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Various Artists – Telluride, CO (06/21/18)
45th Telluride Bluegrass Festival
Town Park
Telluride, Colorado
June 21, 2018
Day One
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8ft high left corner of SBD cage
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Taper: soling (soling846@gmail.com)
Billy Strings
Run Time 73:40
01 Intro
02 Turmoil and Tinfoil
03 Track 3 > Train Train
04 This Heart Of Mine
05 Dust In A Baggy
06 Track 06
07 In Hiding
08 Southland %
09 Meet Me At The Creek
10 You See It Your Way
11 How Mountain Girls Can Love
Notes
% Sam Bush – mandolin
Billy Strings – guitar, vocals
Royal Masat – bass, vocals
Billy Failing – banjo, vocals
Jarrod Walker – mandolin
Chris Thile
Run Time 59:02
01 Intro
02 Obvious Bicycle
03 Madison Square Park
04 Dead Leaves and The Dirty Ground
05 Missy
06 The Squirrel of Possibility
07 The Blacksmith
08 Rest Of My Life
09 track 09
10 Rabbit In Log
11 January 2018
12 Saint Mike
Chris Thile – mandolin, vocals
Del McCoury Band
Run Time 85:54
01 Travelin Teardrop Blues
02 I’m The Bluest Man In Town
03 Quicksburg Rondezvous
04 On The Lonesome Wind
05 track 05
06 Nashville Cats
07 Track 07
08 I’ll Breakout Again Tonight
09 Cornbread and Creekwater
10 BlackJack County Chains
11 Letters Have No Arms
12 That Ol’Train
13 To Make Love More Sweeter For You
14 Eli Renfro
15 Cold Rain and Snow
16 track 16
17 A Good Man Like Me ^
18 Roll on Buddy Roll On $
19 Midnight On The Stormy D $
20 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
21 All Aboard
Notes
^ Derks Bentley – guitar, vocals
$ Sam Bush – mandolin
Del McCoury – guitar, vocals
Ronnie McCoury – mandolin, vocals
Robbie McCoury – banjo
Jason Carter – fiddle, vocals
Alan Bartram – bass, vocals
I’m With Her
Run Time 86:43
01 Love Me Good
02 Crossing Muddy Waters
03 Chicopee Hill
04 Ain’t That Fine
05 Crescent City
06 Pangaea
07 See You Around
08 Wild One
09 Walkin’ Back to Georgia
10 Today Is A Bright New Day
11 I-89
12 Under The Apple Tree
13 track 13
14 Hannah Hunt
15 track 15
16 Lord, Lead Me On
17 track 17
18 Send My Love
19 Hornets
20 Overland
21 call back
22 The Darkest Hour
Sara Watkins – fiddle, guitar, ukelele, vocals
Sarah Jarosz – guitar, mandolin, banjo, vocals
Aoife O’Donovan – vocals, guitar
The Railsplitters
Run Time 58:28
01 track 01
02 Jump In
03 Boy of Five
04 Boarding Pass
05 To Do
06 track 06
07 Hello Stranger
08 track 08
09 Everyone She Meets
10 Tilt The World
11 track 11
Lauren Stovall – guitar, vocals
Dusty Rider – banjo, vocals
Peter Sharpe – mandolin, vocals
Joe D’Esposito – fiddle, vocals
Jean-Luc Davis – bass, vocals
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Run Time 112:35
01 track 01
02 track 02
03 track 03
04 Color of The Blues ^
05 Don’t Know What It Means
06 Shame
07 Midnight In Harlem
08 track 08
09 track 09
10 Tell The Truth %
11 Leavin’ Trunk #
12 track 12 #
13 Learn To Live Together
14 call back
15 I Wish
Notes
^ Del McCoury – guitar, vocals; Ronnie McCoury – Mandolin
% Sam Bush – mandolin
Jerry Douglas – Dobro
Susan Tedeschi – vocals, guitar
Derek Trucks – guitar
Tyler Greenwell – drums
J.J. Johnson – drums
Kofi Burbridge – keys, flute
Mike Mattison – vocals, guitar
? – bass
Kebbi Williams – saxophone
Maurice Brown – trumpet
Saunders Sermons – trombone
Wood Brothers
Run Time 74:26
01 Postcards From Hell
02 Tried and Tempted
03 Keep Me Alive
04 River Takes The Town
05 Sparkling Wine
06 Chocolate On My Tongue
07 One Drop of Truth
08 Midnight Rider ^
09 Paradise
10 Loaded
11 Shoofly Pie
12 The Muse
13 Luckiest Man
14 Honey Jar
Notes
^ Derek Trucks – guitar
Oliver Wood – guitar, steel guitar, vocals
Chris Wood – bass, harmonica, vocals
Jano Rix – drums, keys, percussion, shuitar, vocals
Various Artists – Wilkesboro, NC (04/24-26/92)
Merle Watson Memorial Bluegrass Festival
April 24-26, 1992
Wilkes Community College, Wilkesboro NC
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Partial compilation – 2021 transcription from “Pickin’ For Merle”
- The source was mid-90s cable TV broadcasts of “Pickin’ for Merle” recorded to 5 cassette masters by 3 people – XLII and IIS made on generic consumer decks.
