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Hemphill Brothers Coach Company is an entertainer motorcoach company that primarily provides custom tour buses to entertainers when they tour North America . The company also operates maintenance and custom conversions shops , as well as a Sales department . They are located just outside of Nashville , Tennessee . Hemphill Brothers was founded by brothers Trent and Joey Hemphill in 1980 . It has been rolling strong and has been driven to be the best ever since .
Hemphill Brothers has long been considered one of the best custom coach providers for musicians , entertainers , sports figures , and politicians .
For over 20 years , Lashawn Lundstrom has driven coaches for Hemphill Brothers .
She began driving at an early age . Her family were gospel singers and owned their own private coaches [ 1948 Flexible Clipper , GMC 4104 , GMC 4106 , MCI 7 , MCI 8 , MCI 102C3 ) which they used year-round while performing throughout North America for approximately 300 + days a year .
As a little girl , she would sit on her dad ’ s lap while he was driving and he would let her help steer the bus as they wound their way down the road , which is what first initiated her love for all things buses . She spent her entire life living on buses and her heart still beats a little faster when she goes to take a bus on tour . It is in her blood !
In her twenties , while performing as a keyboardist in various touring acts , she was approached to fill in as a co-driver on a tour which had leased one of Hemphill Brothers ’ coaches . Trent and Joey knew her and her family and was aware that she had a CDL as well as being familiar with handling a tour bus .
Later , this experience led Lashawn to give up on her performance career and opt for a more stable income , working full time driving for Hemphill Brothers . This path has led to her now working full time at the company for 23 years , doing mainly arena and stadium tours for pop , rock , Christian , R & B and country music .
Lashawn says , “ There aren ’ t a lot of women driving in the entertainment bus industry , but the numbers are growing and with so many women in management and in higher levels of power , it is a nice change from back when I first started . We have come a long way ! Another advantage is that a lot of the female artists enjoy a female driver , especially when they have their families on board . It seems to make them more at ease .”
Trent Hemphill added , “ Lashawn is a trailblazer in the motorcoach industry . Not only is she a leader among her peers , but one of our top drivers . I can remember Michael , Janet and the entire Jackson family were performing a run of shows at Madison Square Garden in New York , and we received a call immediately following 9-11 to pick up the Jackson family and safely take them back home to California . We called Lashawn to immediately leave with other drivers to head up to New York . And even in such an uncertain and scary environment , she quickly left to make the trip happen . She has always been a driver we could count on and trust , and she makes each journey a pleasant experience . Hemphill Brothers is proud of her and all of her accomplishments .”
Lashawn was nominated in 2018 for Coach Driver of the Year at the annual prestigious Tour Link Awards and has been nominated by her peers for various additional awards . In 2018 , for her 20 years of service to Hemphill Brothers , Lashawn was awarded a Rolex watch by Trent and Joey Hemphill . She currently resides in Tennessee with her husband , Liam .
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