Art Phillips Boxman Loses Battle With Cancer

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Condolences to the family and friends of radio, label and music writing pro ART PHILLIPS BOXMAN, who lost his battle against a rare form of cancer early SUNDAY (6/19) morning.

SONGS OF THE ISLANDS MUSIC Owner and longtime friend JON SCOTT told ALL ACCESS, "His tremendous pain is over. Anybody in the music business knew that ART was a passionate lover of music and always there when you needed him. He was a good man! Prayers go out to his loving wife JILL QUINN. I've been up in CAMBRIA with him and JILL a lot. He was in hospice care. During those days I started reading him music stories and he loved them. He died from cancer of the appendix - only 600-1000 people a year are diagnosed with it,"

PHILLIPS' career ran over four decades. He got his start at Rock KILO/COLORADO SPRINGS. From there he went to the ALBUM NETWORK, which led to BILLBOARD's AIRPLAY MONITOR. He then had a five-year run as VP/Promotion at HOLLYWOOD RECORDS and the same title at RCA RECORDS for five years before he transitioned over to the WELK MUSIC GROUP, as VP/Promotion & Artist Development for 11 years. Lastly he ran ART PHILLIPS MUSIC MARKETING.
Information about services is pending.


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[Rob]

He was a great and talented guy. I had the pleasure to meet him. He went from a cab driver in Colorado Springs, to putting KILO 94 on the air (was 93.9 FM back then). He was MD and afternoon drive at KILO from 1978 - 1982, if I remember correctly. The station back then was still rock, but Art played a lot of Alternative also when artists like Elvis Costello and Talking Heads appeared on the music scene. Back then KILO was #1 and it was common to get 15+ shares. The PD of KILO back then, Rich Hawk, stayed at KILO and passed away in 2013 (http://www.coloradomedia.net/forums/showthread.php?12008-Former-KILO-94-3-FM-Colorado-Springs-PD-Rich-Hawk-Dies).

Art once told me about how they had to rescue Bruce Springsteen from a Loaf and Jug in Woodland Park after his Jeep broke down. And take him up to Denver for a show.

Art also created and hosted a music video show on KOAA Channel 5 that came on Saturday nights after Saturday Night Live. "KILO's Radiovision" was innovative and predated MTV.

RIP Art.

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RAY GMEINER, JON SCOTT, JB BRENNER, MARK TINDLE, LUANNE & TOMMY NAST and GREG LEE have organized a "Celebrating the Life of Art Phillips," scheduled for SUNDAY, AUGUST 14th AT 1p in AGOURA HILLS, CA.
On an EVENTBRITE page, they wrote, "On JUNE 18th, the Music Industry lost one of our brothers, ART PHILLIPS. On SUNDAY, AUGUST 14th, 1-4p, we will celebrate his life with all of his music industry friends and relatives. Please join us at THE CANYON CLUB, 28912 Roadside Drive, AGOURA, CA., as we pay tribute to a great friend to so many of us. ART was a lover of music througout his life, first in radio, then at THE ALBUM NETWORK and then jobs at RCA RECORDS, HOLLYWOOD RECORDS, VANGUARD RECORDS and then his own promotion company, ART PHILLIPS MUSIC. For the last year, ART courageously battled a rare form of cancer. He fought it to the end."
If you have photos, videos, or audio airchecks of PHILLIPS that you wish to share, email JON SCOTT.

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From All Access:

RAY GMEINER, JON SCOTT, JB BRENNER, MARK TINDLE, LUANNE & TOMMY NAST and GREG LEE have organized a "Celebrating the Life of Art Phillips," scheduled for this SUNDAY, AUGUST 14th AT 1p in AGOURA HILLS, CA.
On an EVENTBRITE page, they wrote, "On JUNE 18th, the Music Industry lost one of our brothers, ART PHILLIPS. On SUNDAY, AUGUST 14th, 1-4p, we will celebrate his life with all of his music industry friends and relatives. Please join us at THE CANYON CLUB, 28912 Roadside Drive, AGOURA, CA., as we pay tribute to a great friend to so many of us. ART was a lover of music througout his life, first in radio, then at THE ALBUM NETWORK and then jobs at RCA RECORDS, HOLLYWOOD RECORDS, VANGUARD RECORDS and then his own promotion company, ART PHILLIPS MUSIC. For the last year, ART courageously battled a rare form of cancer. He fought it to the end."
If you're coming to the celebration of ART PHILLIPS BOXMAN this SUNDAY August 14th, please register here (http://www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrating-the-life-of-art-phillips-tickets-26590263193?aff=efbneb).

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