Music manager Eddie Tick-ner, who guided some of the biggest names in folk and country rock music, died here Tuesday. He was 78.
Tickner, who retired in Tucson, died from leukemia, said local music promoter Jeb Schoonover of Honky-Tonk Hacienda in a news release.
Tickner was renowned for representing an array of acts including The Byrds, Emmylou Harris, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Gram Parsons, Odetta, Etta James, Vern Gosdin, Carlene Carter, Rodney Crowell and Nicolette Larson.
"I managed everyone for at least 15 minutes," Tickner would say, jokingly. Schoonover called Tickner "a straight shooter with a keen sense of humor."
"What always made the biggest impression was the fact that throughout his career, he remained one of the few truly honest people in the music business," he said.
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Tickner's latest project was the Tucson-based Hacienda Brothers, whom he helped to secure a record deal, according to Schoonover. During his final two weeks, he was helping the group arrange a film project in Europe.
"So how poetic, the consummate deal maker, doing one last deal," Schoonover said in the news release. "Ironically, it is his life that would have made a great documentary. But the always unpretentious Tickner would have never approved it."
Tickner is survived by his wife and several children.
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