Dan Healy

Dan Healy (born before 1966) is an American sound engineer and musician, best known for his work with the band Grateful Dead .

In June 1966 Healy first met the band Grateful Dead through John Cipollina in Haight-Ashbury . A year later he joined the band alongside Owsley Stanley as a permanent sound engineer. This engagement lasted only a year at first, as Healy then joined the band Quicksilver Messenger Service as a sound engineer.

For personal reasons, Healy left Quicksilver in 1971 and became a member of the Grateful Dead again. This time he stayed in the band for 23 years and was instrumental in building the Wall of Sound , the largest and most extensive sound system of its time. In addition, he designed the soundboard that the Dead used from 1986 to 1990, when the Wall of Sound was no longer used as too big and bulky.

Another influence from Healy was that he made the "taping areas" possible with the band. In these special sections, fans could create legal bootlegs , with Healy often allowing direct connections to his sound system.

During his time in the band he performed in addition to the sound engineering as well as a side or as the only producer of albums, this was especially the case with the Dick Picks series . He was also active in various TV productions for the band, such as B. Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead or Grateful Dead: Ticket to New Year's Eve Concert . One of his greatest activities was monitoring and setting up the sound and light system in 1978 when he performed in front of the Giza pyramids.

In addition, he was also occasionally involved in concerts as a musician, recordings of which were used in the live album Infrared Roses . Healy was a guitarist and often played directly with the fans before and after the concerts.

In 1994 he was released from the band. The reason for this was that he had personal problems with Bob Weir and went so far that he shut down Weir's microphones during concerts.

After Robert Hunter , Dan Healy was considered the second "non-performing" member of the band.

In addition to his work with the Grateful Dead, Dan Healy was a member of "The Healy Treece Band" from 1979 to 1981. a. Bill Kreutzmann , Donna Godchaux and her husband Keith at the live performances. No albums were released. He also produced the band's debut album The Charlatans in 1969 .

After his time with the Grateful Dead, Healy worked intermittently and performing for the Dark Star Orchestra .

Discography

• 1968 Anthem of the Sun , Grateful Dead
• 1969 The Charlatans, The Charlatans
• 1987 Dead Zone: The Grateful Dead CD Collection (1977-1987) , Grateful Dead
• 1991 One from the Vault , Grateful Dead
• 1992 Two from the Vault , Grateful Dead
• 1996 The Arista Years , Grateful Dead
• 1996 Dick's Picks Volume 6 , Grateful Dead
• 1997 Dick's Picks Volume 9 , Grateful Dead
• 1999 Dick's Picks Volume 13 , Grateful Dead
• 2000 Dick's Picks Volume 17 , Grateful Dead

Web links

• Dan Healy at Discogs (English)
• Dan Healy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Dan Healy, Speaker of the House - Interview, October 1992

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Liberatore, Paul. "Dan Healy: Sound Mix Master for the Grateful Dead", Marin Independent Journal , November 3, 2007 ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Phil Lesh. Searching for the Sound. Little, Brown and Co. 2005; ISBN 0-316-00998-9 , page 308
3. ↑ The Healy Treece Band at deaddisc.com
4. ↑ MySpace entry of the band Dark Star Orchestra ( Memento of the original from February 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.