- One source tape has an additional cassette generation. This material is tracks 52-66 below.
- Transferred in the early/mid 2010s via Onkyo cassette deck and Audacity, then parked for awhile in hopes the VHS would surface.
- Mastering and setlist in early 2021 by TRH aka Mr. Completely.
See below for notes and lineup details.
Setlist:
- Tony Rice All-Stars – Freeborn Man
- Peter Rowan & the Nashville Bluegrass Band w/Jerry Douglas – Midnight Moonlight
- various – chit chat 1
- Tony Rice Allstars – Nine Pound Hammer
- Tony Rice Allstars – Cold on the Shoulder
- Tony Rice Allstars – Whitewater
- Tony Rice Allstars – Molly and Tenbrooks
- Doc Watson & Ricky Skaggs – Foggy Mountain Top
- Skaggs & Rice – Where the Soul of Man Never Dies
- Skaggs & Rice – More Pretty Girls Than One
- Del McCoury Band w/ David Grisman – Fanny Hill
- Del McCoury Band w/ David Grisman – Randy Lynn Rag
- Del McCoury Band w/ David Grisman – I’m Thinking Tonight of My Blue-Eyes
- Tony Rice Unit – The Dusty Miller
- Tony Rice Unit w/Peter Rowan – White Dove
- Tony Rice Unit – Sally Goodin
- David Grisman Quintet – Dawg’s Rag
- David Grisman Quintet – Assanhado
- David Grisman Quintet – Grateful Dawg
- David Grisman Quintet – Dawgmatism
- David Grisman Quintet – Telluride
- Tim & Mollie O’Brien & The O’Boys – Liar
- Tim & Mollie O’Brien & The O’Boys – Dream of a Miner’s Child
- Tim & Mollie O’Brien & The O’Boys – Oh Darling
- Tim & Mollie O’Brien & The O’Boys – Shut the Door
- Tim & Mollie O’Brien & THe O’Boys w/Jerry Douglas – Hold to a Dream
- Doc Watson & Ricky Skaggs – What is a Home Without Love?
- Doc Watson & Ricky Skaggs – Nine Pound Hammer
- various – Chit chat 2
- Del McCoury Band w/David Grisman – Home is Where the Heart Is
- Del McCoury Band w/David Grisman – Long Journey Home
- Del McCoury Band w/David Grisman – Rain & Snow
- Del McCoury Band w/David Grisman – Rawhide
- Doc Watson & Friends – Blue Ridge Mountain Home
- Doc Watson, David Grisman and Alan O’Bryant – What Does the Deep Sea Say?
