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167: GRAHAM MELLOR/Production Manager, FOH, Monitors/Sturgill Simpson, Warren haynes, Gov't Mule

Apr 20, 2020

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Graham Mellor is a Production Manager, Monitor Engineer, and Front of House Engineer currently based out of Rhode Island. He is also the owner of Sound Advice LLC, a small sound/production company in North Kingstown, RI, providing production, backline, and audio services to venues in the state, as well as tours such as last years’ The Last Waltz ft. Warren Haynes, Jamey Johnson, Don Was, Lukas Nelson, and John Medeski, as well as the Moe/Blues Traveler All Roads Run Around Tour last summer.

Graham began his career in audio working for PMA Industries, a local sound company doing stage patching and backline for small festivals and legacy acts like 5th Dimension and The Temptations. After a short time, he moved into mixing monitors and stage managing. He also worked as an apprentice electrician, and would travel on the weekends to do shows in the Northeast for PMA and other bands, like Dennis Edwards’ Temptations Review.

In 2011 he started working at FETE, a 1000 cap night club in Providence and became the Production Manager within a few months there, where he began a close relationship with the Knitting Factory who handled booking the venue for a few years.

His tenure on the road started in 2013 mixing monitors for Warren Haynes and Gov’t Mule. After roughly a year and a half to two years he moved to the FOH position and also Production Management. In 2018 he went on to Production Manage and Stage Manage the Willie Nelson's Outlaw Music Festival, produced by Blackbird Presents.

When not in Coronavirus lockdown he can be found as the Production Manager for Sturgill Simpson’s ‘A Good Look’n Tour’.

Today’s episode is sponsored by Boulevard Carroll, Lensrentals, Airturn, and ShowPro Beard Co.

Special Mentions:

Graham Mellor – Sound Advice, Crew Nation, Warren Haynes, Gov’t Mule, Sturgill Simpson, John Joseph – The PMA EFFECT, I Am Michael Alago: Breathing Music. Signing Metallica. Beating Death, The Girl in the Back: A Female Drummer's Life with Bowie, Blondie, and the '70s Rock Scene, Tour Health Research Initiative, ROADIE: My Documentary (TJ Hoffman film), Loud: A Life In Rock ‘N Roll by the World’s First Female Roadie. By Tana Douglas, Mixing Music Live, The Last Seat in the House: The Story of Hanley Sound, The Power of Podcasting Panel at NAMM, Soundgirls, Roswell Pro Audio Mini K87, Filming Great Concert Footage, Roadie Short Film, Roadie: A True Story (at least the parts I remember)