Martin Professional and Bandit Lites out again on latest CSN tour

Lighting Designer Will Twork is using a plethora of Martin moving lights including MAC 250, 300, 500 and 600 moving heads to create a one of a kind lighting show. Twork says, "Whenever I design a system for an act or job, I take a look at the big picture. In other words, what type of music or event I´m trying to light. In the case of Crosby, Stills and Nash, it´s all about the 1960s. Woodstock Nation. So with that in mind, I feel the lights should reflect that. In a word, psychedelic. Lots of in your face (literally) lighting. I try to spill light, color and patterns in the audiences eyes, as well as create a very colorful stage. The nice thing about lighting CSN is the huge variety of moods and styles the band has created musically in the past 30 years of song writing."

The stand out piece of this lighting rig is the custom-made 20-foot diameter A-Type truss circle. Twork then devised three "rays" emanating from the circle. This look adds more dimensionality to the rig and some unique angles from which to light. Twork says, "The 20´ circle upstage center is my canvas if you will, that can also be used to create swatches of color and different patterns to reflect the music of the band by means of 4 MAC 250+. I´ve also used extended length T bars on 6 of the 7 upstage MAC 500s (10´, 8´ and 6´) to create some depth."

The tour is set to play throughout the United States through the end of September.

Crew:
Lighting Designer: Will Twork
Crew Chief. Kent Shafferman
Production Manager: Mason Wilkinson
Tour Manager: Mike Sexton
Sound: Sound Image

*Based on Bandit Lites´ press release of Sept. 6, 2001