A touring artist’s production has countless moving parts, and it’s up to the members of the road crew — those tireless “roadies” — to keep track of all those parts every mile of the journey. …
Read more →Amy Nelson, Willie Nelson’s youngest daughter, is working a documentary with her cousin Trevor Doyle Nelson about her father’s longtime roadie, Ben Dorcy. Dorcy is considered the first true roadie ever, starting his career in …
Read more →Kris Kristofferson. Johnny Cash. Patsy Kline. Willie Nelson. They may have been on stage, but it was Ben Dorcy, the original roadie, that got them on there. Now Austin filmmakers Amy Nelson and Trevor Doyle …
Read more →At age 15, Ben Dorcy became an Ice Capades dancer. A few years later he became a Navy seaman, and now, at 90 years old, he is the world’s oldest living roadie. In the upcoming …
Read more →Amy Nelson, daughter of Willie, started working on her documentary about Ben Dorcy—her father’s 90-year-old roadie—eleven years ago. Now it’s finally almost done. In King of the Roadies, Dorcy, who has been with Willie since the sixties, might receive his …
Read more →High Brew Coffee®, an Austin-based natural beverage company, is taking their “for those who do” mantra to the next level with the Roadie Lounge, a unique experience built exclusively for the hardworking men and women …
Read more →There were two things happening at the eastern fringe of SXSW on Friday afternoon. In the sun-splashed dirt courtyard of the Scoot Inn beer garden, the Brooklyn Bowl Family Reunion was in the final stretch …
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