MAGNUM ENTERTAINMENT - Key Persons
Avery Kimbell is the most recent employee of Magnum Entertainment, Group Inc. as a child model for its various marketing collaterals for the company's children's events offering. With a calm demeanor, Avery is ideally-suited for photo and video shoots and represents the company's target child demographic.
Cooper Kimbell is employed by Magnum Entertainment Group, Inc. as an assistant talent scount constantly searching every area of the country for the next best act. Cooper is constantly inspired by his musical idols, KISS, The Talking Heads, and Motley Crue to find the next best act for Magnum Entertainment Group, Inc. He is sure to be a shining star in the company for years to come.
Hunter Kimbell has been a talent scout for Magnum Entertainment Group, Inc. since February 2010 when he first opened his eyes. At an age when most children are just learning to clap and play bells in music class, Hunter has already mastered various percussion instruments and loves to sing Katy Perry, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, Better Than Ezra and Cheap Trick tunes in the bathtub. He's a lifelong Chicago Blackhawks fan but appreciates the grit of the Utah Grizzlies (ECHL), Fernie BC Ghostriders, and the Plymouth Whalers (OHL).
Born and raised in Lake Forest, IL, Jeff Kimbell took advantage of growing up just 30 miles north of Chicago's outstanding music scene. With older siblings leading the way, Kimbell chased live music in the Chicago area during his adolescence, a pastime that continued in Boston and Providence during his preparatory school days at St. George's School (Newport, RI) and on into Dallas, TX while attending Southern Methodist University. Kimbell was twice elected social chair of his fraternity after his brothers recognized his energy and enthusiasm, knowledge of live music, and ability to throw large, well-attended, successful gigs with notable bands such as Allgood Music Company, Beanland, Dash Rip Rock, The Grapes, Jackopierce, and others.
Kimbell moved to Washington, DC after graduation to pursue a career in government affairs and burst onto Washington's social scene not long after his arrival by reinventing the Capital Club of Washington's signature events: Santa Soireé , Sinatra Summer Soireé, and Swine on the Vine. Guests came to expect swanky affairs on the Kennedy Center Rooftop and at foreign embassies - never stuffy, always fabulous - and laid-back afternoons at Virginia vineyards and Maryland farms - think bales of hay, cold beer, and live music.
In 2003, Kimbell and partner John Green decided to parlay his party-planning prowess into Magnum Entertainment Group, Inc. Thirty world class events later, Magnum is known for creating some of the best bashes in our nation's Capital. This led to Jeff being named the "GOP Social Chair" by Washingtonian Magazine in its January 2015 edition.
Growing up in Holly Springs, Mississippi (total area: 12.7 square miles; 2000 population: 7,957) in the 1970s and ‘80s, music played a prominent role in John Green's life from day one. He spent many a teenage night sneaking into Marshall Scruggs Grocery, a juke joint on the wrong side of the tracks, to catch sets by blues legends Junior Kimbrough and R.L. Burnside. Country icons Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings split air time on the cassette player of his 1968 Ford F-100 pick-up truck with Southern rock pioneers Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Marshall Tucker Band, and The Allman Brothers Band as Green traveled the back roads of Marshall County.
As an undergraduate at Ole Miss, Green spent much time on Fraternity Row taking in gigs by Better Than Ezra, Beanland, Widespread Panic, and Dash Rip Rock, to name a few, thus furthering his appreciation of great tunes. Green decided to head to Washington after graduation to pursue a career on Capitol Hill, and he maintains an active presence in politics and federal affairs today.
No, they didn't meet at a Beanland concert…but Jeff Kimbell and John Green did get to know each other in the halls of Congress and in Washington music halls, and very quickly realized they both had an affinity for Southern belles, top-shelf spirits and great live bands. Green and Kimbell formally joined forces in 2003 to form Magnum Entertainment Group.
Kim King grew up in Portland, OR, a town with a thriving music and arts scene. She began piano lessons at age five, took up the clarinet at 13, and cultivated a love for an eclectic assortment of musicians and genres, including Bob Dylan, The Doors, The Allman Brothers, Emmy Lou Harris and the Pointer Sisters (cue the kitchen dance party…). The advent of MTV "changed everything" for King, who notes the sole reason her family got cable was so they wouldn't miss the 1983 premiere of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video.
King has been involved in the entertainment and hospitality industries for more than twenty years, with roles ranging from national talent buyer to booking agent, event producer to production coordinator to tour manager. She has worked with Jamey Johnson, The Goo Goo Dolls, the Pixies and a host of other internationally acclaimed performers.
King is currently national talent buyer and production manager for Fine Line Music Café, one of the premier live music venues in Minneapolis, MN, in addition to serving as tour manager for Grammy Award-winning Soul Asylum and event producer for Magnum. Her long-standing relationships with major artists, talent agencies, managers, production companies, and record labels add a unique and invaluable element to the Magnum line-up.
Hailing from Cincinnati, Ohio the hometown of Bootsy Collins and the Isley Brothers, Susie joins the Magnum Team as Chief Financial Officer, where she will handle all financial management and internal operations for Magnum Entertainment Group, Inc.
Having spent nearly a decade of her life in Providence and Newport, Rhode Island, Susie has been influenced by the Newport Folk Festival and the Newport Jazz Festival, where some of her favorite artists, such as Deer Tick and John Prine (RIP) performed live at her doorstep.
In her personal life, she enjoys spending time with her Deadhead husband, their two children, and their dogs. Vinyl is their medium of choice, and currently they've been spinning lots of Linda Rondstadt, Townes Van Zandt, and Sesame Street.