Sid will share stories Tuesday night about his life on the road
Glenn Campbell, Waylon Jennings, The Beach Boys and Ray Charles are names that evoke a golden time in music history and this Tuesday the Baxter County Historical Society will host a man who spent his career running sound for these and other big names in the music industry.
Sid Pierce will be the featured speaker as part of the society’s monthly meeting held at the Donald W. Reynolds Library.
Sid running sound in the 1980s
Pierce began life in Gainesville and after high school worked a few years at Baxter Labs in Mountain Home. He performed in a few bands at “the line” in the 1970s and Sid, as he prefers to be called, says it was a chance stop at a store in Mountain Home that began his career as a touring sound man.
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Sid with long time boss Roy Clark
His book “Roadie… from the Tour Bus to the School Bus” is a collection of stories from his million miles on the road. That road had him running sound for many prominent artists and speakers.
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Sid’s father was long time Sheriff of Ozark County Herman Pierce who worried at times about the different career path his son had taken. A Roy Clark event years later helped ease his mind.
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The sound man from Gainesville will share more stories about the road and his work on Tuesday evening starting at 6 and the public is invited to attend. The Baxter County Library is located at 300 Library Hill Lane in Mountain Home.
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