RED STREET RECORDS ELEVATES ONE, ADDS ONE
RED STREET'S KELLY KING RISES TO VP PUBLISHING; PATRICK WATERS JOINS TEAM AS SR. DIRECTOR A&R COUNTRY
February 19, 2025 - Nashville, TN - Red Street Records announces the promotion of current staff member Kelly King and the addition of industry veteran Patrick Waters. Kelly King elevates to VP of Red Street Publishing. Waters joins the staff as the Senior Director of A&R Country.
Red Street Records General Manager Alex Valentine shares, "Kelly’s decades of experience and relationships helped put RSR publishing on the map with some big wins, and it became obvious that focusing her guidance on our hit songwriters will amplify all things Red Street. Along with that, the addition of a trusted and multi-genre experienced voice to the recording process makes Patrick the perfect person to lead the A&R charge. Can’t wait to see what these two accomplished music executives dream up next for ‘The Street’."
With over 30 years of music industry experience, Kelly King brings an unmatched publishing expertise and a robustly decorated career to the Red Street Records staff. King is responsible for discovering and developing artists and songwriters like the Rascal Flatts, Brett James and the Brothers Osborne and has been a major part of multiple top-charted songs including Carrie Underwood's "Jesus Take the Wheel," Brothers Osborne's "Stay A Little Longer," Carly Pearce and Chris Stapleton's "We Don't Fight Anymore," multiple #1 songs by Rascal Flatts like "Rewind" and many more. After earning a partnership at both Teracel Music and Good Girl Music, a co-venture with Sony Publishing, Kelly moved on to launch her own venture, King Pen Music, in co-venture with Warner Chapel Publishing, in 2011 before joining Red Street Records as the Senior Director of A&R/Publishing in 2022. Kelly will have sole focus and leadership over the publishing business at Red Street.
Missouri-native Patrick Waters joins Red Street Records with over 20 years experience in the music industry. Beginning his career in A&R at Maverick Records in Los Angeles, he then joined Warner Brothers Records before relocating to Tennessee in 2011 where he aided in the launch of both Interscope and Warner Records Nashville offices. There he played a key role in identifying and developing talent while expanding the label presence in Nashville. He has since held the position of artist manager at Red Light Management, helping shape both the creative and business strategies of a diverse roster of artists. Patrick joins Red Street as the new Senior Director of A&R where he will aid the growth and development of the Country roster, which includes Chris Lane, Ryan Griffin, Neon Union, Ryan Larkins and newly signed Kaleb Sanders.
ABOUT RED STREET RECORDS
Jay DeMarcus – lauded member of Rascal Flatts, GRAMMY® award-winning producer and bassist – launched Red Street Records in 2019 with a vision for the future. Along with DeMarcus, a strong team of industry veterans and promising new-comers lead the Red Street Records team with an artist-driven approach and a mission to deliver the best music in both the Country and Christian space. In just a few short years, Red Street Records has signed some of music’s most gifted artists including GRAMMY award-winning Jason Crabb and multi-platinum country star Chris Lane. To learn more, visit redstreetrecords.com.
ABOUT RED STREET PUBLISHING
Founded in 2018 alongside the launch of Red Street Records, Red Street Publishing has brought together some of music’s most talented songwriters, in both the country and Christian space. With songs like #2 Christian radio charted “First Things First” by Consumed By Fire and Jason Aldean’s Billboard’s Hot 100 #1 “Try That in a Small Town,” Red Street Publishing aims to bring together music’s most innovative minds to pen uniquely captivating songs that appeal to a wide array of listeners.