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Backline techs, from left: stage manager Jay Muth, audio tech Bryan Baxley and carpenter Brady MurphyDolly Parton Band Stage-LeftAccording to drums and keyboard tech Al Lewis, mics include Equation Audio DMI.101, DMI.102S and CMI.103; AKG C 414s; and Shure Beta 91 and Beta 52.Parton sings through a Countryman IsoMax W5 headset with Lectrosonics SM transmitters and R400A receivers. According to Fechner, there is a channel of Lake Contour on it so that he “can dial in and slice-and-dice.” Fechner also has a Manley Variable Mu co
Monitor engineer Jason Glass (seated at right, with monitor tech Dustyn Pieffer)Dolly PartonDolly Parton #2Dolly Parton #3
Thunder Audio’s self-powered Meyer Sound system features dual arrays of 12 MILOs and eight ground-stacked 700-HP subs; twin side-hangs of seven M’elodie loudspeakers and six UPJ-1P VariO serve as front-fill. Design and tuning are via MAPP Online Pro and aDolly Parton Band Stage-Right
Front-of-house engineer Mike Fechner (seated with Thunder Audio crew chief Dave Bernas)Parton’s 24-karat-gold–plated Shure UR2/KSM-9 wireless mic was created for her appearance on American Idol—to “Dolly [the reality show] up,” as monitor engineer Glass says. It is customized with the electronics, metal finishing and clear-coat done at GlasAccording to guitar tech Raymond Hardy, electric guitar amps are miked with Thunder Audio–supplied Royer R-121s.

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