Our Crew
2/27/10 by John Coinman
Our Crew--------
One of the best things about this band is that it is a family. Our crew is the BEST! These guys are not only the tops on the fields but they are great men and cool cats.
DEVIN KELLEY is our Production manager – he takes care of all the preproduction making sure the venue where we play has all the things we need – the right stage, the right equipment, enough help, the right food and a million other things. He also handles our stage monitors during the show. His job never ends. He started working two months before this tour and he has to be on all the time. He never sleeps – well almost never.
CASEY CARRIER - our Front of House sound guy - we met Casey when he was working for Smokey Robinson. Casey still works for Smokey but he finds the time somehow to travel with us. We first heard Casey’s sound work when we went to a Smokey show and were blown away by his work – after all, if you work with Smokey, you have to be good.. Casey loves dogs and he loves his wife, and an occasional cigar and fine wine. He has a bleached out stripe through his black hair. We think he loves us too. We have to be nice to him or he might turn our sound off.
PETE GRYMES is our lighting director. He lives in Phoenix where Devin lives. If you’ve ever seen one of our shows you know what a great lighting guy Pete is. He can work with a huge lighting set up or a small club rig and make us look good. And for some of us well – it’s pretty hard to make us look good. Pete’s got a lot of moves to make on every song – lighting is intense. You can see him at the back of the hall. He’s the madman with the wild smile on his face.
BUSTER “MATT” ALLEN - our Jack of all trades, our Mr. fixit, our Red Ninja don’t fuck with him guy - is the red head you might see catching one of Teddy’s guitars flying through the air from the stage during our shows. Teddy and Buster like to throw guitars around when Teddy needs a new one on stage. They are getting really good at it and seem to enjoy their new sport. We don’t get a lot of exercise so…… Buster can repair anything mechanical or electronic. He’s strong but light on his feet. He can take a punch and a joke. He’s a fine guitar player and the ladies seem to like him – why that is, we haven’t been able to figure out yet but that’s beside the point. He’s not married so it’s ok. Buster also works with Garth Brooks and might be seen wandering around Tulsa, Oklahoma or Nashville, Tennessee when he’s not re mixing Garth’s music or traveling with us.
Thank you guys
14 Comments
YMadrid says:
Hello john. Nice what you tell us today. From your visit to Gothenburg.. Helsinki ... and finally this description of this GREAT FAMILY that is the band, something that is felt by your words to them always.
I thank you for approaching every day this web and to do ourselves , participants of the tour along Europe. I enjoyed very much the concert in Madrid but I ´m a bit sad because already it passed. It is a pleasure to read and follow your trip. I wish a lot of luck you. Regards from Madrid for all, specially to Kevin:). Tell him that we would like to read him though only it is a “Hi” :)
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Hola john.Qué bonito lo que nos cuentas hoy.Desde vuestra visita a Gothenburg ..Helsinki… y por último esta descripción de esa GRAN FAMILIA que es la banda,algo que se intuye por tus palabras hacia ellos siempre.
Te doy las gracias por acercarte cada dia a este espacio en la red y hacernos de alguna manera,partícipes de la gira por Europa.Disfruté mucho el concierto en Madrid pero tengo un poquito de pena porque ya pasó.Es un placer leerte y seguir vuestro viaje.Os deseo mucha suerte.Saludos desde Madrid para todos,especialmente a Kevin :) . Dile que nos gustaría leerle aunque solo sea un “Hi” :) .
February 28, 2010 at 5:10 am | reply
Raquel says:
Hello, it’s true that you are a Great Family. You showed on the stage, with your good music, your nice performance…All you’re a great team!!
Have a good trip and tour!!!
I think like YMadrid, if is possible we would like read some words written by Kevin!
Thank you so much!!!!
Greetings from Barcelona!
February 28, 2010 at 7:07 am | reply
Carme says:
Hi John ...... I miss you your comments !!!!!
Thanks for this explanation .... good to know all team members ...... and nice to see you’re a family ... I think that’s very important for the band ... best vives, best music, best fun ......
A big hug for all
February 28, 2010 at 10:09 am | reply
Adriana Tomas says:
Thanks John, for write your experiences, it’s great you are a Big Family. Most important is to have somebody with you when you need it. I wish that you may have a good trip and I hope see you soon.
Adriana from Barcelona.
February 28, 2010 at 11:50 am | reply
Isabel Mª says:
¡¡¡THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KEVIN & MODERN WEST!!!!
¡Yo estuve en el primer concierto de Barcelona, y os aseguro que fue una de las mejores noches de mi vida! ¡Kevin has hecho realidad mi sueño de poder verte!
Muchas gracias por regalarnos vuestra presencia con esa GRAN actuación, y por presentarnos a esa gran cantante “SARA BECK”, a la que, también doy mi enhorabuena y le deseo lo mejor en su carrera!
