B.C.'s manager Nathaniel S. Roseman has unfortunately passed away. He had been ill for several years, and passed away in the early hours of last morning. His family and estate request privacy during this sad time. His son Nathaniel S. Roseman Jr. will take over as B.C.'s manager.
Natty Roseman was born into a reasonably wealthy family of 3 (with three brothers). Despite being colored, he led a privileged childhood, and attended New York State College, before going to Berkeley University in California. He majored in business studies (with a minor in jazz music studies). He then traveled to Memphis, and managed several bands at the infamous "Blues Horizon" club, before discovering B.C. He contacted his friends in the music business, and secured B.C. a record contract. The rest is history.
Natty was in the middle of a large re-mastering project on the B.C. Williamson library when he passed away. The music had not yet been released onto CD, and it was Roseman's vision that allowed this project to happen. The CDs will be released over the course of 2009. He was also interviewed for a documentary on the life of B.C. Williamson, entitled 'Standing Tall And Straight: The B.C. Williamson Story.' The director of the project, as yet unnamed, will dedicate it to Roseman's memory.
"He made me a famous blues singer, I made him rich."
- B.C. Williamson of Nathaniel S. Roseman
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