Category: Etta James

Etta James – Avila Beach, CA (05/28/00)

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 –
  1. Instrumental
  2. Instrumental
  3. Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody’s Home
  4. I’d Rather Be A Blind Girl
  5. Come To Mama (with Ya Ya tease)
  6. You Can Leave Your Hat On
  • Disc Two –
  1. I’ll Take Care Of You
  2. Baby, What You Want Me To Do >
  3. Bright Lights, Big City >
  4. The Things I USed To Do >
  5. Baby, What You Want Me To Do
  6. Love And Happiness >
  7. Take Me To The River >
  8. Love And Happiness (with Band Intros) >
  9. My Funny Valentine >
  10. Love And Happiness
  11. 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!

Do NOT Convert To MP3.
Enjoy! Share freely, don’t sell, play nice, don’t run with scissors, etc. 😉

Grateful Dead – Oakland, CA (12/30/82)

Grateful Dead
December 30, 1982
Oakland Auditorium
Oakland, CA

Notes:

— Encore with Etta James and Tower of Power

–Set 1–
101-d1t01 – Alabama Getaway ->
102-d1t02 – Promised Land
103-d1t03 – Loser ->
104-d1t04 – Little Red Rooster
105-d1t05 – Big Railroad Blues
106-d1t06 – Feel Like a Stranger
107-d1t07 – Dupree’s Diamond Blues
108-d1t08 – The Music Never Stopped ->
109-d1t09 – Don’t Ease Me In

–Set 2–
201-d2t01 – Tuning
202-d2t02 – Touch of Grey
203-d2t03 – Throwing Stones ->
204-d2t04 – Franklin’s Tower
205-d2t05 – Lost Sailor ->
206-d2t06 – Saint of Circumstance ->
207-d2t07 – He’s Gone ->
208-d2t08 – Drums ->
209-d3t01 – Space ->
210-d3t02 – Truckin’ ->
211-d3t03 – Stella Blue ->
212-d3t04 – Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad ->
213-d3t05 – Johnny B. Goode

–Encore–
214-d3t06 – Introductions/Tuning
215-d3t07 – Hard to Handle
216-d3t08 – Tell Mama

Bob Dylan & Etta James – Providence, RI (07/10/86)

Bob Dylan, Etta James et al.
07/10/86
Marriott Hotel
Providence, RI

1. Tuning and chatter
2. You Win Again
3. I’m A King Bee
4. Let The Good Times Roll
5. Tuning and chatter
6. Earth Angel
7. Goodnight, Sweetheart

Jam Session with Etta James, Jack McDuff, Shuggie Otis, Richard Reid and Paul Humphries

Etta James – San Francisco, CA (09/14/86)

ETTA JAMES
SAN FRANCISCO BLUES FESTIVAL,
THE GREAT MEADOW,FORT MASON,
SAN FRANCSICO,CA.,USA
SEPTEMBER 14,1986

1-REAL MEAN MOTHER
2-I’D RATHER GO BLIND
3-SOMETHING’S GOT A HOLD ON ME
4-SUGAR ON THE FLOOR
5-SO YOUNG SO BAD SO WHAT

CASSETTE AUD MASTER > CASSETTE >
EDIROL USB UA-1EX AUDIO INTERFACE >
COOL EDIT > CD WAVE EDITOR >
TRADERS LITTLE HELPER > FLAC

Two Things:

1. The depths of my nerdity know no end. The other day I meet a guy and we’re chatting about music and he mentions he digs the blues. I have very limited knowledge of the blues but we hit the big names a bit – BB King, Robert Johnson, etc and my mind starts thinking of the blues boots I own. My collections is very limited but I tell the guy I’ve got a couple of shows I’ll give him. Then I go home and start torrenting every blues artist I can think of (and a few more Google tells me about.) Next time I see the guy I excitedly tell him about the shows I’ve got for him trying not to sound like the freak I am. The poor sap never knew what got into him when we started talking music.

