2024 Last Seat In The House
About the Show
Known as the “Father of Festival Sound” Bill Hanley (b. 1937) made his indelible mark as a sound engineer at the 1969 Woodstock Music and Arts Fair. Hanley is credited with creating the sound of Woodstock, which literally made the massive festival possible.
Stories of his on-the-fly solutions resonate as legend among festivalgoers, music lovers, and sound engineers. Since the 1950s his passion for audio has changed the way audiences listen to and technicians approach quality live concert sound.
In this documentary, The Last Seat in the House, John Kane examines Hanley’s echoing impact on the entire field of sound engineering, that crucial but often-overlooked carrier wave of contemporary music.
The event will screen the documentary and give way to a Q & A with the filmmaker and Bill Hanley, exploring this important development in music.
