In 2007, I was contacted by an association in Strasbourg that was organizing a visual-kei concert and they needed a sound engineer. But right after a few shows with American stoner band Red Fang and a few days before joining Thee Oh Sees for a month on the road in France, Europe, and North America, he found a moment to open up to us about the struggles of touring, his best (and worst) memories, and the daily rock’n’roll lifestyle. It takes finesse just to track Sam down to talk about his life on tour, especially at the height of the summer festival season. Trained as a sound engineer, Sam works as a driver, sound engineer, roadie and tour manager (sometimes all at once), and spends his year on the road, living from concert to concert. Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizzard, The Intelligence…this Frenchman is friends with some of the best bands of the American and Australian alternative rock scenes.
We have to admit we’re a bit jealous of “Sam”.
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