Veteran Sound Mixer Jon Erickson has finally lost his long battle with cancer.  Jon was one of the top sound mixers in the country.  

Jon started mixing bands in and around Calgary in 1972.  He came to Toronto the following year with a band called Trina and toured around Ontario for six months, opening some dates for Max Webster.  At the time Kim Mitchell and his band were looking for a new sound person and approached him with the job.    He spent five years on the road with Max Webster, who were signed to the same label as Rush, and opened many concerts for them.  Rush admired Jon’s work, hired him on as their FOH mixer, and he toured the world with them from 1980 – 89.   By that time Jon was starting a family, so he left the road to stay around Toronto, working at Kingswood Music Theatre and Comfort Sound from 1989-1993.  He bought into a p.a. company called Bandaid and ran that for three years.   Bandaid was sold to Jason Sound in 1999, which at the time was the largest p.a. company in Canada.   Jon was the general manager for Jason/Westsun for seven years until it was purchased by Metalworks Productions, who kept Jon as head of audio.   He was also Bruce Cockburn’s tour manager and soundman for many years, and spent most of 2018 on the road mixing Steely Dan, the ultimate gig for a live sound mixer.    

We give Jon's family and friends our deepest condolences.

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