#354 - Lesly Simon on How She Became the General Manager of Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood's Record Labels + Being Diagnosed with Breast Cancer + Taking Coldplay Out to a Bar Before They Were Famous

Lesly Simon is the General Manager of Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood's record labels, Pearl Records and Gwendolyn Records. She has over 25 years’ experience in the music industry that include jobs from assistant to radio promotions. She talks about her rise in the music ranks in Nashville that lead her to getting the job on Garth and Trisha’s record labels. Lesly shares that in June 2017 she was diagnosed with breast cancer just shortly after getting that new job. She talks about how she has stayed positive even after being told her cancer has returned.  Lesley is being honored by the American Cancer Society Hope Gala in Bham and is currently raising money for cancer research and patient programs. Please click here to donate in my honor or in honor or memory of a loved one that has also battled cancer! And feel free to share with any friends or family touched by this disease.  There is always HOPE! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.