The Who

Tana Douglas wrote a book about her life in Live Sound, released in 2022, entitled LOUD: A life in rock n’ roll by the world’s first female roadie. The title leaves out the fact that she is so much more than a roadie, having built her career from the bottom to the top and becoming a leading expert on Pro Lighting for Live Sound events and having worked with the likes of The Who, Blood Sweat & Tears, Elton John and Ozzie Osbourne among many others. She pioneered techniques in lighting and her ideas for improving the way lighting is installed, used and maintained has inspired se

Tim Hinkley has been an active studio musician in both Los Angeles and Nashville for most of his career.  As first-call keyboardist, Tim has recorded with George Harrison, Pete Townshend, The Who and the Rolling Stones.  Tim also recorded with the Memphis Horns, a group founded by Wayne Jackson, who passed away the week of Tim’s NAMM Oral History interview.

Roy Lamb has witnessed first-hand the many developments in Live Sound during his career. He began as an electrician for the Rolling Stones 1970 European tour and later became the Pro Lighting crew chief for the Moody Blues, among others. In 1980 he teamed with Mike Brown to form Edwin Shirley Staging, the first trucking company specifically for concert support. The following year he served as stage manager for The Who. His association with the band continues as production manager. In 2023, Roy was presented the Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award for his countless contributions to

Keith Mulholland is a rock bass player from Liverpool, England who played with the signed band, Nutz. He also played the Reading Festival twice as well as toured with Queen and Status Quo during the 1970s. Keith also played in a band with Ian Gillan of Deep Purple. His chosen bass has always been the Fender Precision, which he has gigged with for 40 years. At one-point, Keith purchased a Fender six string bass after seeing his hero Jack Bruce of Cream use one during a session with Manfred Mann. During his career with the band Nutz, Keith released over six albums including a live a

Frank Simes was born in Tokyo, Japan and began studying guitar at the age of ten.  During his fascinating career in music Frank has played guitar with the likes of Mick Jagger and Stevie Nicks; been a songwriter for Surreal McCoys, David Lee Roth and The Whizz Kidds as well as serving as musical director for The Who and Roger Daltrey.Frank also worked on film for The Who (Quadrophenia Live in London) and Don Henley (Inside Job) among others.

Stephen Zelenka has had quite the career in the music industry. His love for music started early while he was growing up and playing gigs in London,  he eventually landed a job working for the band Gentle Giant. This job entailed a lot of tasks associated with touring, and Stephen earned the nickname of “Zoomie Zelenka”  at the tender age of sixteen  by running around with so much to do having been awarded the job title of guitar tech, projectionist and PA engineer all on the same gig! After touring with Gentle Giant, Stephen went on to work with TFA Electrosound in the UK and wen