Darrell Shines

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Darrell is currently the owner of Blackstage Pass and Cosmic Studios located in Portland, Oregon. Over the years, he has worked for The World Wrestling Entertainment, MTV, VH1, Sony, The Lincoln Center, Central Park Summerstage and has toured in various capacities with Billy Joel, The Rolling Stones, Micheal Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Britney Spears, NKOTB, NSYNC, Erykah Badu, DJ Logic's Project Logic tour, Messenjah as well as working at the historic 930 Club, in Washington DC, The Justice League in San Francisco...and managed the historic I-BEAM nite club in San Francisco...  Darrell was stage manager for the Nelson Mandela's ANC fundraiser at Yankee Stadium, The Housing Now Rally on the National Mall in Washington DC in 1990 and has worked as a production manager for the Zanzibar International Film Festival and the first Kisima Music Awards in Nairobi, Kenya.     

Darrell also co-founded the historic LAID BACK PRODUCTIONS in San Francisco, which promoted some of the most memorable parties in the mid-90s. Darrell married in 2003 and moved to Palermo, Italy, with his Italian wife, artist Stefania Galegati and had two amazing kids. Darrell eventually opened Caffe Internazionale. which ran until 2018. Since recovering, Darrell's a survivor of colorectal cancer /chemotherapy and has dedicated his life to healthy living, which includes regular exercise, meditation, and a mostly vegetable diet.