John Vincent, Former NAMM Director of Trade Shows Passes Away
Former director of trade shows for the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), John Vincent, passed away September 7 after an illness. Mr. Vincent oversaw the planning and implementation of NAMM’s annual trade shows from 1984 to 1994. He brought NAMM’s summer trade show, then known as NAMM Summer Session, to its current home in Nashville, TN. His direction helped the NAMM Show, held in January in Anaheim, CA, become the powerhouse trade show that it is today.
"John Vincent was one of the good guys," said Larry Linkin, NAMM President/CEO Emeritus. "John oversaw the NAMM Show during a period of big growth and change for our industry. It was an honor to work with him." The industry’s thoughts are with his family.
PHOTO: 1988 -- Dominique Agnew, current associate director of trade show sales, and John Vincent, then-director of trade shows, confer over the trade show floor plan. From the NAMM Archives
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The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) is the not-for-profit association with a mission to strengthen the $19.5 billion music products industry. NAMM is comprised of 15,400 global member companies and individual professionals with a global workforce of over 475,000 employees. NAMM events and members fund The NAMM Foundation's efforts to promote the pleasures and benefits of music and advance active participation in music-making across the lifespan. For more information about NAMM, please visit www.namm.org.