Before Thomas knew Jerry Harvey as a legend, he just knew him as the guy with good stories and a standing invite to the bar after every Van Halen show. This is the moment he realized… Jerry wasn’t just a guy—he was the guy.
Client
Insight Studio
Date
April 15, 2022
Services
Design, Illustration, Art
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I thought he was just cool-ass Jerry I had beers with every night.
When Thomas was touring with Van Halen, he spent months hanging out with Jerry Harvey—grabbing beers, swapping road stories, and crashing bars after the show. What he didn’t realize? He was spending every night with one of the most influential minds in live sound history.
This vignette captures the exact moment that realization hit. It’s funny, it’s casual, and it’s entirely on-brand for a man like Jerry—who never needed to tell you who he was. He just was.
A love letter to backstage friendship, humility in plain sight, and the slow-burn realization that you’ve been in the presence of a legend all along.
2022
2022
