Name: Ian Keith
Date Started: May 1999
Based: Indiana
Bands & Artists Worked With: Slayer, System of A Down, Monster Magnet, Sevendust, Staind, Alter Bridge, Godsmack, Creed, Ricky Martin, Beyonce, Slash and Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators, Justin Timberlake, Janet Jackson, Neon Trees, Alicia Keys, SZA and Rob Thomas. 

Ian started in the business as a guitar player in dirt rock bands in Toledo, OH. He moved to Phoenix, AZ, in 1995 to try his luck as a stagehand for the professional touring bands. He’s worked a variety of gigs while there, from corporate shows at resorts to stadium shows at colleges, American football stadiums, and MLB ballparks. He loved working the shows at a local amphitheater and worked with the touring backline guys. He would watch the guitar techs and ask questions. Some of the crew were very helpful in showing him guitar & bass setup and maintenance. He got his shot at touring with Slayer. One of the guitarists lived in Phoenix, and a stagehand friend lived with him. He claims he owes all to that guitarist and my good friend Norm. After that tour, he hasn’t stopped. He loves his job and is blessed to have worked with artists of all kinds, traveling the world in the process.