Press release:
DECEMBER 1ST, 2006 MARKS THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF AN IMPORTANT COG IN THE GRATEFUL DEAD WHEEL
After Thirty Years on the Road and a Brief Hiatus
The Hard Truckers are Back.
Back in 1975 a fledgling company formed in the Bay Area. Two Grateful Dead Roadies, Steve Parish and Joe Winslow, took what they learned as part of the team that built the Grateful Dead’s legendary Wall of Sound and began commercially building the touring professionals’ speaker cabinet. On the cutting edge of technology, the Hard Truckers produced speaker cabinets’ years ahead of their time. Used by the Bay Areas’ biggest rock stars, these hand-made speaker cabinets toured the world and back. Well now, Steve, Joe and the Hard Truckers are back.
The Hard Truckers are proud to announce their return to the music gear scene. For this leg of the trip the Hard Truckers are honored to have their good friends from Tone Tubby speakers along for the ride. Called “the most significant development in speaker design for decadesâ€, Tone Tubby and their hempcone speakers are committed to tone. The Hard Truckers are again doing what they do best as they set the stage for the hottest speakers the market has ever seen.
Joining the original blond Hard Truckers Baltic Birch 2 x 12†extension cabinet (JG-1) is their new, ground breaking and bio-friendly, 2 x 12†Hemp and Bamboo cabinet (“The Fattyâ€). The new Hemp Cabinet sounds spectacular and is set to turn the industry upside down. Colonel Bruce Hampton calls his hemp cabinet “Hands down the best cabinet I’ve ever played.â€
The Hard Truckers are also setting out to change the industry by offering stunning “Hand-dyed, one-of-a-kind, removable speaker grills that will set Hard Truckers cabinets apart.
Hand-made works of art, the Hard Truckers are the professional answer to generic gear. Musicians of all levels will benefit by the return of the Hard Truckers.