Trinidad’s Townies are a punk rock band with one eye on the past and another on the future. This is music for those aging skateboarders who discovered classic punk rock via the “Repo Man” sound track .
Dan Weiner and
Fred Bohlander when Monterey International was acquired by Paradigm in 2017. Weiner and Bohlander founded Monterey Peninsula Artists in 1975 and launched the Chicago-based Monterey International agency in 1994. The two agencies were considered the premiere independent booking operation through much of the 1990s . In 2004, Monterey Peninsula was acquired by Paradigm, and Weiner and Bohlander, along with the late
Chip Hooper, joined the newly merged agency while Monterey International was spun off into its own company.
Kaplan and Garry Buck s relationship goes back even farther, more than 35 years, starting at Chicago talent agency Prestige in the mid-80 s. Prestige would go on to become American Famous Talent and the two men would build out a contemporary talent roster that includes their roster into a who s who of contemporary talent including Corinne Bailey Rae, Macy Gray, Mavis Staples (Europe only), Richard Marx, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Tow