Run by people who've lived on the other side of the rider.

Tri-State Backline was founded by Rami El-Abidin, a working bassist with sixteen years of touring behind him. We've hauled gear across the country, and we've walked into rooms where good backline was already set up and waiting. We know which one you'd rather have.

The shop runs out of Brooklyn, and behind it sits a network of backline houses across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. When a request outgrows what we rack in-house, we source it through partners and it still shows up prepped and stage-ready. One point of contact, whatever the size of the ask.

On your show day, backline is the thing you don't think about. That's the whole job.