Variety, May 1st, 2006
Phil Walden, who managed the career of Otis Redding and then founded the label that became the epicenter of the Southern rock movement, died April 23. He was 66.
Walden, whose life story included trips to the White House, drug dependency and financial ruin, died at his Atlanta home after a lengthy battle with cancel:
Born in Greenville, S.C., he moved to Macon, Ga., at the age of 3. While attending Mercer U., he got his start booking bands for fraternity parties around Georgia and, at the age of 20, opened the Phil Walden Artists and Promotions agency. One of his first signings was Macon n...
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