James McMurtry & The Heartless Bastards
12/3/06
The Graduate
San Luis Obispo, CA
FOB: Neumann AK-40s (x/y) >LC3 >Beyer MV-100 >SBM-1 >Sony TCD-D8
Master DAT Transferred: Tascam DA-30 >HHb CDR 800 PRO Via Analog i/o,
CD Masters >Audacity (Minor Edits) >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.37 >FLAC Tags Via xACT 2.37
Recorded, Transferred, Tagged, & Front-Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr
Disc I:
- Melinda
- St. Mary Of The Woods
- Bad Enough
- Red Dress
- Rachel’s Song
- Hurricane Party
- Choctaw Bingo
- We Can’t Make It Here Anymore
Disc II:
- Holiday
- Band Intros
- Childish Things
- Fraulein O.
- See The Elephant
- The Valley Road
- Peter Pan
- Too Long In The Wasteland
James McMurtry – Electric And Acoustic Guitars, Vocals
Ronnie Johnson – Bass, Backing Vocals
Darren Hess – Drums
Tim Holt, Sound, And Guitar On ‘Childish Things’ Though Remainder Of Show
OldNeumanntapr Notes-
I’m really glad that I got to see this show. I’d been listening to KPIG and they had been playing a lot of McMurtry trying to hype the show, so I really wanted to see this guy. What an awesome storyteller McMurtry is. I still shudder when I listen to ‘We Can’t Make It Here Anymore.’ Very cutting lyrics about the state of our country. I hadn’t been to the Graduate in a while so it was nice to see a show there again. James played a great set. The sound was awesome and the vocals are very clear in the recording, which sounds great, even though my friend ‘Parts’ Paul tried to get my attention late in the show by calling my name between songs. I especially liked Chockta Bingo. Again, this guy has an amazing way of stringing words together to weave his stories, which are basically about the struggles of poor working class people in today’s economic and political world. I wish I could have traveled up to see him the following night in San Francisco. I was fortunate enough to find a used copy of ‘Childish Things’ at Boo Boos in SLO a few days later. This was my first recording that I had made in a couple of years, after going through a divorce. It was good to get back into the swing of things.
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I saw James a couple months ago. Wish I’d had a recorder so I could have played it back later at a reasonable volume. I carry several earplugs to try protect what’s left of my hearing without overdoing it, and I used the heavy duty, lawn mowing earplugs. Must have been McMurtry’s guy doing sound as Ray Wylie Hubbard a couple weeks later at the same venue needed just the light earplugs.
Yes, it’s too loud, and I’m too old.
I understand that. My hearing has gotten pretty bad over the years and I’d like to keep what remains.