Alan Leeds

Alan Leeds is American music executive tour manager production manager writer and archivist best known for his work organizing performances and concert tours for artists such as James Brown Prince DAngelo and Chris Rock In addition to his career in management for artists Leeds is recognized as an awardwinning writer and music archivist Leeds music career began as a music writer He first became involved with James Brown as his publicity director in 1969 and worked as Browns tour manager from 1970 to 1973 Beginning in 1983 Leeds managed tours for Prince during the peak of his commercial and artistic success notably including the Purple Rain Tour Leeds work with Prince culminated in his eventual naming as president of Princes vanity label Paisley Park Records in 1989 Leeds career as a tour manager continued with DAngelo managing the successful Voodoo Tour in 2000 This was followed by stints with a variety of other artists including Raphael Saadiq and The Roots Leeds has also been involved in the curation of the James Brown The Singles collections and has spoken at events commemorating Browns career and accomplishments