Espero que, para la próxima gira, también os acordéis de pasar por Barcelona, aquí os esperamos con los brazos abiertos, y como no, cuando eso ocurra, allí estaré yo como: “LA MÁS FIEL SEGUIDORA DE KEVIN Y COMPAÑÍA”.
Me siento muy afortunada de haber asistido a vuestro concierto y tener la oportunidad de escuchar vuestra música en directo, fue una experiencia ¡realmente emocionante!
Gracias John, por contarnos cada día un poquito más sobre vuestra GRAN FAMILIA y darnos la oportunidad de seguiros en vuestra web. Con tus mensajes haces que estemos un poquito más cerca de vosotros.
¡Gracias de todo corazón, desde Barcelona!
Quiero dar las gracias desde aquí, a mi hermano, me hizo el mejor regalo: consiguió las entradas para mí y me acompañó en todo momento, en esa gran noche. ¡Muchas Gracias!
ISA
February 28, 2010 at 2:07 pm | reply
Ingrid says:
Thank you John,
We love Kevin for a long time. We also love the group Modern West. We love Sara since the concert. But we didn’t know Devin KELLEY, Casey CARRIER, Pete GRYMES, Matt ALLEN… and yet saw we them at the time of the concert. Thank you Devin, Casey, Pete and Matt, also for your great participation in these fabulous concerts.
Devin, please, make return Kevin Costner and Modern West to France for more dates, longer. The critics Frenchwomen are positive. Please Come back.
I will try to cure my legs and I will work my English for your return. And I will coming kiss of thanks to you, Devin. Ok ?
bye bye
Ingrid
February 28, 2010 at 7:06 pm | reply
lisa kelley says:
hats off to all of you…. every one in the band, looks like your have’n a blast and working hard! love you!!! can’t wait to see you back in the states! country thunder! rock on! luv u dev!
March 01, 2010 at 1:44 am | reply
supermangirl007 says:
That’s exactly the impression the people get - you guys are a big family that has a lot of fun! And that’s so great! Keep it up! See you on Wednesday!
p.s. BUSTER rules! ;-D
March 01, 2010 at 2:57 am | reply
Evelyn says:
Hello everyone!
Thanks for introducing the important men “in the dark”.
Also the stories from your journey through Europe are very interesting.
I am glad, that now March has come. On Wednesday I will be on my journey to Cologne to visit your concert. And I will see you also in Vienna on the 19th, because this ist my hometown. I hope the concert in the Stadthalle will be as good as in Cologne because in the Stadthalle in Vienna we have TO SIT ON CHAIRS (thats really terrible). Well, we will see what happens! So have a good time and take care of you
Evelyn from Vienna
March 01, 2010 at 6:36 am | reply
Paul Isvik says:
Thank you Kevin, MW and the crew for the fantastic (sold out) concert in Randers, Denmark last night.
Proberly the concert of the year.
Hope you´ll come back soon.
Best wishes
Paul - 10 years older than Kevin
March 01, 2010 at 6:45 am | reply
Jaine says:
Always have to respect the people behind the scenes what-ever walk of life you are in.
I remember ‘Buster’ running back and forth last year in Mannheim kept very busy is that to stay out of trouble.
I have just downloaded on itunes Sara Beck’s album For Lovers & Fighters truly amazing voice. Thank you for introducing me to another great artist.
Jaine
March 01, 2010 at 10:42 am | reply
blue moon says:
Thanks for sharing this - sounds like a happy familiy indeed :-)
You guys rocked on the German TV show last Saurday. Well done for your first TV appearance as a band ;-) (btw: Also well done for having them change the stage design - don’t know what they were thinking…)
Can’t wait to see your gigs in Germany very soon (and on my birthday, woo-hoo !)
Rock on !!
March 01, 2010 at 5:31 pm | reply
iguane says:
hi john!!
we sure can feel the family spirit from the pit and in ur songs!! we just love it from the bottom of ur heart!! the team is great fun to watch on and off stage!! casey is coooooooool im jealous of his haircut!! loooool
u forgot to mention tim! :D i just love him hes my hero for now on! hahaha!
thanks to u all for giving us the best imes of our lives! dont want this week to end! well still 4 shows to go! ull be sick to see ur faces after a while i think!! :D
c u tonight in koln!! xoxoxoxoxoxox the crazy us
March 03, 2010 at 4:25 am | reply
Andrea R. says:
Thank you guys!!!!! Thank you for making -Modern West- to one of my favorite bands,- NO, actually for making -Modern West- to my favorite band ever ;0)
John, thank you for keeping us always with you information on time!!!!!!!!
March 05, 2010 at 2:16 pm | reply
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