Chip Hooper (American agent)
Chip Hooper (1932 – March 5, 2016) was a music industry agent, personally representing Phish and the Dave Matthews Band, and heading the Paradigm Talent Agency. Hooper was born in Miami, FL, but grew up in Chicago, and attended college at Missouri State University. He broke into the music industry with the Minneapolis-based Good Music Agency before hiring into the Carmel, California-based Monterey Peninsula Artists as an agent in 1988. He ascended to the head of the Paradigm Talent Agency after Paradigm acquired Monterey in 2005. Hooper was instrumental in promoting the Jam Band movement, through his agency with Phish and other seminal acts. Hooper was also an accomplished photographer, with books (including California's Pacific and New Zealand's South Pacific and Tasman Sea) and gallery showings to his name.[1][2][3]
References
- ^ "Tributes Pour in for Chip Hooper". Pollstar Pro. March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
- ^ Brooks, Dave (March 6, 2016). "Saying Goodbye to the Legendary Chip Hooper". Amplify. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
- ^ Harrity, Amy (March 6, 2016). "Paradigm's Chip Hooper, Agent for Dave Matthews Band, Dies at 53". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 8, 2016.