Company
History
Hard
Truckers™ is the organization
of sound specialists whose varied
experience stems from the roots of
the San Francisco Bay Area rock scene.
We designed and
built the Grateful Dead’s Wall
of Sound and toured the United States
with our semi-trucks packed with
our speakers.
The
Hard Truckers embodied the glorious
sound and legendary performing history
of the Grateful Dead. We are proud
to announce a reborn Hard Truckers
Company. The new Hard Truckers Company
is formed by founding members of
the Grateful Dead Crew; Steve Parish
and Joe Winslow. The original co-founders
are joined by their Organization
of Sound Specialists; CEO Glenn Goldstein,
Master Woodworker Jon Fiant and a
talented crew of woodworkers, engineers,
artists and craftsmen.
Using
new materials of the highest sound
quality and new ideas the Hard Truckers
are breaking new paths in sound and
stage performance. With deep roots
in the sound legacy of the Wall of
Sound; the Hard Truckers pay tribute,
in performance and craftsmanship,
to this legendary performing history.
Joe Winslow
Born on September 29th, 1948 in Pendleton
Oregon, Joe made his way down to
the Bay Area to visit three of his
friends that were working with the
Grateful Dead. There he met Steve
Parish who had just finished working
with Quicksilver Messenger Service.
After deciding to stay in San Francisco,
he got on with the Dead by driving
a truck for them which eventually
led to working along side with the
sound crew engineers. Over time Joe
got heavily involved with designing
speaker cabinets. One of the original
co-founders of the Hard Truckers’,
Joe spent his life doing the things
he loves.
Steve Parish
Steve Parish was never one to walk
the straight and narrow, even during
his childhood growing up in Flushing
Meadows, Queens. Busted as a teenager
for selling acid in the summer of
1968, Parish landed in Riker’s
Island. The experience changed him,
and after he was released he did
his best to stay out of trouble,
securing a job moving music equipment
at the New York State Pavilion. The
first show he worked was a Grateful
Dead concert in July 1969, and Parish
was captivated by the music. His
life, seemingly headed nowhere, suddenly
found its calling as he fell in quickly
with this band of like-minded misfits
who formed the nucleus of what would
be the greatest road crew in rock
‘n roll history.
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