Many of you have asked about Gary Allan’s equipment and safety in the rain, so we took your questions to his production manager, Sean, and got you a complete answer to how it all works in the rainy weather. During the show in Cadott this past weekend, the band and equipment were all under the covered part of the stage. The crew tries to keep everything as dry as possible in these situations. We cover everything in visqueen (basically a heavy duty painter’s plastic) to keep mist and stray drops from the gear. If puddles form on stage around pedal boards sometimes they will be relocated to another area and kept under visqueen. Gary only had a wireless microphone when he went out on the thrust part of the stage (into the rain). The wireless mic can handle the weather up to a point. It will just need to be dried out and they will need to change the batteries. Gary did not take any of his guitars out into the heavy rain. Those were safely tucked away in the cases and kept dry at that point. However, even when he was under the cover, the guitars do get wet but our two guitar techs have quick access to plenty of towels to keep things dry. Garys mic and guitars are powered by AA batteries. Sometimes they get wet and we have backups for everybody. The people at Shure Microphones understand that weather comes and do a great job of getting our gear back up and running. Also, at the point Gary was in the rain, it was just rain. There was no lightning in the area. We as the production team keep a close eye on many weather apps and local news to keep us informed of whats going on to make sure that the artist and fans have a good time but remain safe. Once lightning started to show up on the radar, the venue & Gary’s production team notified him and the show was called for everyone’s safety. He played as long as he could for as long as it was deemed safe to do so. We hope that answers everyone’s questions, but please let us know if you have any other questions and we’ll be happy to try and answer them for you. All the best, #TeamGA
Posted on: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 20:03:05 +0000
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