Giorgio Gomelsky New York City. He was 81. Giorgio Gomelsky Giorgio Sergio Alessando Gomelsky (28 February 1934 – 13 January 2016) was a film maker, impresario, music manager, songwriter (as Oscar Rasputin) and record producer. He was born in Georgia, grew up in Switzerland, and later lived in the United Kingdom and the United States. He owned the "Crawdaddy Club" in London where The Rolling Stones were the house band, and he was involved with their early management. He hired The Yardbirds as a replacement and managed them. He was also their producer from the beginning through 1966. In 1967, he started
Sonny Boy Williamson and the Yardbirds packaged with recordings of Williamson backed by the Animals on December 30, 1963, and with Jimmy Page and Brian Auger in January 1965. Sonny Boy Williamson and the Yardbirds Sonny Boy Williamson & the Yardbirds is a live album by Chicago blues veteran Sonny Boy Williamson II backed by English rock band the Yardbirds. It was recorded at the Crawdaddy Club in Richmond, Surrey on December 8, 1963, although a second date and location has been given for two songs. Williamson sings and/or plays the harmonica on all of the songs. Although they are in a supporting role, the album