Best Iron Man Soundman

Saxon Pub’s Richard Vannoy

Here’s the rub about being a music venue audio engineer: When everything sounds good, the band gets the credit; when it sounds bad, you get the blame. The Saxon Pub always sounds fantastic and you can thank Richard Vannoy. The Abilene native’s been behind the board at the South Lamar club since shortly after it opened in 1990. During much of his quarter-century employment at the venue, which Kris Kristofferson compared to “playing in his own living room,” Vannoy’s mixed music six nights a week with three acts per night – impressive in sheer volume, but even more so in tone.

Saxon Pub
1320 S. Lamar
512/448-2552
www.thesaxonpub.com