Steve Sybesma (Co-founder of Deer Creek Music Center)

Steve Sybesma, a longtime concert promoter and one of the partners in the creation of Deer Creek Music Center outside Indianapolis. Sybesma hopped on a call with Marc to tell him about his newly created Indiana concert archive website, indianarockhistory.com, and about his concert promotion journey https://indianarockhistory.com/ 00:00 - Intro 00:56 - His new archive website indianarockhistory.com 01:54 - Payouts for some of the biggest bands 03:03 - The first time he wrote a check for a million dollars 04:18 - How he and his partners built their business 04:38 - Sunshine Promotions' competitors 06:41 - The Rolling Stones role in his career 07:28 - Why the Rolling Stones avoided Indianapolis for decades 08:01 - More about indianarockhistory.com 09:10 - The history of Deer Creek Music Center 09:21 - The inspiration to build an outdoor amphitheater 12:09 - What he did after leaving Sunshine Promotions 12:57 - Why he sold out his shares of Sunshine Promotions 15:19 - His plans on writing a book Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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