You all know exactly what you’ve gotten into and now you are gonna get a bunch of blues boots over the next few weeks.

Etta James – Minneapolis, MN (11/04/91)

Etta James
The Guthrie Theater
Minneapolis, MN.
November 4, 1991

SBD>SONY PCM 601 (BETA II) 2x>Delta Dio 2496>Cool Edit Pro>CD Wave Editor>TLH
Recorded from the soundboard at 44.1/16 bit

Instrumental#1 (Backup Band)
Instrumental#2 (Backup Band)
Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody’s Home
I’d rather be a blind girl
Damn Your Eyes
Come to Mama
Your good thing (Is about to End)
You Can Leave your hat on
Sugar on the Floor>
One Sep at a Time
Blues Medley:
Baby What you want me to do
Band Intros
Dust my Broom
Things I used to Do
Hoochie Coochie Woman
More Band Intros
Blues Jam

Thanks go out to David Hollister for fixing the volume issues on the master tape. It was a little difficult to listen to before this.

Tracks 1-3 increase 15%
4/5- 35%
6 – 15%
7 – 20% first half down 25% 2nd half
8 – 1st part  down 20% part #2 uo 25%
9 – up 25%
10/11 down 20%

Posted by Rauol Duke

Etta James – Seattle, WA (08/31/80)

Etta James
Bumbershoot Festival
Seattle Center Coliseum
Seattle, Washington
Aug.31,1980

1-INSTRUMENTAL
2-I JUST WANNA MAKE LOVE TO YOU
3-TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT
4-BABY WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO
5-PIECE OF MY HEART
6-I’D RATHER GO BLIND
7-WOMAN > SHAKE YOUR BOOTY
8-MISS YOU
9-SUGAR ON THE FLOOR

Sony TC-388 reel to reel @ 3 & 3/4 ips using Maxell UD 35-90 tape.
I used a direct XLR output from the board which was a mono signal > CD > EAC > FLAC

here’s taperpat’s info :
This show at the Seattle Coliseum was recorded on a Sony TC-388 reel
to reel @ 3 & 3/4 ips using Maxell UD 35-90 tape.
I used a direct XLR output from the board which was a mono signal.
The house mix was by Bruce Craig.

The Grateful Dead – Oakland, CA (12/31/82)

Grateful Dead
December 31, 1982
Oakland Auditorium
Oakland, CA
Special Guest: Etta James

Notes:
— C C Rider and BWYWMTD with Matthew Kelly
— Not Fade Away with John Cippolina
— Set 3 with Etta James and Tower of Power

Set 1:
d1t01 – Cold Rain And Snow
d1t02 – C C Rider
d1t03 – Cumberland Blues
d1t04 – Far From Me
d1t05 – Cassidy
d1t06 – Ramble On Rose
d1t07 – Looks Like Rain
d1t08 – Keep Your Day Job

Set 2:
d2t01 – Midnight Madness ->
d2t02 – Sugar Magnolia ->
d2t03 – Sugaree ->
d2t04 – Man Smart (Woman Smarter)
d2t05 – Ship Of Fools
d2t06 – Playing In The Band ->
d2t07 – Drums ->
d2t08 – Space ->
d2t09 – Not Fade Away ->
d2t10 – Deal ->
d2t11 – Sunshine Daydream

Set 3:
d3t01 – Introductions/Tuning
d3t02 – Turn On Your Lovelight ->
d3t03 – Tell Mama
d3t04 – Baby What You Want Me To Do
d3t05 – Hard To Handle
d3t06 – In The Midnight Hour

Encore:
d3t07 – Brokedown Palace

Word came today that R&B great Etta James passed away at 73 years old, I don’t have any Etta Solo shows uploaded (yet) but this set she sits in with The Grateful Dead on New Years Eve 1982 is a smoker. Look for 3 more Etta shows in the next day or so, all fantastic SDB recordings

Here’s praying you & Jerry are making some beautiful music right now Etta — you will be missed

Posted by Rauol Duke