Patrick Stansfield, 70, tour manager for Neil Diamond, the Rolling Stones, Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Grateful Dead, Santana, Tina Turner, and scores of others, passed in the early morning hours on Oct. 28, 2014 from kidney failure. Along with his prominence in concert touring, Stansfield was the production mastermind behind the transformation of Dodgers and Yankee Stadiums for papal visits in 1987 and 2008 and was co-founder of the Parnelli Awards, named in memory of his good friend Rick "Parnelli" O'Brien. He was surrounded by family and friends at the Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in the days before his death.
“Patrick was a dear friend of mine for over 30 years,” says MMR publisher Terry Lowe. “He was a great mentor to me. He touched the lives of so many people in a positive way. A part of our history passed away with him for he helped shape the history of our industry. Patrick may have passed out of this world but he will always be in the hearts and minds of the people who knew and loved him.”
To view Mr. Stansfield's Parnelli Award video, click here: http://www.parnelliawards.com/movie_stansfield.html
To view a clip of Patrick's NAMM Oral History interview, click on the following link: https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/patrick-stansfield
More information will be available in the coming weeks on www.patrickstansfield.org.
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