'''Bandboy''' (also expressed as '''band boy''') is a bygone term for a job similar to for what now is known as a "roadie." They set up, tear down, and maintain equipment, and music. They help out backstage with tasks such as making sure that towels, drinks, and ice are available.
Unlike a roadie, the bandboy was more like a personal assistant, or ''au pair'', or butler/dresser for the leader — making sure suits were dry cleaned, shoes shined, and the like. On foreign tours a local bandboy would translate, find places to eat, change money, buy train tickets, and perform similar tasks. Often the bandboy would disseminate information for the leader, hand out itineraries, room lists, and set lists. The role of bandboy was different with every band and had different duties than the more senior road manager, who dealt with promoters, booking agents, contracts, payroll, and catering. When times got tough financially, road managers or band members themselves often performed bandboy duties. == Notable bandboy alumni == * Simon Napier-Bell * Popsie Randolph, Benny Goodman * George A. "Bullets" Durgom (1915–1992), Tommy Dorsey * Morris I. (Moishe) Diamond (born 1921), Tommy Dorsey: 1940–1942<ref name="Diamond"/><ref name="Bev Hill Records"/><ref name="Desert Sun 2010 Dec 7"/> * Nifty Vickerson, Frank Sinatra * Henry Snodgrass, Count Basie * Willie Bobo, Machito's Afro-Cubans: 1947<ref name="allaboutjazz 1"/> * [http://www.fredstudio.info/ Fred Charap], Count Basie<ref name="Charap website"/> * Jimmy Thomason (born 1919), Cliff Bruner<ref name="Boyd"/> * Coke Escovedo, Tito Puente * Ken Fujiwara, Count Basie, Japan tour: 1980s * Bob "Little Gate" Walker, Bunny Berigan<ref name="Dupius"/> * Bernard Arthurneal (Bernie) Mackey (1909–1980), Bunny Berigan<ref name="IAJRC Journal 2010 Jun 1"/><ref name="Zirpolo"/> * Edward F. Gabel (1924–2014), Stan Kenton (left Kenton as bandboy to work for Earle Spencer as manager in 1947)<ref name="Billboard 1947 Mar 22"/>
== See also == * Road crew == References == {{Reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name="Diamond">''Name Dropper or "People I've Schlepped With"'', by Morris I. Diamond, BearManor Media (publisher) (2011); {{ISBN|1593936532}}; {{ISBN|9781593936532}}</ref>
<ref name="Bev Hill Records">[http://www.beverlyhillsrecordsinc.com/about.html Beverly Hill Records biography of Morris I. Diamond]</ref>
<ref name="Desert Sun 2010 Dec 7">[http://www.mydesert.com/article/20101208/NEWS13/12070330/Vet-gained-friends-lost-hearing-war "Vet Gained Friends, Lost Hearing in War"] (bio), by Denise Goolsby, ''The Desert Sun,'' December 7, 2010</ref>
<ref name="allaboutjazz 1">[https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/willie-bobo "Biography of Willie Bobo"], by James Nadal, ''www.allmusic.com,'' Rovi Corporation</ref>
<ref name="Boyd">''The jazz of the Southwest: an Oral History of Western Swing'', by Jean Ann Boyd, University of Texas Press (1998), pg. 58; {{ISBN|0292708599}}; {{ISBN|9780292708594}}; {{ISBN|0292708602}}; {{ISBN|9780292708600}}</ref>
<ref name="Charap website">[http://www.fredstudio.info/en/home-horizontal-slide/horizontal-slide-4/ "Horizontal Slide 2"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903070614/http://www.fredstudio.info/en/home-horizontal-slide/horizontal-slide-4/ |date=2014-09-03 }}, ''website of Fred Charap''</ref>
<ref name="Dupius">''Bunny Berigan: Elusive Legend of Jazz'', by Robert Dupius (born 1926), Louisiana State University Press (1933), pg. 177; {{OCLC|22662815}} {{ISBN|0807116483}} {{ISBN|9780807116487}}</ref>
<ref name="IAJRC Journal 2010 Jun 1">[http://readperiodicals.com/201006/2101155431.html "Bunny Berigan – Mr. Trumpet: The Golden Boy Moves,"] by Michael Paul Zirpolo, Jr. (born 1950), ''IAJRC Journal'', June 1, 2010; {{ISSN|0098-9487}}</ref>
<ref name="Zirpolo">''Mr. Trumpet: The Trials, Tribulations, and Triumph of Bunny Berigan'', by Michael Paul Zirpolo, Jr. (born 1950), Scarecrow Press (1911) {{ISBN|0810881527}} {{ISBN|978-0810881525}}</ref>
<ref name="Billboard 1947 Mar 22">"As Written," ''Billboard'', pg. 19, col. 1, March 22, 1947</ref>
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