Should the sound guy source backline gear too?

So, I got asked to do sound for a touring act at a local cultural society hall (seats about 250 people) for $300. I said sure. Good pay for doing sound.

I find out later that the tour is a fly-in and they are only supplying their guitars. Full drum kit, 2 keyboards and rack, 3 guitar amps and a bass rig are to be sourced locally. My response was that I would help with setting up the gear / PA and doing sound, but sourcing gear would need to be someone else's job (with the exception of the bass rig, which I have experience with). My reason for pushing back on sourcing the gear is that A: I have no experience with that, and more importantly B: While I am doing sound, I want to concentrate on that. If an issue arises with some of the gear, I don't want that distracting me from doing sound.

My question is, am I out of line for taking this stance, or is this consistent with how others would do it?

Thanks for your feedback everyone.

 

Here was my response, when they questioned why I was pushing back:
"My concerns are centered around lining up all the other gear and ensuring that is what they want / need. Those tasks bring this more into the realm of event production as opposed to just doing the sound.
Having said that, I would still be willing to do this as long as my role is understood to be as the sound guy. If there is an issue with the amps, keyboards, drums provided, that would not be me that would handle that. I can take care of items after the musical equipment."

 

Here's a bit of back story.
The hall in question is one I play at frequently with the two bands I'm in. The drummer that I play with in both bands is part of the cultural society that owns the hall. He is the one managing the event and he asked me to work sound for it. We will be renting the PA and backline all in one shot, so he was hoping that I would just handle backline as well. For the reasons I stated above, I pushed back on that. Basically stating that no one would end up happy if the backline got screwed up. Better to get it done right by someone that has experience and can focus on just that component.

 

No, rentals are on top of that. $300 was just for my labour. Pretty good payday for sound, IME. That's one of the reasons why I was wondering if I was out of line....

 

They have since added another guy (Guitarist in one of my bands that has an SUV we can use to haul gear). Three of us should be able to handle setup, although it will still be a long night, with all that gear.

 

Some good points here...
They did provide a rider, but there were some things missing from their rider, like lighting, that I will be adding to the rental. Greenroom catering will be handled by the hall since they have a great kitchen.
I think he initially thought that I could do it all for 300 (rentals paid separately), but he has now come around to getting another hand, which he volunteered which is great. I think part of the problem is he doesn't know what he expects from me. I think he was hoping that he could throw money at me and I would just take care of the whole problem... Not a good way to ensure a positive result, IME.

Here's the "tech rider" they sent, translated from their native tongue into English via Google Translate:

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"Maybe if I broke down their list to show where the lines of responsibility could be drawn:

Green is stuff I can do:

1 complete drum
If you could put it together:
Drum: 1 complete set:
1 pc Foot drum, 1 drum drum + stand, 2 top tees and 1 stand Tam, 1 pc Footer + stand, 1 pc Ride cin plate + stand 3 pc Crash cymbals + racks, 1 pc Double foot machine. (Duble BASS)
Keyboard Instruments:
1 NORD Electro 5D 73 or (L100, A 100, or B3?) Hammond Organ + Leslie.
1 piece KORG Triton
1 shelf with two shelves.
guitars:
3 guitar amplifiers + chests (Amplifiers should have 2 channels with clear and distorted capability.)
Bass:
1 Bass Guitar Amplifier + Box (Any Type Suitable)

vocals:
3 Shure Beta 58 or SM 58 vocal microphones
3 boom microphone stands with 1 straight microphone stand
We carry 1 HD player, it needs at least 2 mono channel inputs to the desk.

Monitor Roads:
at least there should be 4 roads, but I see 2 roads. Somehow, we'll get everyone to hear everything.
It is imperative that you have 1 chest and 1 way, or an ear monitoring option !!!
The singer must also have 1 monitor path + 1 chest.

Somehow it should be solved to have + 2 paths to the bassist and drummer.

Channel allocation:

1 foot drum
2 parachutes
3 feet
4 Jan 1
5 Tam 2
6 Jan 3
8. Bass guitar
9. Nord left
10. Nord right
11. Korg left
12 Korg right
13. Guitar 1
14. Guitar 2.
15. Guitar 3.
16. Singing 1.
17. singing 2.
18th song 3.
19. HD left
20. HD right

So, if someone could take on the items in black (although of course I could recommend a bass rig to rent if needed), I can do the items in green. Maybe that's how you already envisioned this happening? If so, great! If not, then hopefully we can find someone that can address the items I have very little experience with..."

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To translate the translator... roads = outs, chest = wedge, foot drum = kick, parachutes = snare, feet = hihat, jan/tam = toms