Brian breaks down a couple of seemingly tall tales about the poet-turned-troubadour and uncovers another bad business manager cautionary ode.

SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_of_Leonard_Cohen

Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr Leonard Cohen documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GvTeMdmdCI

https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/highlights/1218412-judy-collins-ray-darcy

https://savingcountrymusic.com/leonard-cohen-could-have-been-a-country-star-rip/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Collins

https://www.bigissue.com/culture/music/judy-collins-i-didnt-write-songs-until-after-i-met-leonard-cohen/

https://scalar.usc.edu/works/musictoronto/earliest-recording-of-leonard-cohens-suzanne—the-stormy-clovers-1966

https://ex-press.ca/2016/11/15/leonard-cohen-reminiscence/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Johnston

https://cavehollywood.com/leonard-cohen-songs-from-a-room/

https://www.billboard.com/music/features/leonard-cohen-embezzlement-career-comeback-7580545/

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/apr/19/leonard-cohen-former-manager-jailed

https://sharpmagazine.com/2018/11/06/how-do-we-come-to-terms-with-leonard-cohens-legacy-in-the-metoo-era/

https://thedissolve.com/features/movie-of-the-week/772-mccabe-mrs-miller-profound-pessimism-and-leonard-c/

https://www.kelleylynchfactcheck.com/

https://www.kelleylynchfactcheck.com/pleadings/Compl%20agst%20Lynch%20Westin.pdf

2006 Fresh Air interview:

https://www.npr.org/2016/10/21/498810429/leonard-cohen-on-poetry-music-and-why-he-left-the-zen-monastery

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/radionational/archived/rhythmdivine/5076662

https://www.dailybulletin.com/2016/11/26/leonard-cohen-mt-baldy-monk-claremont-consumer/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyozan_Joshu_Sasaki

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/robbery-leonard-cohen-music/

https://variety.com/2022/music/news/leonard-cohen-hipgnosis-1235196842/