Nan Warshaw (born November 2, 1962) is the Co-Founder of
Bloodshot Records
Bloodshot Records is an independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois, which specializes in alternative country.
History
Bloodshot Records was founded in 1994 by Nan Warshaw, Rob Miller, and Eric Babcock, who knew each other from jobs ...
, an independent record label based out of
Chicago
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Early life and education
Warshaw grew up in the
Old Town
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neighborhood of
Chicago
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as well as
Evanston,
Illinois
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In 1985, Warshaw graduated from
Evergreen State in
Olympia
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. In 1993, she received a master's degree in Business and Entrepreneurship from
Columbia College Chicago
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Career
Warshaw started
Bloodshot Records
Bloodshot Records is an independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois, which specializes in alternative country.
History
Bloodshot Records was founded in 1994 by Nan Warshaw, Rob Miller, and Eric Babcock, who knew each other from jobs ...
in 1993 with co-founders Rob Miller and Eric Babcock as a hobby that they ran out of her apartment in the
Wrigleyville
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neighborhood of Chicago.
They were trying to shine a light on some of the unheralded music they were listening to and seeing in the local Chicago clubs at the time.
As of early 2019, Warshaw resigned from Bloodshot, and, as of late 2020, she and remaining co-owner Miller remained in active litigation.
In addition to her work at the label, Warshaw is involved in healthcare reform activism. In 2006, she helped to organize benefits to support
Fitzgerald's sound engineer Gary Schepers cover healthcare related expenses.
She was the small business owner representative for Illinois on the White House website for health care reform under
President Barack Obama
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.
She was an active supporter of the
Affordable Care Act
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.
Personal life
In 2000, Warshaw married Christian "Tex" Schmidt, who was in the German band the Roughnecks.
They have a son. The marriage ended in divorce. Warshaw long-term partner is Mark Panick, a musician from the bands The Bonemen of Barumba and Razorhouse.
Awards
* 2014: ''
Chicago Tribune
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,'' Chicagoans of the Year
* 2015:
Columbia College Chicago
Columbia College Chicago is a Private college, private art college in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1890, it has 5,928https://about.colum.edu/effectiveness/pdf/spring-2021-student-profile.pdf students pursuing degrees in more than 60 undergra ...
, Honorary PhD
* 2015: ''
Chicago Reader
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,'' Best Local Record Label
Works and publications
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See also
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Bloodshot Records
Bloodshot Records is an independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois, which specializes in alternative country.
History
Bloodshot Records was founded in 1994 by Nan Warshaw, Rob Miller, and Eric Babcock, who knew each other from jobs ...
References
Further reading
* Warshaw, Nan R.
Independent Booking of Alternative Rock.' M.A. Thesis/Dissertation. Chicago, IL: Columbia College, 1993.
* Gross, Jason, Eric Babcock, Rob Miller, Nan Warshaw, Angie Mead, Jon Langford. "Label Oral Histories: Bloodshot Records.
Part One(October 9, 2006)
Part Two(October 11, 2006) an
Part Three(October 15, 2006). ''
Stop Smiling
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.'' October 2006.
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Bloodshot Records Collection, 2001-2013 (ARC-0482)''
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
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, Library and Archives.
* Riley, Nancy Park.
Underground Not Underexposed: Bloodshot Records, Alt.Country, and the Chicago Live Music Scene.' Ph.D. Thesis. Athens, GA: University of Georgia, 2014.
External links
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1962 births
Living people
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