Coran Capshaw

Robert Coran Capshaw is the manager of Dave Matthews Band, Phish, Lady Antebellum, and Trey Anastasio, among others. He also is the founder of Red Light Management, co-founder of ATO Records, former CEO of Musictoday LLC, and a real estate mogul in Charlottesville, Virginia. His early management model adopted emerging technologies, which, combined with tried and true music industry management techniques, have placed him at the top of the industry.[1]

Biography

Capshaw got his start as a music manager in the early 1990s when he was the owner of a bar in Charlottesville, VA called "Trax". In 1992, he gave the Dave Matthews Band their first weekly gig (which lasted from 1992 to 1993). From there, he began managing Dave Matthews Band and helped launch their career, bringing them from local bar band to international fame. Under his management, Dave Matthews Band has become the most popular touring band in the United States. (Source : Step Into The Light; Dave Matthews Band biography).

Capshaw has won the Pollstar Magazine Manager of the Year award three times in 2010, 2003 and 1998. He has been nominated for the award twelve times in 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.[2] [3]

Capshaw was also named International Manager of the Year by the Music Managers Forum Roll of Honour in 2007.[4]

In 2005, The Charlottesville Pavilion, a 3.5 million joint endeavor between the city of Charlottesville and Capshaw opened on the downtown mall. The pavilion serves multiple uses in the community including hosting the Fridays After Five free concert series. Since opening the Pavilion has been renamed the nTelos Wireless Pavilion. The Pavilion has hosted concerts by Earth Wind and Fire, Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds, Alanis Morissette, The Smashing Pumpkins, Snoop Dogg, Loretta Lynn, The Arcade Fire, The Avett Brothers, Trey Anastasio and an appearance by President Obama.[5]

Capshaw owns the historic Jefferson Theater in downtown Charlottesville, and oversaw an intensive renovation beginning in 2006. The Jefferson Theater reopened on November 27, 2009 after a comprehensive restoration that highlights the theater's vintage architecture while modernizing its facilities. The Jefferson Theater was established in 1912 as a live performance theater that played host to silent movies, vaudeville acts and a historic list of live performers, ranging from Harry Houdini to The Three Stooges.[6]

Capshaw has been heavily involved in real estate development in the Charlottesville area, to both the delight and dismay of local citizens; the addition of the Charlottesville Pavilion and the ongoing plans to add a nine story building near the Downtown Mall have garnered complaints from Charlottesville natives. Capshaw also owns restaurants on the Downtown Mall, including Blue Light Grill, Positively 4th Street, Mas, Mono Loco, and Ten.[7] He is a graduate of the University of Virginia.[8]

Capshaw also founded sister company Starr Hill Presents to promote live music on a regional and national level. The company has an equity position in large-scale music festivals including the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Outside Lands, Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Wanderlust Festival and the Free Press Summer Fest.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Salter, Chuck (February 2007). "Way Behind The Music". Fast Company (112). Retrieved 2008-09-13.
  2. ↑ "Concert Industry Awards Winners". Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  3. ↑ "MMF wins concession on VPL payments". Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "Managers, Producers Lauded At MMF Gala". Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  5. ↑ "Pavilion Information".
  6. ↑ "Jefferson Theater Information".
  7. ↑ Ludwig, Katherine (2008-01-15). "Function is the new form". C-Ville Weekly (Portico Publications). Retrieved 2008-09-13.
  8. ↑ UVA Magazine, Rockin' the Grounds Retrieved January 22, 2012
  9. ↑ "Coran Capshaw's Starr Hill Presents Making Waves".

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