DELTA GROOVE STAFF:
Randy
Chortkoff (C.E.O., President, Producer)
With well over twenty years experience in music production and promotion, Rand Chortkoff is widely recognized as a vital member of the West Coast entertainment community. His wide-ranging expertise covers every aspect of the entertainment business, including creating a unique and innovative approach to film production, promoting and producing music festivals, producing award-winning records, and even flexing his own considerable creative muscles as a song writer and performer.
email: deltagroove@earthlink.net
Joshua
Temkin (Senior Art Director
& Designer, Photographer, Web & New Media Design)
With an extensive history in fine art and commercial design, Joshua Temkin has worked for many years as a freelance designer for many successful companies. He has also been heavily involved in the Los Angeles music scene since the early '90's where he has produced multiple albums with local musicians.
email: deltagroovemusic@earthlink.net
Jeff
Scott Fleenor (Producer, Staff Writer, Director of Retail & Artist Submissions)
California native Jeff Scott Fleenor possesses an extensive background working in the music/entertainment industry. He was employed by Virgin Entertainment for 10 years and held a number of important key roles at the company including Senior Music Buyer and Regional Inventory Coordinator of Southern California. Jeff has also hosted the infamous radio program "The Blues Disease" for 15 years on KUCI 88.9 FM, and has been involved as a talent consultant for several local blues festivals including the Doheny Blues Festival and Blues On The Bay. Jeff hired on to Delta Groove in June 2005 to oversee the label's retail and distribution management just in time for the label's fifth release, "For The Chosen Who," by Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers. In the intervening years, he has taken on additional roles and responsibilities including producer, artist submissions, staff writer and the creation of the Delta Groove Newsletter. Production credits to date include albums by The Mannish Boys, Bobby Jones, The Insomniacs and Los Fabulocos featuring Kid Ramos.
email: deltagroove5@earthlink.net
Steve Dixon (Director of Radio & Promotion)
Steven Dixon moved to Los Angeles in 2005 to attend CSUN in Northridge and study music business. In December of 2007 he graduated from CSUN with a Bachelors in Business Marketing. He worked for two different record labels before coming to Delta Groove/ Eclecto Groove Records. He has always surrounded himself with new and independent music. Attending South By South West in Austin solidified for Steven that the independent music business is where he belongs. Music is Steven's life and he fits in at Delta Groove the way a harmonica solo fits into a Mannish Boys song. Tight.
deltagroove1@earthlink.net
Melody Gonzalez (Sr. Director Of Operations, Financial Analyst, Artist Relations)
Melody has worked with Randy Chortkoff previously doing promotions, artist bookings, production and Management. She comes to us from our Nations Largest Mortgage Servicing Company and has 20 plus years experience in Office Management, Project Management, Application and Database Development, Application Release Management and Process Improvement. She has been recognized and received several awards in the Mortgage Banking Industry for her expertise and accomplishments.
deltagroove7@earthlink.net
Tammie Barnum (Accounts Payable/Receivables, Administrative Assistant)
Tammie has extensive experience in QuickBooks, Payroll, Accounts payable/receivables and Bank Reconciliation. She was previously employed by a Large Construction Company where and was responsible for maintaining several Companies in QuickBooks. She also has experience creating job proposals, working with vendors and was the Sr. Administrative Assistant to the CEO/President of the company.
dgm.accounting@gmail.com
FESTIVALS EXCLUSIVE - ARTIST BOOKING:
Kelly
Davis (Agent)
Indianapolis native Kelly
Davis brings a wide range of business skills
and experience to the Delta Groove family.