- Doc Watson, David Grisman and Friends – Blue Moon of Kentucky
- Roy Bookbinder – Rev. Gary Davis story, Hesitation Blues/Old Time Religion
- Peter Rowan – Dust Bowl Children
- Peter Rowan w/Jerry Douglas – On the Wings of Horses
- Bela Fleck and the Flecktones – Bonnie & Slyde
- Bela Fleck and the Flecktones – Celtic Medley
- Bela Fleck and the Flecktones – Flight of the Cosmic Hippo
- Peter Rowan & the Nashville Bluegrass Band – High Lonesome Sound
- Seldom Scene – Pickaway
- Seldom Scene – Carolina Star
- Seldom Scene – House of the Rising Sun/Walk Don’t Run
- Laurie Lewis & Grant Street – Singing Bird
- Laurie Lewis & Grant Street – I’m Gonna Be the Wind
- Various – Chit chat 4 – about Doc
- Doc Watson – Milk Cow Blues
- Doc Watson w/Gove Scrivenor – Sugar Babe
- Doc Watson – Peach Pickin’ Time in Georgia
- Doc Watson – Black Mountain Rag
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – I’ve Been Looking
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Baby’s Got A Hold On Me
- Ricky Skaggs Allstars w/Doc Watson – Riding That Midnight Train
- Ricky Skaggs Allstars w/Del McCoury – I Feel The Blues Moving In
- Roy Bookbinder – Mississippi Blues
- Carl Jackson and John Starling w/the Nash Ramblers – New Delhi Freight
- Carl Jackson and John Starling w/the Nash Ramblers – Lonesome Dove
- Carl Jackson and John Starling w/the Nash Ramblers – Silence Says it All
- Carl Jackson and John Starling w/the Nash Ramblers – Hold Your Horses
- Carl Jackson and John Starling w/the Nash Ramblers – For Cryin’ Out Loud
- Carl Jackson and John Starling w/the Nash Ramblers – I Could Cry
- Carl Jackson and John Starling w/the Nash Ramblers – Long Time Gone
- Emmylou Harris, Carl Jackson and John Starling w/the Nash Ramblers – Satan’s Jewel Crown
- Doc Watson All-Stars – Docabilly Medley
- Riders in the Sky – Here Comes the Santa Fe
- Maura O’Connell – Trouble in the Fields
- Doc Watson All-Stars – Fireball Mail
- Sam Bush & the Nash Ramblers – Crossroads > Sailin’ Shoes
- Laurie Lewis & Grant Street – Texas Bluebonnets
- Tony Rice Unit – Shadows
- David Grisman Quintet – Rattlesnake
- Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers w/Doc Watson – I’ll Fly Away
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Mr Bojangles (start cut)
- Peter Rowan & the Nashville Bluegrass Band – Walls of Time
- Doc Watson All-Stars – Shake, Rattle & Roll
Notes:
- “Pickin’ For Merle” was a documentary shot at the 1992 Merle Watson Memorial Bluegrass Festival, then informally and now officially known as MerleFest.
- The documentary aired in (I believe) 8-ish 1-hour segments through the 1990s on PBS stations.
- VHS tapes of the entire series were offered as donor rewards. A few artists, including Tony Rice, sold their sets separately.
- Apparently dubs of some of the video episodes have been traded but none have yet surfaced in public digital circulation aside from fragments on YouTube.
- Several years ago I contacted MerleFest representatives to see about getting the series released again as a fundraiser. They were interested, but there are technical hurdles with the tapes. It’s still possible.
- This set of audio cassettes represents about half of the material.
- I don’t know which days most of the sets are from so I didn’t try to guess.
- You will encounter various hisses, buzzes, brief discontinuities and other assorted analog artifacts. It’s fine though. It could be cleaned up more but hopefully the VHS will surface.
- I decided not to change the running order to gather out-of-sequence sets since they aren’t complete anyway. This is the order in which they aired within each PFM episode.
- Across the tapes approximately 15 or so performances were repeated. Obviously, I included the better sounding ones.
- Raw transfer WAV files available upon request.
- I was lucky enough to attend this MerleFest and a couple of others around it. A classic scene.
- There is also a well circulated SBD recording of the Midnight Jam from this year which I highly recommend.
- Thanks to Mitchell Wittenberg for setlist and lineup help.
- Yes, that’s a lot of notes, but no one made you read them all.
- Dedicated to the memories of Doc Watson and Tony Rice.
