Center Stage concert to benefit Ed Hopson
Hopson at work. Photo: Courtesy Ed Hopson isn’t a name the average concertgoer might know, but without realizing it, you knew his handiwork. Hopson was a fixture on the Atlanta concert scene, a 25-year veteran sound engineer for almost every venue in town, including the Tabernacle, the Omni, the Fox Theatre, Philips Arena and Center Stage. Hopson, 56, died of cancer in August , and on Sunday at Center Stage, a benefit concert and silent auction will be held in his honor, with acts including Ed Roland of Collective Soul and members of the Freddy Jones Band, Georgia Satellites, Kansas, The Producers… >>
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