Flyer for Manuscript
“Where the Action Was”

Hello! My name is Mark Amans.

I have recently finished a book about all the years I worked with Rock and Roll bands in the 60’s and 70’s. I was on the road for eighteen years. They used to call me HOSS. 

I started in Seattle with a group called the Viceroy in 1963. Then a group called the Wailers. I joined Paul Revere and the Raiders in late 1965 when they had just signed with Columbia Records and Dick Clark Productions for a TV show called Where the Action Is. 

In 1967 I worked for the Blues Magoos. We did a major tour with the Herman Hermits, and The Who. The tour manager put me in charge of all three road crews. In late 1967 ,I went to work with a group called the Robbs, who I met on a Dick Clark Caravan of Stars Tour when I was with The Raiders. Back in New York in early 1968 I worked for Nazz. Todd Rundgren came out of that group. In late 1969 I went back to work for Mark Lindsay and The Raiders. Then I worked for the Grass Roots in 1970. In 1971 I worked with Gary Puckett and The Union Gap. In 1972 I was the road manager and bodyguard for Cat Stevens. In 1973 I worked for Wolfman Jack as a tour manager. 

In rest of the seventies I worked on and off with a few groups that never made it big. One of them was called The Butts Band, started by John Densmore and Robby Krieger from The Doors

The manuscript tells stories about all the individuals and the bands as a whole. There are twenty-two chapters and many original pictures telling good things and bad things that happened to me while working on and off the road. 
                                     
One chapter is called The Mania. It is about the fans that came to the concerts. Another chapter is called Being   There. It tells about close calls and hard work of traveling on the road by aircraft, car and bus. Another chapter called Live Sound and Recording and How it Changed. I literally saw thousands of Rock and Roll bands in those days. There are many more chapters. No one else was in this position at this time.  If you were a fan and in your early 20’s or teens in the 60’s or 70’s this will definitely give you some fond memories. It has me. 

I have sent my manuscript to some agents in New York and they were telling me that there was no market for this. They don’t seem to understand that 25 percent of the population of the United States is Baby boomers. That means you were there. I NEED YOUR HELP to prove these agents wrong by contacting me at hossroadmanager@aol.com and tell me that you would like to see it come to publication. If I get enough e-mails I can go straight to the publishers and eliminate the agents.< o:p> 

I would appreciate your help. Thank you very much and be sure to tell all your friends to also e-mail me.

Sincerely, ”HOSS”, Santa Barbara, CA   
P.S. Please include in your Email your name, city, and state