Jeff Trisler remembers the early days. The concert king of the Pacific Northwest was still a young buck in the music business four decades ago when what we now call the Gorge Amphitheatre held its first concerts. Now a regional president for concert-promoting superpower Live Nation, which operates the venue, Trisler started out as a SeaTac high schooler running lights for (and eventually managing) the Heats — a pregrunge Seattle power pop band he swore was going to be the next Beatles.
SEATTLE — Jeff Trisler remembers the early days.
The concert king of the Pacific Northwest was still a young buck in the music business four decades ago when what we now call the Gorge Amphitheatre held its first concerts. Now a regional president fo… [8674 chars]
Source: Spokane Spokesman-Review | Published: 2026-06-03T03:00:00Z
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