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Dr. Dot (aka Dorothy Stein) is a professional massage therapist. She started in the backstage massage industry as a teenager in 1982 and has massaged some of the biggest names in show biz over the last 20 years.

Early life and background
As an east coast native, Dot's parents, both hippie, flower children, listened to the music of Janis Joplin, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and Frank Zappa among others.

Both music and massage were already a huge part of her life as a child, as her parents would bring her along to many concerts, and taught her to massage and walk on the backs of friends and family.

Career
As a teenager, Dr. Dot's desire to attend concerts did not cease. At a Def Leppard show Dr. Dot came up with the idea to offer massage to the roadies, management and musicians in exchange for tickets and passes. This idea was a great success. After years of trading massage for tickets (from 1983-1994) Charlie Watts from the Rolling Stones insisted on paying Dr. Dot for his massage, saying, "no one will take you seriously unless you take money for your great massages". He was so impressed, he had Dr. Dot join the Stones on their European tour.

In 1988 Frank Zappa coined the nickname "Dr. Dot", as she massaged Zappa and his band during the "Broadway the Hardway" tour.

After a 1985 tour following the Grateful Dead, Dr. Dot became determined to leave the rock lifestyle behind. After meeting a clothing vendor from Germany, she fell in love, and six months later, after becoming pregnant, she moved to Germany to settle down. Soon after, that her phone began to ring, and bands were tracking her down looking for a great massage. Back in the business of massage, Dr. Dot quickly became Germany’s High-Profile Massage Therapist.

In 1999 Dr. Dot created her International Massage Team. A group of highly qualified, professional Massage Therapists (aka Dot Bots), who like Dr. Dot, dig music and massage. The term "Dot Bot" was coined by Bassist Bryan Beller, at a Steve Vai show in Dublin, 2006. Her loyal client following has lead her to open her massage services around the globe.

Books
Dr. Dot's first book, which was written and released in Germany is entitled, 'in German', "mein hautnahes leben mit denn pop stars" which came out in 1999. She has since completed, but not yet released a second book titled, “For MEN Only: The cheat sheet for the Game of Love (and Sex)”. A book for women is currently in the works as well as an instruction book on her massage techniques and of course, an English version of her life story, called "Butt Naked and Backstage"

Columns
Dr. Dot has been writing a Love, Sex and Relationship advice column since the year 2001. It appears in The English magazine for Germans called The Exberliner magazine, Penthouse Forum, NYROCK.com and was in the NY Press for 3 years until they became rated G.