Jessup sets up ‘The Rig’ for legendary band Chicago1 min read

Tim Jessup, sound engineer for the band Chicago, works on some of the group’s latest music at his recently completed studio in West Sedona. A mobile version of the studio is in the band’s bus to record while on the road.
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Tim Jessup isn’t just blowing air when he talks about his work with the band named after the windy city — Chicago.

Jessup has created two recording studios for the classic rock band, known for songs such as “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?” One of them is a mobile studio, dubbed “The Rig.”

“The Rig” has all the necessary mixing equipment to create a full album and will follow the band while it tours.

Chicago band member Lee Loughnane has lived in Sedona for four years now. While trying to decide on a local business to help create the studios, Jessup said the band went through the phone book.

“It was an interesting set of circumstances that came around,” Jessup said of how he got the job.

To read the full story, see the Wednesday, July 9, edition of the Sedona Red Rock News.

Andrew Pardiac

A 2008 graduate of Michigan State University, Andrew Pardiac was a Larson Newspapers' copy editor and reporter from October 2013 to October 2017. After moving to Michigan, then California, Pardiac was managing editor of Sonoma West Publishers' four newspapers in Napa and Sonoma valleys until November 2019.

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