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Bandit with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young on Freedom of Speech
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young teamed up again for ‘Freedom of Speech 06’, their first tour as a group since 2002. The tour is visiting 30 cities across North America between early July and mid-September. The music featured on this tour includes selections from their earlier collaborations, as well as from their individual careers. Neil Young also makes his concert debut of music from his 2006 album, Living With War. Production managers for the tour are Tim Foster and Mason Wilkinson, lighting designer is Keith Wissmar and lighting director Joel Reiff.
“The band decided this year that they wanted to tour with a big message. To emphasize this message they made extensive use of multiple tab tracks, kabuki’s scenery and high resolution video. This pushed the lighting into a whole new direction that Wissmar and Reiff took on board and created an exciting show that amplified the intensity of the message, the band and their songs,” explained Dizzy Gosnell, of the Bandit San Francisco office.
The lighting design started as a phone conversation between band member, Neil Young, and Wissmar, who also worked with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young on their 2002 tour. Young and Wissmar initially collaborated by producing six versions of dimensional drawings. Wissmar said that Young took over at that point. According to Wissmar: “There were numerous flags and banners in this production, all choreographed by Young.” Wissmar added that the show took on a CNNesque quality - powerful, outspoken and visually appealing.
In order to create a mood that coincided with that of the music itself, Wissmar chose to use MAC 2000 Performance fixtures, MAC 2000 Wash lights, ETC Source Four 19 degree profiles, Coemar I Flex Spots and Color Blast 12’s. He also used two Whole Hog II’s.
Bandit CEO, Michael Strickland, complimented all parties involved: “Crosby, Stills Nash and Young are certainly an iconic band and one which I have personally been a fan of since the beginning. I consider it an honor and a privilege to work with them in any combination they may go out in. The management and production staff around CSNY is second to none and a real pleasure to work with. The entire entourage is world class.”
4th September 2006
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