From Mike Dias:
I want to take a moment to speak plainly and responsibly.
I serve on the board of The Roadie Clinic, a nonprofit that provides real, on-the-ground support for the people who make live music possible — the crews who carry the show, night after night, often at significant personal cost.
This work isn’t theoretical.
It’s not branding.
It’s intervention.
The Roadie Clinic supports crew members and their families with:
• sobriety and recovery resources
• trauma and mental health care
• family and relationship support
• emergency financial assistance
• and, most importantly, a real human on the other end of the phone when things are heavy and time matters
At our final board meeting of the year, we were faced with a clear reality: demand has grown faster than available funding. The organization has been doing its job — carefully, responsibly, without waste — but the need has outpaced the runway.
So I’m sharing this now, directly.
If you’ve ever worked in live music, benefited from it, or understand the invisible labor that sustains it, this is a moment to help steady something that quietly steadies others.
Support doesn’t have to be dramatic.
It just has to be real.
If contributing financially makes sense for you — at any level — it helps us continue answering calls, intervening early, and keeping people from falling through cracks that don’t need to exist.
I’m sharing this as a board member, yes — but also as someone who has spent a career adjacent to the people this organization exists to serve.
Thank you for taking this seriously.
And thank you for helping keep essential work in motion.
Donate to Help Keep The Roadie Clinic Alive, organized by Bob Windel
