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Iconic NYC Music Venue Booker And Promoter Theresa Chambers Dies At 64







NEW YORK (CelebrityAccess) – New York Metropolis music icon Theresa Chambers handed away on Sunday (August eleventh) after an extended sickness. Born in Manhattan on March 1st, 1960, she was 64. There was nobody within the music trade at one time or one other who didn’t work along with her on the many venues throughout town from the Nineteen Nineties via the 2000s. She booked expertise for a lot of of New York Metropolis’s famed venues.

Chambers was a elementary a part of the stay music neighborhood in New York Metropolis for many years, having labored at expertise company APA, Studio 54 as Steve Rubell’s assistant and as a expertise booker for promoter Ron Delsener Presents. She was additionally the founding booker at many legendary music venues corresponding to The Bowery Ballroom, Mercury Lounge, Fez, and the BB Kings, amongst others, within the metropolis for a lot of rising British and American Artists. She was an awesome pal to managers, labels and particularly the Artists she booked. As one particular person stated this previous week, “Theresa was critically a badass with a coronary heart,” and “For years, she was the gatekeeper of nice up-and-coming expertise.”

Chambers was named Expertise Purchaser of the Yr on the Pollstar Awards in 1999. Along with her roles within the stay music enterprise, she was an achieved supervisor for a lot of artists, together with, however not restricted to, Eire’s Scorching Home Flowers and chart-topping One thing Occurs. She has additionally labored with David Bowie, Herbie Hancock, The Sugarcubes, and Sinead O’Connor.

Steve Ferguson, Music Agent at Paladin Artists, stated, “Theresa was certainly one of a form…a hustler, at all times preventing for her beliefs and the acts she labored with. And that infectious snicker! I’ll actually miss her.”

Lengthy-time supervisor and trade veteran Dave Lory added, “Theresa not solely knew nice expertise, however she was a pricey pal. I labored along with her whereas reserving the New Music Seminar for years, together with many artists I’ve managed. Theresa was among the many first individuals to contact me when Jef Buckley disappeared within the Mississippi River. She cared for the individuals she labored with, together with the Artists. She will likely be missed and was certainly one of a form. Nobody will likely be like her once more; Theresa was that particular.”

NY Music Business Veteran/Music Publicist Fiona Bloom says, “I was so intimidated by her. Generally, I’d name, and when she picked up the telephone, I’d begin shaking and lose my prepare of thought. I admired and revered her a lot. After actually going to a whole bunch of reveals on the Mercury Lounge (a mix of artists I repped or being a fan), we developed a friendship that included numerous conversations about new artists on the scene. Her favourite factor to speak about! She at all times had her finger on the heartbeat, with among the finest ears within the biz. Fearless and Daring. I keep in mind she informed me as soon as I used to be overly persistent to the purpose of irritation, however she additionally stated it’s the one technique to do your job, and also you get it executed! We’ve misplaced an awesome soldier! A champion for the unsung and a real stay music lover! NYC venues will really feel emptier with out her.”

Her youngsters will miss her: Ryan, James and Anna; her brothers Christopher, Paul and Daniel; and her beloved Aunt Colleen.

Chamber’s final yr was spent supporting the post-punk band that her daughter Anna fronted, Torture and the Desert Spiders. The household will announce a memorial service later within the yr, and an announcement will likely be made at the moment.

For extra info, contact Dave Lory at dlory@wweg.com

RIP.

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