Frank
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Frank Supak, my father, was head soundman for the Hollywood Bowl from 1969 to 1993. He died suddenly on March 3, 2000. For more about his life and death, visit his page. He worked at the Bowl beginning in 1965 and never missed a show. He was the Cal RIpkin, Jr. of soundmen. |
Frank Joseph Supak, Jr.
1/29/1938 3/3/2000
We're working on a selection of music and videos recorded at the Hollywood Bowl while Dad was there. We found Chuck Mangione Live at the Hollywood Bowl for sale. It was a fantastic show that Dad enjoyed and helped turn me into a Jazz fan.
We
have big versions of this inside flap photograph
from the Chuck
Mangione Live at the Hollywood Bowl album, which makes a very good desktop wallpaper
picture. My
sister, Yvette, and I are One
of Dad's favorite conductors was Zubin Mehta.
He even installed Mr. Mehta's home
stereo system! Mr. Metha was the
conductor of the Los Angeles
Philharmonic for many great years, and
Dad enjoyed working with him. Click
here to read the letter from
Zubin.
Here are some scans of
one of the pictures from the book The
Hollywood Bowl Tales of Summer Nights: For a discussion of Dad's problems with the Pocol Harum concert in 1973, see a discussion I had with one of the road sound men for Procol, David Pelletier. For more info, see Dad's page or our Hollywood Bowl site.
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