Meet Robert Schneck
Exectutive Director of The Allman Brothers Band Big HouseMuseum
by Michael Buffalo Smith Robert Schneck was brought in as Execu-
tive Director of The Allman Brothers Band Big House and Museum in 2014, and hit the ground running. He has made great strides in making the museum experience even better than before, as well as bringing rather amaz- ing events to the property. We spoke with Robert about his past, present and the future of the legendary Big House.
First of all, I'd like to know a bit about you, Robert. Tell us about where you were born and raised. I was born and raised in Westchester County NY. My friends have referred to it as “Freshcester” since I was a teenager. It’s a very nice place, about 45 min north of Man- hattan
When and how did you become in- volved in the music industry? I helped put on some shows and wanted to work in music with artists. When I graduated from college I went on the road with a band as a tour manager and continued to be a tour manager for about 7 years.
Tell me about some of the jobs you held in the business, and some of the artists you worked for? As I mentioned I was a tour manager first. I
worked with a young local band in NYC named XANAX25 and did a lot of touring.
After a couple years I had learned enough to go out with Gov’t Mule for almost 2 years. After that I went to work at Arista Records working on artists websites and internet pro- motions. At Arista I worked with so many artists; Sarah McLaughlin, Dido, Eurythmics, Run DMC, Grateful Dead, Patti Smith and Santana in addition to lots of artists that did not have the same kind of success as these other stars.
You mentioned Patti Smith. I came to love her back in the ‘70s. What a poet. Talk a little about her. Patti is an amazing artist and spectacular per- son. She is so smart, so funny and so dedi- cated to her craft. I spent a lot of time with
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