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Eric ‘Shakes’ Grzybowski, Production Manager

Eric “Shakes” Grzybowski originally wanted to be a hockey player. Growing up in Detroit, Shakes started out as a rapper. While performing regionally, he got a lot of experience that led him to work as a stagehand. He then moved up the ranks from tech to stage managing and on to tour and production managing. He’s worked with a wide array of artists, but for 18 years, he was full time with Kid Rock. Other artists he’s worked for include Korn, KISS, the Reverend Horton Heat, Poison, and more. When we spoke, Shakes was just wrapping up PM duties for the Pantera tour and was moving on working on the Queens of the Stone Age tour.

1,000 Words with… David Hunkins

After a concert lighting experience that opened his eyes at a young age, David Hunkins got started in live entertainment production and never looked back. He designed and teched shows in high school and college. In fact, he was so busy working to pay for a college theater education, he left school to work… and eat. His early career days were spent in the Milwaukee area working as a stagehand on lighting and scenery projects for theater, music, fashion shows, and events. His desire to tour led him to move to Los Angeles. Follow the link to learn more about David Hunkins.

Shockwave Cargo’s Catherine Healy

Catherine Healy, CEO of Shockwave Cargo. Debi Moen chats with Healy about her illustrious career, which all started with a love of music and a job in a record store.