Larry Sloman

Larry "Ratso" Sloman is a Renaissance Jew. He is best known for his work with Howard Stern on Stern's two groundbreaking books Private Parts (Simon & Schuster, 1993) and Miss America (HarperCollins, 1995). Ratso has had seven New York Times bestsellers, including two books with Mike Tyson. Bob Dylan has publicly acclaimed him as "our favorite reporter," and Ratso's first book, On the Road with Bob Dylan (Bantam, 1978), an account of Dylan's 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue, prompted Bob to blurb ...See more

Larry "Ratso" Sloman is a Renaissance Jew. He is best known for his work with Howard Stern on Stern's two groundbreaking books Private Parts (Simon & Schuster, 1993) and Miss America (HarperCollins, 1995). Ratso has had seven New York Times bestsellers, including two books with Mike Tyson. Bob Dylan has publicly acclaimed him as "our favorite reporter," and Ratso's first book, On the Road with Bob Dylan (Bantam, 1978), an account of Dylan's 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue, prompted Bob to blurb "the War and Peace of rock and roll." In 2020, Sloman released his first album, Stubborn Heart , at the ripe age of 70. Sloman also has a budding career as a thespian, appearing in several movies, including a memorable cameo with Adam Sandler in Josh and Benny Safdie's Uncut Gems (2019), along with a featured role in Martin Scorsese's Dylan documentary about the aforementioned Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story (2019). Ratso also has a major role in the 2022 award-winning documentary about Leonard Cohen and his worldwide hit song "Hallelujah" called Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song . See less