Trigger Happy - Keith Renfroe, Sound Engineer

Trigger Happy's out front sound is the responsibility of sound engineer, Keith Renfroe, a thirty-year veteran of professional live sound and one of the top live sound mixing artists in the southeast.

Keith began his professional career at seventeen when he left Chattahoochee, Florida to tour with the popular regional bands, Crosscut Saw, and later B.B. Jam. During his career on the road he has worked with such notables as Johnny Winter, B.B. King, Bobby Blue Bland, Arlo Guthrie and Sister Hazel.

"Like the composition and performance of the music itself there is both art and craft to engineering the sound during a live performance," Keith recently explained. "It's my responsibility to pick up on and enhance the nuances of the music being played by the band and adjust for the subtle changes that take place in the performance environment throughout the course of the show."

"Look, it doesn't matter how good a song is or the performance of it is, it's worthless if it does not reach the ears of the audience as it was intended to sound. That's more than just tweaking a volume slider or EQ-ing out some squeal," Bodega Bob interjected. "We're not one of those fire & forget bands - you know what I'm saying here - where the engineer can set the sound once & then go & sit at the bar for the rest of the show drinking whiskey and flirting with babes. We flog our sound engineer mercilessly - Keith is one of the busiest guys in the show - but he is one of those rare engineers who is up to the task. Not only does he have a lifetime of skill & experience with a wide variety of equipment and environments, but he has that special sense of how to craft the sound of individual songs to capture and place out front the correct feel that we want a particular song to have."

"Keith is as integral and valuable a member of the band as the those of us who are on the stage," declared Sugar. "He is an artist in his own right and his instrument is the sound board."

"Yeah," responded Hollywood, "a lot of sound guys are ham-handed board jockeys. It sure is a pleasure to work with someone as dedicated and accomplished as Keith!"