Have you heard of Bob Rock or Paul Hyde (Vancouver)?
They were in popular 80's band called the Payolas.
These guys......
Their sound guy helped mix my college cover band in a big bar in central Wisconsin (1984?) and we were just humbled at how good the PA sounded.
We had an OK tri-amped PA for a bar band...
Sonic Double 15 scoops; each powered by one Peavey CS800
Sonic 4460 cubes (1-15); each powered by one side of a CS800
JBL horns; each powered by one side of a CS800
Biamp 24 channel board and a 200' snake
We were a cover band and this local club would pay us $300 for the use of the PA and to do a warm up set if a better band came in.
This was 1981-1984
We did a warm up set for the Paylolas. The night before we were drinking beer at our bass players house and the video above came up on MTV. We were very excited.
The members of the band were great guys but their sound man actually yelled at our drummer during sound check "Do you
ever tune your drums?" The guy jumped on the stage and helped Marc (our drummer) reposition his drum mics. The guy didn't ask if this was OK, he just did it. At first we were offended.
Next he pushed our board man out of the way and took over. We were kind of freaking out.
I had never heard our PA sound so good and so loud as the night that this guy took over. It never sounded that good again. The guy that owned the club kept saying...."Do you see what happens when someone truly experienced gets hold of a sound system".
Our sound guy went from being PO'd to becoming the Payola's sound man's best friend for the evening.
You think you know a lot until you watch someone who truly does know a lot.
I'll never forget that guy.
John