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Jeff
Kilgour
would like to
buy you a shot.
Actually,
Jeff would like to do a lot of things, and most
of them would be of wonderful service to you, your
band, event, company or idea. The Brooklyn, NY resident
has a long and sordid -- oops, make that "storied"
-- career as a publicist extraordinaire, managing
the most diverse artist roster ever assembled. |
| Seriously
-- Jeff is the only person who could potentially invite
Slash, RZA, Three 6 Mafia, Ronnie James Dio, Shonen
Knife and Northern State over for a barbeque, and
they'd be like all "Yo, Kilgour… should
I bring my bitchin’ potato salad?" (says
the RZA)
Jeff approaches every artist, big or small, with an
ambitious, occasionally preposterous plan. During
his early days of PR-dom, this Lehigh graduate seized
opportunities whenever and however -- like that time
one of his bands, Lovenut, wasn't feeling their album
take off like they had hoped. Jeff simply rented
a flatbed truck, drove the band through Baltimore’s
Camden Yards on opening day and had the group rock
out in front of DC alt-rock radio superpower WHFS.
The next day, the band was on the radio ... and in
the Washington Post.
During his decade plus of promotion, Kilgour has proven
he will go to any length to help his bands prosper
-- even at the expense of his own personal health.
He will hit up every Irish bar in New York City
just to promote his band's St. Patty’s Day concert
appearance (see: The Saw Doctors). He will drink until
sunrise with one of his artists at the Chelsea Hotel
-- and get said artist to call his boss at 4AM and
explain: "Jeff will be coming in late today."
(see: Slash) And, because he cares, Jeff will hold
back the hair of his more indulgent artists as they
spew forth an unholy vomit in his bathroom (see: members
of Cradle of Filth).
Besides his publicity work, Jeff has also worked as
an independent tour promoter, spoken on numerous music-related
panels, written for local music and listings magazines,
engaged in A&R and even licensed music for websites
(before that was "cool" or "iTunes-y").
With Tijuana Gift Shop, Kilgour has continued his
trend of going outside of the mainstream music industry
to help out performers he cares deeply about, including
fine-artists, authors, graphic designers, charitable
organizations and even sixth-graders (see: Care Bears
on Fire).
At the end of the day, Jeff opens up a whole new world
for his artists to share their visions, ideas, sounds
and projects. He'll leave you with a smile on your
face and the knowledge that you couldn't have asked
for anything more. |