Peter Caranicas Deputy Editor Charles (Chuck) Martin Flood Jr., business managers to some of country music’s top luminaries and co-founder/owner of high-profile Nashville business management firm FBMM, died at 78 on July 21.
Flood was a prominent figure in the entertainment industry for more than 40 years. He founded Chuck Flood & Associates in 1986 at his dining room table with the help of John Sayles and Betty Sanders.
Later, Flood joined forces with Frank Bumstead, Mary Ann McCready and John McCarthy to form what would become the Flood, Bumstead, McCready & McCarthy (FBMM) of today.
FBMM handles multiple clients in the country music world and elsewhere. Over the years the firm is said to have represented the likes of Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Kesha, Kings of Leon, the Tom Petty estate, Rage Against the Machine, Kelly Clarkson and Blake Shelton.
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