Randy Baja Fletcher Obituary – Death: Tour production manager and touring industry veteran, Randy Baja Fletcher died on August 27 from injuries suffered in a fall off the stage at the Bash on the Bay music festival at Put-In-Bay island in Ohio.
Fletcher has worked in different firms as a Production Manager such as; ZZ Top, Waylon Jennings, Randy Travis, Brooks & Dunn and most recently with Keith Urban. In 2017, he received the first CMA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual CMA Touring Awards, and he was awarded Production Manager Of The Year in 2019 among other industry honors.
At 17, he began his career in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He also worked with shows of the time that included pop artists and Motown.
This death has caused a lot of friends and family of Fletcher so much hurt. It is in that mourning spirit that the concerned persons have taken to social media to share tributes to the deceased and condolences to the affected family.
Tributes To Randy Baja Fletcher
Below are some of the statements shared across social media users’ timelines on the death of Fletcher.
A sad loss for our industry.
“Long time production manager Randy “Baja” Fletcher died August 27th from injuries suffered in a fall off the stage at the Bash on the Bay music festival at Put-in-Bay island in Ohio the day before. He was out on tour with the headliner of the festival, Keith Urban. He sustained serious injuries and was medivacked to a hospital in Toledo. There he passed peacefully surrounded by family and loved ones.”
Fletcher was one of the most beloved and respected members of the touring concert tribe. He received a Parnelli Lifetime Achievement award for his achievements in 2010. He was a long time Production Manager for Brooks & Dunn, who presented him with the award in person. “We can’t imagine what we did to be blessed with the likes of Randy Fletcher,” the two said at the time. “We hate to think about what our career might have been like without him, as so many have been won and lost on the road. The importance of a trail boss like Baja is impossible to put into words. Not a show goes by that someone doesn’t talk about the quality of our crew, and it all filters down from him.”
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