3 Latest Submissions

Benjamin Jones interviews Charlie “Cosmo” Wilson. They talk about his start in the business, designing, and how the industry has changed to become what it is today.
Old Man Musings  It’s 1982 and I’m hanging by my ankles under some truss trying to get the doggone ColorMax units to reset themselves after putting the flimsy gel strings back in their undersized sensor tracks and adding a little “road” technology. LD Marilyn Lowey is […]
 Old Man Musings  Much of the history of lighting is written in truss. Today everything to do with truss seems to be standardized, but when I started in the 70’s every lighting vendor seemingly built their own models. Nowadays some companies make their own copies, but […]

WHAT

We’re creating a site with articles, interviews, videos, stories, photos, and drawings that educate and give a clear picture of what it was like to put on a concert in the 70’s, 80′, 90’s etc.

The final aim is to have a physical museum, and a foundation to help retired roadies in need.

HOW

This is a society that reflects the call for anyone who would like to share their past, knowledge, or historic experience when it comes to working behind the scenes in live concerts.

See the Submit Content page for more information to contribute. You don’t have to be an experienced writer or interviewer.

We’re also looking for  volunteers to help spearhead this project by offering writing, editing, website design, funding, other aspects we haven’t thought of yet to make this a successful non-profit company.

This is the place where any veteran is welcome to say Back in my day!


WHY

In many ways the pioneers of the touring crew aka roadies were cowboys making the impossible happen.

In the early days, the crew guys drove the trucks, worked together in all the departments to make the show happen. No stagehands to help setup.

There were no universities or programs specializing in these fields. So many historic tours and events were made up on the fly.

We’ll be losing these colorful stories and knowledge forever by not documenting this period in time.


WHO

The who (Pun intended :-)) are the folks who join this historical society by sharing their past, knowledge, or historic experience.

To see whose behind the scenes go to the About Us page


770 Thomas Mk2 ally pars (both par 64 and 36) –530 x 250w 28v ACL –240 x 1k 120v Par 96 x 650w 120v DWE 47 x 7’7” PRT double hung   5 x Hex pods (each pod contained 12 x Short nose Par64 ACL, 24 […]
Color Scrollers
Old Man Musings  It’s 1982 and I’m hanging by my ankles under some truss trying to get the doggone ColorMax units to reset themselves after putting the flimsy gel strings back in their undersized sensor tracks and adding a little “road” technology. LD Marilyn Lowey is […]
Cosmo Wilson
Benjamin Jones interviews Charlie “Cosmo” Wilson. They talk about his start in the business, designing, and how the industry has changed to become what it is today.
David Davidian has worked with numerous classic acts including Aeromsith, AC/DC, and Rush. He paints a great picture of what touring was like starting in the early 70’s through to the present time.
Benjamin Jones interviews Phay MacMahon on his past and the journey up to the design of the Def Leppard Hysteria tour.
Dizzy Gosnell
How I got into lighting… I started off in a small pub band in London in the 70’s called ‘Hatchet’, as either a drummer or singer, this was the punk era and finding rock drummers or singers back then was hard, they all wanted to be […]