Music Industry Veteran Joe Boyland Dies
March 21, 2009 - Touring
By Ed Christman, N.Y.
Music industry veteran Joe Boyland passed away due to heart failure in his Nashville home on Tuesday (March 17). He was 61.
In recent years Boyland, an artist manager and producer, founded Big Street Entertainment, and served as a consultant to Eagle Rock Entertainment, where he helped to arrange deals between bands and clients for the licensing of musical content.
From 1987-2000 he was partners with Jan Roeg and Bob Cutarella in Legend Artist Management which managed Bad Company, Nazareth, and B.J. Thomas among others. Boyland and another partner Charlie Brusco co-managed Lynyrd Skynyrd and created the first re-union tour for the band. Boyland also produced several recordings by Lynyrd Skynyrd including "Live From Steeltown."
The Legend Artist Management partners formed two music publishing companies - Rondor Publishing and Hit List Music - which controlled and administered the hit songs that were recorded by Alice Cooper, Celine Dion, Jennifer Rush, Mya Amada, 38 Special and Johnny Van Zandt, among others.
"There has been such a heartfelt outpouring of people calling me to remember Joe and how he touched a lot of people," says Eagle Rock U.S. president Mike Carden. "Joe made everybody's life better in any way he could."
Boyland first decided he wanted to be in music after seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show, according to his friends. After playing bass guitar playing in a local band while growing up in North Carolina, he moved to Nashville where he, along with his partner at the time, Woody Bowles, discovered The Judds.
"Boyland was a friend and a confidant to artists and industry colleagues alike and maintained a strong passion for music up until the time of his passing," according to a note sent into Billboard by C Sharp Consulting partner Kent Anderson. "His hobbies extended outside music to include college football and collecting memorabilia from The Beatles.
"Boyland didn't want a service on his passing because he didn't want his friends to be sad, but there will be a party in his name at a later date," Carden reports.
Boyland is survived by his brother, Bill, his cousin, three children, and all his friends.
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Joe was a real straight shooter..you always knew where you stood with him. He loved music and he loved the business of it, too, I always loved working with him...we had a lot of good times and a hell of a lot of laughs. He will be sorely missed, and I hope to attend his big party.
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You said it perfectly.
ReplyDeleteAlways remember Joe making me laugh no matter what the situation.
Joe truly was...one of the good guys!" He & I worked togeyther on Skynyrd's 1st PPV special, "Live From The Fox" in Atlanta,Ga. What a killer show that was! He and I most recently brokered the deal for Marty Balin's publishing & writers catalog. We worked together, played together & had many great laughs together. I will surely miss him, as will anyone who knew him. He was a ray of sunshine in these dark & troubled times. RIP my brother...
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