On this week's episode of Thinkin’ and Drinkin’ Bart talks with Chad Allison, the driver of the stars! Chad got into the entertainment coach industry by being persistent on the phone until someone gave him his first gig, touring with One Direction. He explains the difference between a crew bus, band bus, and a star bus. Chad shares some stories over the years of touring on the road. Chad shares all in his book “Between the Mayonnaise and Mustard”.
Meet Chad Allison: it all and has With more than 7 years of experience in driving artists, Chad Allison has seen it all and has mastered the tricks of the trade. In his book Between The Mayonnaise and Mustard, he provides helpful insight into the Entertainment Coach Industry for new CDL A holders as well as bus and truck drivers who need a change in careers.
What Bart has to say: I got to know Chad on the road for a long time and he always had a motto of don’t just talk about doing something, actually do it. And he talked about writing a book and he did it and I read it. We’ve never had an entertainment coach driver on the show and I knew it would be fun from our friendship from the FGL days.
In this episode, you’ll hear
(12:30) Chad talks about the first time he drove a bus into Canada and what that experience entailed
We talked about how I was out with him and Florida Georgia Line and the best part of my day was sitting in the jump seat next to Chad and that bus windshield felt like a giant movie screen.
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