Etta James & The Roots Band
Avila Beach Blues Festival
Avila Beach Resort
Avila Beach, CA
May 28, 2000
Source: Nyquist Omnis > Sony TCD-D7
Transfer: DAT Master > Tascam DA-P1 > coax > HHb CDR 800 PRO > AIFF > .WAV (via xACT 1.73)
Mastering: .WAV’s > Sound Forge Pro 10.0a (minor edits & normalize) > CDWav (tracking) > Trader’s Little Helper (level 5) > FLAC
Location: 6th row, center
Recorded, Transferred, FLAC Tags (Via xACT 2.53), + Front-Cover Artwork Photo By: Oldneumanntapr
Mastered by: Dennis Orr
Setlist:
- Disc One –
- Instrumental
- Instrumental
- Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody’s Home
- I’d Rather Be A Blind Girl
- Come To Mama (with Ya Ya tease)
- You Can Leave Your Hat On
- Disc Two –
- I’ll Take Care Of You
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do >
- Bright Lights, Big City >
- The Things I USed To Do >
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do
- Love And Happiness >
- Take Me To The River >
- Love And Happiness (with Band Intros) >
- My Funny Valentine >
- Love And Happiness
- Outro
Etta James – vocals
Bobby Murray – guitar
Leo Nocentelli – guitar
Marty Graham – piano & organ
Donto James – drums
Sametto James – bass
Lee Thornburg – trombone
Jimmy Zavala – tenor sax
Tommy Poole – trumpet
OldNeumanntapr Notes:
I always loved the Avila Beach Blues Festivals. I had connections and was able to get my gear into the festival without too much trouble. For this show, not only did I bring in the audio gear, but I also took in my black body Nikon FM2N and 300mm f/2.8 AIS manual focus Nikkor telephoto lens. In the early days of the festivals, the stage was perpendicular to the bay, which meant that the crowds looked directly into the setting sun before it set behind the hills. In later years the stage was moved and placed parallel to the bay. I had to wait until the sun was down behind the stage canopy and the lighting was better before shooting any photos, and I had to be careful with that big lens not to be too obvious. I used one of my photos for the front-cover artwork for this recording. Of all the blues shows that I’ve seem, this was one of the best. As I remember, there was a rider in Etta’s contract that called for an elevator to get her on stage because she was around 400 lbs, and the venue staff were not being able to get one. They ended up having several people push her up the stairs to the stage…and the Show Went On!
Thanks so much to Dennis Orr for the post-production on this one. He always does a fine job in that department. RIP Etta. You were wonderful!
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Excellent stuff Mat!