Kevin Deverich

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Kevin Deverich
DiedSeptember 29, 2006
Occupation(s)Businessman, music manager, publicist, agent, Hotel executive
Years active1960s to 2006
Known forManager of Eric Burdon & the Animals, Sean Bonniwell
Merv Griffin Hotel chain
SpouseAmanda
Children2

Kevin Deverich had careers in both music and later hotel management on an executive level. The music acts he managed were Eric Burdon & the Animals, The Music Machine and Sean Bonniwell. Later, moving into the hotel business, his career included working for Merv Griffin's hotel chain.

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Background

He was born in Beverly Hills, California. He attended the International School in Geneva, Switzerland. He also attended the London School of Economics and Wharton School of Management. In London he became involved with rock music bands. [1] During the 1960s, his career in music included managing Eric Burdon & the Animals, [2] and Sean Bonniwell. [3]

During his hotel career, he was general manager of the Capital Hilton, and an executive with Merv Griffin's hotel chain, which included the Beverly Hilton. [4] He spent a decade running the company, [5] and would later end up heading Crown Realty & Development. [6]

Music career

By April, 1967, he was managing The Music Machine. [7] In 1968, he became the manager for Eric Burdon and the new Animals when they became unhappy over money that had been promised to them by manager Mike Jeffery, so they fired him and took Deverich on as their new manager. [8] This happened in April. Deverich was just managing the US side of their career but took on the role to manage them internationally. [9] [10]

He was responsible for the group signed Blues Image being signed to the Atco label. [11]

David Kevin Deverich & Associates

As of July 1968, his operation was located on the West Coast on 8818 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles. [12] [13]

By May, 1969, he had seven new acts under his roster which included Danny McCullough and Hilton Valentine from Great Britain. On the US end was Sean Bonniwell and another act called Mosaic Tweed. [14] Mosaic Tweed would release a single "You And Me" bw "Comin' Home" on Capitol in July that year. [15] There was also a duo consisting of Brad Truitt and Billy Woodruff on the Kevin Deverich and Assoc. talent roster. [16] About two years prior to coming on board with Kevin Deverich & Associates, Truitt aka Brad Jose was one of the acts appearing at Jim Wright's Club Tiki on North Fair Oaks. [17] [18] [19] Later in the seventies, Truitt would find work as an actor, acting in a Los Angeles production of The Tooth of Crime with James Keach [20] and playing characters such as Foster Bridges in "Web of Death", an episode of Kojak. [21] [22]

Hotel career

By early 1992, he was the general manager of Merv Griffin's Beverly Hilton Hotel. [23] he would then spend a decade at the top of the hotel chain. [24] [25] In 2000, according to an article by Slate in its May 8 issue, it was a bit of a mystery as to where Deverich was now working. [26] It was reported by The Los Angeles Times in its December 5, 2003 issue that he was working for Crown Realty & Development where he was in charge of hotel acquisitions. [27] By August 2004, he had been appointed vice president of Crown Realty & Development's newly formed hotel division. [28]

Death

He died suddenly at his home on September 29, 2006, leaving behind his wife Amanda and two young daughters. [29]

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References

  1. ↑ Los Angeles Times Obituaries - Kevin Deverich, Obituary
  2. ↑ Billboard , July 20, 1968 - Page 10 Burdon and Animals Move to W. Coast
  3. ↑ AllMusic - T.S. Bonniwell, Close, Credits
  4. ↑ Slate , May 18, 2000 - The Shadowy Gridiron: Part 3
  5. ↑ The Los Angeles Times , December 05, 2003 - Computer Entrepreneur to Acquire Beverly Hilton - Roger Vincent
  6. ↑ Bizjournals.com, Mar 4, 2004 - SoCal firm buys La Posada Resort
  7. ↑ Chicken on a Unicycle - Eric Burdon and the Animals - A Performance Historym October 13, 1967: The Cheetah, Chicago, IL: Eric Burdon and The Animals
  8. ↑ Ready Steady Gone - Mike Jeffery – part 3, THE HENDRIX YEARS
  9. ↑ Cashbox , May 11, 1968 - Page 34 World Showplace To Handle Burdon & Animals' Int'l PR
  10. ↑ Zanesville Times Recorder, Monday, August 12, 1968 - Page 2
  11. ↑ The Classic Rock Music Reporter, Sunday, April 24, 2011 - An unplugged interview with the Silent- Giant of the music industry By Ray Shasho
  12. ↑ Billboard, July 20, 1968 - Page 10 Burdon and Animals Move to W. Coast
  13. ↑ Zanesville Times Recorder, Monday, August 12, 1968 - Page 2
  14. ↑ Record World, May 31, 1969 - Page 56 New Deverich Complex
  15. ↑ 45Cat - Mosaic Tweed (Featuring Don Bennett) - Discography
  16. ↑ Record World , May 31, 1969 - Page 56 New Deverich Complex
  17. ↑ John Muir High School Alumni Association - 1988 Hall of Fame Inductees, Brad Jose' Truitt Performing Arts 1963
  18. ↑ Ultimate70s.com - 1970-1982 TV show guest appearances for Brad Jose:
  19. ↑ Star News , Friday, May 12, 1967 - Page 9
  20. ↑ Santa Ana Register , Wednesday, August 29, 1973 - Page 73
  21. ↑ Movie Dude - Web of Death (1973)
  22. ↑ TV.com - Brad Jose, Credits
  23. ↑ The News-Press , Monday, January 20, 1992 - Page 6
  24. ↑ Slate, May 18, 2000 - The Shadowy Gridiron: Part 3
  25. ↑ The Los Angeles Times, December 05, 2003 - Computer Entrepreneur to Acquire Beverly Hilton - Roger Vincent
  26. ↑ Slate, May 18, 2000 - The Shadowy Gridiron: Part 3
  27. ↑ The Los Angeles Times, December 05, 2003 - Computer Entrepreneur to Acquire Beverly Hilton - Roger Vincent
  28. ↑ Hotel & Motel Management, August 1, 2004 - (Highbeam Research) Crown Realty & Development.(Executives)(Kevin Deverich appointed)(Brief Article) - Heather Gunter
  29. ↑ Los Angeles Times Obituaries - Kevin Deverich, Obituary
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