Davide Lombardi served as head of audio on the tour on behalf of Brit Row, as well as assistant to David Morgan, James Taylor's FOH engineer. He commented: "It was a great challenge - I had 24 Butterfly and two DVS8s controlled by two Dolby Lake units, and had to change the rig's set-up 10 times in 12 different venues, but the system responded fantastically. As it was an acoustic concert, it was fundamental for the vocals and guitar to be clear and up-front everywhere in the theatre - from the front stalls to the last row in the circle."
He concluded: "Expert FOH engineer David Morgan and James Taylor himself were overjoyed with Brit Row's new Butterfly."
The same system has been used on recent tours by Amy Winehouse (UK - see the April issue of Lighting&Sound International magazine) and Cliff Richard (Europe).
From 7-27 May 2007, Brit Row's date-sheet shows that Butterfly will be used on tours by the Pet Shop Boys (Europe) and Groove Armada (UK), as well as for shows by Van Morrison, Patti Smith, Pink Martini, Biffy Clyro and the Editors at London's Roundhouse.
(Lee Baldock)