A degree in communications along with schooling
in the technical aspects of film and sound
production and engineering help to make
her uniquely suited to her multiple roles
at Delta Groove. Davis serves as the label's
public relations specialist, coordinating
communications for the label and its artists,
as well as assisting in all aspects of production.
email: deltagroove3@earthlink.net
Curtis Cholo Lehmkuhl (Agent)
Curtis "Cholo" Lehmkuhl a Jauneno Indian of the Mission Indian Tribes was born in Orange California and has loved music ever since he can begin to remember starting with the ole Motown records to rock, to blues, to fusion and mo blues while hanging out at a record store called the Licorice Pizza where Cholo decided to teach himself drums and played in a short lived band called the Electric Lights. Then later on teaching hisself a lil harmonica too. In 1970 Cholo moved to Seattle and started working the music clubs and befriending many local & touring musicians including working for late Ron Holden and at another local club where he met George Benson, Tower of Power, Buddy Miles, Lil Bill Englehart and Big Joe Turner. In 1989 Cholo got real busy with the local blues scene and was Secretary of the Washington Blues Society then Pres for 4 yrs and then VP for 2 yrs all the while booking bands at Larry's Greenfront, The New Orleans Restaurant and the Central Saloon where he first booked and met Mr. Johnny Dyer. Cholo was bringing in bands like William Clarke (7 times), Fenton Robinson, Mark Hummel, Smokey Wilson, Frankie Lee, James Harmon, Duke Robillard, Jimmy Rogers, Johnny Dyer, Rick Holmstrom,Lidia Pense & Cold Blood and to many more to mention while also putting on a nationally recognized Cholo's Fat Blues Harp Blowoff during Pioneer Square's Fat Tuesday celebrations. Not sated with just booking nationals he started putting together gig showcasing the local blues talent abd while doing so he also got involved in booking traditonal/commercial blues acts into Seattle's Folklife Festival working with Paul DeBarros writing grants to bring in acts like Big Jay McNeely, John D. Holman, John 'So Blue' Westin and R.L. Burnside. Now while still doing all the above Cholo got hisself involved with the Winthrop R & B Festival for the next 12 yrs were he hired King Ernest & The Taidragger's of which Randy Chortkoff was playing harp. The next time Rand & Cholo met is when Cholo hired The Mannish Boys where they did the recording 'Live In Demand'. Cholo still looks after a few of the local musician alumni and books a few gigs for them. Cholo attends and has been involved in one way or another with most of the Washington State Festivals and even works the Portland Waterfront Blues Festival with Amanda Gresham's DME Boat Cruises and with the back-line company on all the stages and more recently had helped start the Seattle Blues For Food Festival get going now in its 4th yr and ran the stage last year for the Simi Valley Cajun/Creole Festivals first Blues Stage which consisted of the 5th Annual Delta Groove Revue. Seems Cholo cain't keep his damn hands outta thangs so we figured we betta hire the guy at Delta Groove Productions & Festivals Exclusive Bookings.
cholowillsin@hotmail.com
CREATIVE SERVICES:
Scott
Dirks (Production, Staff
Writer)
Award winning blues record producer Scott Dirks, whose credits include work with Alligator and Delmark records, and a who’s who of Chicago blues artists. Dirks is also a well respected writer, with recent credits including co-authoring the Little Walter biography, “Blues With A Feeling”, which has been inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame as a Classic of Blues Literature. Dirks is also a talented musician who fronts his own blues band in Chicago.
email: checker758@sbcglobal.net
Cary Passeroff ( Photographer)
Cary Passeroff grew up in Brooklyn, New York and relocated to Los Angeles when he was 16 years old. He attended UCLA and graduated with BA degree in Psychology in 1969. His interest in black music was initially stirred by Jazz and Doo Wop music while listening to the radio under the covers, instead of listening to his parents. Cary took up photography in his early thirties and eventually combined his love of blues with his new found hobby.
Phone: 610-331-9138
Email: swingcatpdx@yahoo.com
Kurt
Johnson (Staff Photographer
- Pacific Northwest)
Pacific Northwest
503-757-5263
email: swingcatpdx@yahoo.com
website: www.myspace.com/swingcatpdx
LEGAL SERVICES:
Malcolm
Wiseman (Business & Legal Representation)
email: rockinrebel@msn.com
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