NEW YORK (CelebrityAccess) – New York Metropolis music icon Theresa Chambers handed away on Sunday (August eleventh) after a protracted sickness. Born in Manhattan on March 1st, 1960, she was 64. There was nobody within the music business at one time or one other who didn’t work together with her on the many venues throughout town from the Nineties by the 2000s. She booked expertise for a lot of of New York Metropolis’s famed venues.
Chambers was a elementary a part of the dwell 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 reminiscent of 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 important good friend 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 12 months on the Pollstar Awards in 1999. Along with her roles within the dwell music enterprise, she was an completed supervisor for a lot of artists, together with, however not restricted to, Eire’s Sizzling 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 one among a sort…a hustler, at all times combating for her beliefs and the acts she labored with. And that infectious snort! I’ll actually miss her.”
Lengthy-time supervisor and business veteran Dave Lory added, “Theresa not solely knew nice expertise, however she was a pricey good friend. I labored together with her whereas reserving the New Music Seminar for years, together with many artists I’ve managed. Theresa was among the many first folks to contact me when Jef Buckley disappeared within the Mississippi River. She cared for the folks she labored with, together with the Artists. She shall be missed and was one among a sort. Nobody shall be like her once more; Theresa was that particular.”
NY Music Trade Veteran/Music Publicist Fiona Bloom says, “I was so intimidated by her. Generally, I might name, and when she picked up the cellphone, I might begin shaking and lose my practice of thought. I admired and revered her a lot. After actually going to tons of of exhibits 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 heart beat, with a few of the greatest ears within the biz. Fearless and Daring. I keep in mind she advised me as soon as I used to be overly persistent to the purpose of irritation, however she additionally stated it’s the one solution to do your job, and also you get it performed! We’ve misplaced an important soldier! A champion for the unsung and a real dwell 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 shall be made at the moment.
For extra data, contact Dave Lory at dlory@wweg.com
RIP.