In 1972, Michael Frank met David “Honeyboy” Edwards and Blind Jim Brewer, and they soon became fast friends. In 1973, Michael started booking Honeyboy and playing harmonica with him, as well as booking Jim Brewer. [...]
Charles Driebe is the founder and CEO of Blind Ambition Management Ltd., headquartered in Atlanta. Blind Ambition manages Blues harmonica icon Charlie Musselwhite and gospel legends Blind Boys of Alabama, among others. Musselwhite was a [...]
Jim Bateman spent the last 29 years as manager/friend/co-producer/confidante of Clarence Gatemouth Brown, epitomizing the very best of what a manager should be. He has been instrumental as a manager in directing an important phase [...]
Hugh Southard got his first taste of the music business in 1978 at the notorious Elbow Room in Harrisonburg, Virginia, which hosted such acts as Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and Bonnie Raitt. In [...]
When Bonnie Tallman formed the artist management arm of her BC Productions in 1994, she approached Greg Piccolo to be her first client. From there, Bonnie has gone on to work with Saffire-the Uppity Blues [...]
Mike Kappus founded the San Francisco-based Rosebud Agency in 1976. As agent and/or manager, his clients over the years have included Blues performers Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Albert Collins, Charles Brown, Luther Allison, Michael Bloomfield, [...]
Jim English, Jr., is Vice president of the Charlotte, North Carolina booking powerhouse Intrepid Artists. The group handles booking for Bernard Allison, Sean Costello, Kenny Neal, and Chubby Carrier, to name a few. His career [...]
Monterrey International takes great pride on representing the very best the world has to offer in Rock, Blues, Jazz, Alternative, World, Folks and Roots Rock. The organization currently books such Blues mainstays as Jimmie Vaughan, [...]
Bob Bell was born in London, England in 1946, bought Bill Haley's 'Rock Around the Clock' in 1955, and soon progressed to Little Richard, Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, and Joe Turner. His first job was [...]