Re: The headset microphone

[chrisw@wwa.com (Chris Williams)]

   About the headset mic:

> In article <42dti8$cm6$1@mhafm.production.compuserve.com>,
> 	74557.664@CompuServe.COM (Richard Hamilton) writes:
> 
> >So what was the name of Kate's soundman? I to convence my wife 
> >that it wasn't Garth Brooks that thought of that. I had to did out 
> >my Hammersmith Odeon tape and show here. Gee if it wasn't for 
> >Kate!
> 
> I've missed all the recent discussions here due to my summer vac from uni., but
> have stumbled on this post.
> 
> If you're talking about the soundman who died on the run-through for the 1979
> tour, his name was BILL DUFFIELD. Kate remembers him in the song "Blow Away
> (for Bill)" and also (I think) in "Moments of Pleasure" - I assume that he was
> a bit of an all-round techie as she sings "Hey there Bill, would you turn the
> lights up?"

   Actually, Bill Duffield was Kate's lighting guy. He fell from a lighting
truss during rehersals. Kate's sound guy can be seen in the Nationwide
_Kate Bush On Tour_. He is not identified by name, but he is a bearded
guy with an accent that sound fairly Scottish (to my American ears.)

   He specifically mentions that it was built from a wire hanger. Kate
discusses that she wanted "...something like a telephonist's headset.)
It's fairly clear that she was not mearly the first to use one, but
can be fairly called it's inventor.