promoter, and author of two self-published books.
- ^ McGowan 2014, p. 254.
- ^ Carlin 2006, p. 65.