The Last Seat in the House: The Story of Hanley Sound by John Kane is a many-sided journey explored by one man––Bill Hanley. Since the 1950s his appetite for audio has changed the way audiences listen, and how technicians approach, live concert sound.
From his earliest days growing up in the Boston suburb of Medford, to learning his technique and applying it at the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals, Hanley’s mission was to make live sound better. As the music business advanced, a new and emerging industry did so as well, with Hanley riding its wave. By the end of the 1960s and early 1970s, musicians, managers, and promoters began to expect more than atypical, primitive PA system. They wanted better sound and Hanley was there to help.
Each chapter of The Last Seat in the House: The Story of Hanley Sound is connected. As Hanley’s life unfolds, one memorable event after the other does as well. The history of Hanley Sound, innovations leading to contemporary concert sound systems, the pop festival movement beginning at Newport, Woodstock, and the post-Woodstock festival fallout are all in this far-reaching and encyclopedic text, with Bill Hanley in the backdrop. As a result, the chapters are treated with a broad range of readers in mind. With over eight years of research, this is the most comprehensive text ever written on the rise of live music, and the technology behind it.
The Last Seat in the House: The Story of Hanley Sound will be released by The University Press of Mississippi in early 2020. For more information, please go to: www.upress.state.ms.us
To learn about John Kane's other work Pilgrims of Woodstock with the University Press of Indiana please go to www.pilgrimsofwoodstock.com
From his earliest days growing up in the Boston suburb of Medford, to learning his technique and applying it at the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals, Hanley’s mission was to make live sound better. As the music business advanced, a new and emerging industry did so as well, with Hanley riding its wave. By the end of the 1960s and early 1970s, musicians, managers, and promoters began to expect more than atypical, primitive PA system. They wanted better sound and Hanley was there to help.
Each chapter of The Last Seat in the House: The Story of Hanley Sound is connected. As Hanley’s life unfolds, one memorable event after the other does as well. The history of Hanley Sound, innovations leading to contemporary concert sound systems, the pop festival movement beginning at Newport, Woodstock, and the post-Woodstock festival fallout are all in this far-reaching and encyclopedic text, with Bill Hanley in the backdrop. As a result, the chapters are treated with a broad range of readers in mind. With over eight years of research, this is the most comprehensive text ever written on the rise of live music, and the technology behind it.
The Last Seat in the House: The Story of Hanley Sound will be released by The University Press of Mississippi in early 2020. For more information, please go to: www.upress.state.ms.us
To learn about John Kane's other work Pilgrims of Woodstock with the University Press of Indiana please go to www.pilgrimsofwoodstock.com
John Kane is faculty in the design and media department at the New Hampshire Institute of Art. He also teaches leadership, communication, business, and marketing courses. He is the author of Pilgrims of Woodstock: Never-Before-Seen Photos (University Press of Indiana) and The Last Seat in the House: The Story of Hanley Sound (University Press of Mississippi). He grew up in Somerville, Massachusetts, and now resides on the seacoast of New Hampshire. You can contact him directly at thelastseatinthehouse@gmail.com
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