Stevie Ray Vaughan's Roadie is the Epitome of a Professional

submitted by garmachi

1 decade 4 months 2 weeks ago

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Yep, and notice Stevie's little head nod just before the replacement guitar arrives, right on time (in the vocal break).

And afterwards, here's what we don't see (but is surely happening backstage) - the roadie rushing to restring and quickly tune-up Stevie's favorite guitar.

CrushBug

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The absolutely craziest roadie work I ever saw was at a concert for an Australian band called Johnnie Diesel and the Injectors. Great band, good songs, but the lead singer/guitarist played so hard that he would break a string every second song. Just off stage, his roadie was re-stringing his guitars like mad, and when a string would break, he would catch the roadie's eye, and throw the guitar off-stage. The roadie would throw a new guitar back, and he would keep on playing. I never saw so many guitar changes in my life.

ant

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No videos?

*fail

CrushBug

said:

The absolutely craziest roadie work I ever saw was at a concert for an Australian band called Johnnie Diesel and the Injectors. Great band, good songs, but the lead singer/guitarist played so hard that he would break a string every second song. Just off stage, his roadie was re-stringing his guitars like mad, and when a string would break, he would catch the roadie's eye, and throw the guitar off-stage. The roadie would through a new guitar back, and he would keep on playing. I never saw so many guitar changes in my life.