Arts and Entertainment Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Remembering Cleveland music impresario Hank LoConti The 85-year-old helped break acts like Bruce Springsteen, KISS and Dire Straits by WKSU's VIVIAN GOODMAN |
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 | Hank LoConti is remembered as a man with great vision and ideas by his friend and colleague, Jon Gorman | Courtesy of Center for Public History + Digital Humanities | Cleveland Agora founder Hank LoConti died this morning at age 85. He founded the rock club in 1966, and at one point ran dozens of Agoras throughout the country.
Throughout the 1970s and 80s, legendary radio station WMMS partnered with the Agora for the “Coffeebreak Concerts” and other live broadcasts each week. Former Program Director Jon Gorman had almost daily conversations with LoConti for years, and fondly remembers his friend and colleague. |
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