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It’s interesting for me to look at
all these covers now because I am seeing them for the first
time, much like the audience might have seen them 25 or 30
years ago. As a collection of concert memories, it's also fun
to reread the bios in present context.
As you wander through these programs, you
may recall something special about your experience at a
particular show as a fellow member of the crew, a member of the
band, or as a member of the audience. It would be fun to add
some of your anecdotes in these Gallery columns or shorter
comments on the individual program pages.
Here’s an example: Once, when doing
lights for the New Riders at the Capitol Theatre (Passaic), I
noticed that Michael Zasuly (Phoenix Audio, Weissberg Sound)
seemed distressed as he was “ringing out the room”.
When I asked what the problem was, he said that he didn't know
but the sound was all wrong. Recalling a long night at
Designatron in Stony Brook many years ago with George Geranius,
who did sound for Blue Oyster Cult, I observed that one of the
tweeters was out of phase. Michael’s jaw dropped and he
(nearly) shouted that "nobody could hear one tweeter out
of phase in a sound system this big.” Then he did what
any pro would do: he directed his partner Don Smith to check
the phase of all the speakers. Sure enough, one tweeter was out
of phase and that solved the problem. Sometimes it hurts to be
this sensitive, but that’s something that most of us
round-peg-in-a-square-hole rock’n’rollers had in
common.
If you recall something interesting and
you can say it in 50-150 words that you are willing to give
away, please feel welcome to send it
along. —Moyssi
