Coran Capshaw

Robert Coran Capshaw is the manager of Dave Matthews Band, Phish, Lady Antebellum, Trey Anastasio and Chris Stapleton 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.

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 fifteen times in 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2016.

In 2011, Capshaw became the first artist manager to receive Billboard’s Humanitarian Award in recognition of his commitment to local, national, and international community efforts and philanthropy.

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

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 Sprint Pavilion. The Pavilion has hosted concerts by Earth Wind and Fire, Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds, Chris Stapleton, Alabama Shakes, Beck, Jack White, Alanis Morissette, The Smashing Pumpkins, Snoop Dogg, Loretta Lynn, Arcade Fire, The Avett Brothers, and Trey Anastasio among others. In addition to concerts, the Pavilion has hosted appearances by Barack Obama, the Dalai Lama, and Bruce Springsteen.

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