RGK Entertainment Group
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RGK Entertainment Group, established by Ron Kitchener in 1992, is an artist management company with a roster of highly regarded Canadian country acts. Originally established to promote concert tours and event marketing projects, company president Ron Kitchener now manages the careers of 2006 CMA Global Artist of the Year Jason McCoy, Manitoba rockers and 2004 CCMA Group of the Year Doc Walker, trucking anthem group and Juno Award winners The Road Hammers, gold-selling Juno Award winning roots artist Corb Lund, and 2006 CCMA Rising Star Johnny Reid.
Kitchener is a six-time winner of the Canadian Country Music Award for Manager of the Year. He also runs the independent Country label Open Road Recordings, a division of Maple Core Ltd. distributed by Universal Music Canada.
RGK's publishing division, Roots Three Music, is home to Doc Walker's Chris Thorsteinson and Dave Wasyliw, Canada's Steven Lee Olsen, and Nasvhille-based writers Denny Carr, and Bruce Wallace.
RGK Entertainment Group currently has offices in Toronto, Ontario and Nashville, Tennessee.
