2 days for America!!!

Not a lot of time this week having to prep for other shows so I’ll keep this short…..

This past weekend I had the pleasure of assisting Tim Killbride and The Sound Source at a private event featuring the band America… You know “Horse with no name” “Sister Golden Hair”  yes they are still touring.  Started out Friday morning at 8am loading in.  Vertec, PM5d, M7 4 Screens, 1 TV, 2 Cameras and a bunch of lighting.  Long day but not too hard.  Saturday we arrive back at 9am to complete setup and prep for show at 6pm.  I got my hands on a PM5D for the first time and I’m proud to say I did a pretty good job on the opening band.  The show goes off perfectly ends at 11pm and we begin load-out.  4:30 I head home to get in my bed at 6am to do another show for me all over again.  Overall a successful weekend I thank Tim for allowing me to come work with him and hope to do more in the future.  I met a bunch of great guys on his crew and hopefully made a good first impression.

Time to get ready for Wavefest and the wonderfully busy weekend of Oct 6th.  See you out there stay safe and have fun.

Few mobile pics from the gig:

This is the opening band I mixed on the 5D

Catalyst Lighting (Earl Lennie) programing away

Loved this rig.

Tim got a pic of me working the 5D.

Catching back up….

It’s been over  a month since we posted an update so I’ll try and catch everyone up on the past couple of weeks…..

Two weeks ago… We were at the Country Bluegrass and More in Bassfield, Ms (around Columbia) where we had 4 bands all afternoon who were top notch groups.  The Larry Wallace Band, Delta Reign, and Alan Sibley and The Magnolia Ramblers.  Listening to these great groups all afternoon was a treat, nice AC building good food and people.  The highlight of the day was a group (well 2 guys) who sang and told jokes and I mean some of the cheesiest yet funniest jokes ever.  I laughed so hard at these guys I like to split a gut… While this event was going on, down on the Coast at The 100 Men D.B.A. Hall (www.100menhall.org) BNP had a crew working the Mickey Rodgers show.  As always shows at The Hall are fantastic great crowds and music.  While the Bluegrass ended at 8:45 the Hall went on until 11:30pm.  We packed up in Bassfield by 9:30 and headed south just in time to get to The Hall and help the crew load out that rig as well… Something tells me I got the bad end of the stick I had to pack up 2 systems and I didn’t even get to enjoy the show.  Oh well all in a weekends work.
Last week……  Pearl River County Fair and Rodeo.  This is BNP’s second year at this event and it started off Tuesday with a Talent Show in the arena.  Then Friday and Saturday were concerts before the rodeo.  Friday was Angela Easley and Saturday was Lisa Lee Albritton and Soulshine two great bands put on great shows.  Did I mention only 30 minutes to load out the entire stage, I should also mention BNP 2 man crew did it in 15 minutes each night.  🙂 Yea we’re that awesome.  While this was going on we were also loading into Crickets Honkie Tonk for the D. Jr. Band a 10-2am gig.  So lets piece this together.  Go to arena at 2pm setup for show, show is over quickly pack up (15 minutes remember) head South to other gig to assist crew until 2am, pack up get home by 4am.  Rinse Wash Repeat.  Long weekend to say the least but we love what we do…
Whats next.

Working with our friends at the Sound Source this weekend for the band America also The D. Jr. Band again, and I’m sure there are others that will pop up last minute as always.  Looking forward to it. we hope to see you out there!