Welcome to the Music Thursdays segment! Each week here on Geek Alabama, Music Thursdays will feature music related content. Music Thursdays will feature an artist or band and their latest song and / or music video. People love music, and we here at Geek Alabama love featuring artists and bands!

Step inside the backstage world of The Late Show Starring Stephen Colbert with Matt Mead, the house band backline tech and music A2 for Louis Cato and the Great Big Joy Machine.

In this episode, Matt walks us through the instruments, wireless rigs, and custom gear that keep the band sounding tight night after night. From Louis Cato’s one-of-a-kind hollow Tuttle Telecaster to the talkback system that lets the band arrange songs on the fly, you’ll see how spontaneity and precision coexist in a live late-night environment.

Matt opens up his entire workflow: maintaining guitars, dialing in pedalboards, troubleshooting a vintage Wurlitzer, and even carving out a tiny workshop he calls the “Matt Cave”. A rare look at how the band communicates mid-show through in-ear talkbacks, and why every player is empowered to shape the music based on the audience’s energy.

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