Nov 10
The road crew (or roadies) are the technicians who travel on tour with musicians and who handle every part of the production except actually playing the music.
Except that in our project those who play the music have to set up the equipment and take down the equipment. This is one of those things I really enjoy doing.
We are expecting the arrival of the Long Beach crew today for our community praise event tomorrow night. Today i get to live the life of a roadie and set up sound equipment. At times like this, and others, i miss the help of a certain friend of mine from Arlington.
We’d set up equipment and talk. It was a great way to spend a few hours.
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November 10th, 2006 at 10:01 am
Hey, we’ll talk while we set up.
November 10th, 2006 at 10:55 am
We’re hoping you have a great time and turnout!
I’ll make sure your note is passed on to your
ex-roadie.
November 10th, 2006 at 11:17 am
I’ve enjoyed the times I’ve been a roadie for Greg. In honor of your upcoming concert, the Long Beach Crew, and your roadie buddy from Arlington – Jackson Browne’s “The Load Outâ€
Now the seats are all empty
Let the roadies take the stage
Pack it up and tear it down
They’re the first to come and last to leave
Working for that minimum wage
They’ll set it up in another town
Tonight the people were so fine
They waited there in line
And when they got up on their feet they made the show
And that was sweet–
But I can hear the sound
Of slamming doors and folding chairs
And that’s a sound they’ll never know
Now roll them cases out and lift them amps
Haul them trusses down and getem up them ramps
cause when it comes to moving me
You guys are the champs
But when that last guitars been packed away
You know that I still want to play
So just make sure you got it all set to go
Before you come for my piano
But the bands on the bus
And they’re waiting to go
Wave got to drive all night and do a show in Chicago
Or Detroit, I don’t know
We do so many shows in a row
And these towns all look the same
We just pass the time in our hotel rooms
And wander round backstage
Till those lights come up and we hear that crowd
And we remember why we came
Now we got country and western on the bus
R and b, we got disco in eight tracks and cassettes in stereo
We’ve got rural scenes & magazines
We’ve got truckers on the cb
We’ve got Richard Pryor on the video
We got time to think of the ones we love
While the miles roll away
But the only time that seems too short
Is the time that we get to play
People you’ve got the power over what we do
You can sit there and wait
Or you can pull us through
Come along, sing the song
You know you cant go wrong
cause when that morning sun comes beating down
You’re going to wake up in your town
But well be scheduled to appear
A thousand miles away from here
November 10th, 2006 at 11:49 am
C’mon, Cecil. Stay. Just a little bit longer.
Love that song. One of my faves.
I wish I could be up north this weekend. Fate is conspiring against me these days.
Still, ZOE’s around the corner. Everyone’s coming right?
November 13th, 2006 at 6:52 am
Does “Elvis has left the building” strike a cord with anyone?
Randy, has your e-mail changed? I have tried to send some stuff to you two or three times, and it came back “undeliverable.” You’re as hard to get through to as Cecil is!!