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Chris Reade lights Dierks Bentley shows with Chauvet

Dierks Bentley’s recent “Gravel & Gold” tour, which concluded with its September 21 show at the American Family Insurance Amphitheatre in Milwaukee, celebrated the tenth album in the American country musicians’ career. Bentley and his production team strove to create something special for this 30-city tour that featured a production design by Bruce Rodgers, lighting by Chris Reade, and video by Luz Studio.

They created a massive, wide open panorama with minimal props and fixtures on the stage deck, a potent flown lighting rig overhead, and large, multi-layered 3D video wall that made it possible to change overall looks dramatically. Helping Chris Reade set the tone with light was a collection of Chauvet Professional Strike 1 fixtures, which, like the rest of the rig, was supplied by Christie Lights. Arranged on towers, the Strikes were used to create cross light effects.

“The Strike fixtures gave us an old school feel and created a beautiful tungsten look”, says Reade. “We used them for a dramatic element, as well as mix tungsten looks into sections. We picked and chose when to use them, calling on them when they could have the biggest impact.  Overusing them would have been a mistake.”

Reade notes that the Strike 1 fixtures were key to creating one of his favorites looks in the show. It occurred in the solo section of the song “Say You Do”: The subtle use of the warm white fixtures at that moment created what Reade described as a “great visual within a large, beautifully textured video look”.

(Photos: Chauvet Professional)

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