Frank Callari, the svengali behind the careers of Ryan Adams, The Mavericks and Lucinda Williams, has died. He was 55.

The former hotel manager and self-employed club DJ, who passed away from natural causes, began his career as a music boss when he agreed to manage The Mavericks in the late 1980s.

Moving to Nashville, Tennessee, Callari co-founded Lost Highway records in 2001, and signed Williams, Adams and Shelby Lynne, among others.

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