Backing Band/Allstar Group Lineups (in order of first appearance – guests and headliners are noted in the Artist tag and above, with some overlap)
- Tony Rice Allstars: Tony Rice-guitar, vocals, Bela Fleck-banjo, Jerry Douglas-Dobro, Sam Bush-mandolin, vocals, Stuart Duncan-fiddle, Mark Schatz-bass
- Nashville Bluegrass Band: Pat Enright-guitar, vocals, Alan O’Bryant-vocals (and ?), Roland White-mandolin, Stuart Duncan-fiddle, Gene Libbea-bass
- Del McCoury Band: Del McCoury-guitar, vocals, Ronnie McCoury-mandolin, vocals, Rob McCoury-banjo, Jason Carter-fiddle, Mike Bub-bass
- Tony Rice Unit: Tony Rice-guitar, vocals, Wyatt Rice-guitar, Jimmy Gaudreau-mandolin, vocals, Rickie Simpkins-fiddle, Mark Schatz-bass
- David Grisman Quintet: David Grisman-mandolin, Enrique Coria-guitar, Joe Craven-percussion, fiddle, mandolin, Matt Eakle-flute, Jim Kerwin-bass
- Tim & Mollie O’Brien and The O’Boys: Tim O’Brien – mandolin, guitar, vocals, Mollie O’Brien-vocals, Scott Nygaard-guitar, Mark Schatz-bass
- Doc Watson & Friends: uncertain, the “Friends” may be the Nashville Bluegrass Band (above)
- Bela Fleck & the Flecktones: Bela Fleck-banjo, Victor Wooten-bass, Future Man-midi controller, Howard Levy-piano, harmonica
- Seldom Scene: John Duffey-mandolin, vocals, John Starling-guitar, vocals, Ben Eldridge-banjo, vocals, Mike Auldridge-Dobro, vocals, Tom Gray-bass, vocals
- Laurie Lewis & Grant Street: Laurie Lewis-fiddle, vocals, Tom Rozum-mandolin, fiddle, vocals, Peter McLaughlin-guitar, Craig Smith-banjo, Cary Black-bass
- Doc Watson: Doc Watson-guitar, harmonica, vocals, Jack Lawrence-guitar, T. Michael Coleman-bass, Bob Hill-piano (on some tracks)
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: uncertain lineup here. Maybe Jeff Hanna-guitar, vocals, Jimmie Fadden-drums, harmonica, vocals, Jimmy Ibbotson-bass, vocals, Bob Carpenter-keyboards, vocals, Josh Leo-guitar
- Ricky Skaggs Allstars: Ricky Skaggs-mandolin, vocals, Tony Rice-guitar, vocals, Mark O’Connor-fiddle, Jerry Douglas-Dobro, David Grisman-mandolin, Unknown-banjo, Unknown-bass
- The Nash Ramblers: Sam Bush-mandolin, fiddle, Larry Atamanuik-drums, Jon Randall-guitar, Roy Huskey, Jr. -bass, Al Perkins-Dobro
- Doc Watson Allstars: Doc Watson-guitar, vocals, Jack Lawrence-guitar, T. Michael Coleman-bass; Jack Williams-piano (t67, t78); Mark O’Connor-fiddle, Jerry Douglas-dobro (t70, t78); Tim O’Brien-mandolin, Roland White-mandolin, Bela Fleck-banjo (t70)
- Riders in the Sky: Douglas B. Green (“Ranger Doug”)-guitar, vocals, Woody Paul Chrisman (“Woody Paul”)-fiddle, vocals, Fred LaBour (“Too Slim”)-bass, vocals
- Kathy Mattea – Kathy Mattea-vocals, guitar, unknown band lineup
Sam Bush Shows By Date
1999.09.09 – Camp Mather, CA – w/Bela Fleck
2000.06.30 – Quincy, CA – w/Jorma Kaukonen
2000.07.16 – Saratoga, CA – Lyle Lovett show with Sam sitting in
2002.09.21 – Louisville, KY
2003.12.06 – Covington, KY
2008.xx.xx – Gift To Lossless Legs, 2008
Doc Watson – Amherst, MA (04/01/84)
Doc Watson
1984-04-01
Amherst, Massachusetts
Amherst High School
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Set One:
01. New River Train
02. Shady Grove
03. Mikcow Blues
04. Bill Cheatham -> Salt Creek
05. Rovin’ On A Winter’s Night
06. Otto Wood
07. Windy & Warm
08. Ramblin’ Man
09. Roll On Buddy
10. Soldier’s Joy
Set Two:
11. Rollin’ In My Sweet Baby’s Arms
12. Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor
13. East Tennessee Rag
14. Deep River Blues
15. Summertime
16. Sauerkraut and Solar Energy
17. The Last Thing On My Mind
18. Smoke That Cigarette
19. Tennessee Stud
20. Peach Pickin’ Time In Georgia
21. Mama Don’t Want No Playin’ Goin’ On Round Here
Encore:
22. Lost John
Total Time ::: 1:36:24
Recording Information ::: SBD -> unknown stereo equipment -> master tape -> probably 1 generation -> 2nd(?) generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette, Dolby B on
Playback 2011-12-08 ::: 2nd(?) generation Maxell XLII-90 cassette on Nakamichi BX-300 cassette deck, Dolby B on, azimuth & pitch adjusted, heads cleaned & demagnatized -> Tascam CD-RW900SL pro CD recorder -> CD-RW -> computer, EAC secure -> wavs -> Audacity (fades &/or glitches, volume adjustments, no EQ) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader’s Little Helper -> yer ears.
Line-up:
Doc Watson – guitar, harmonica, vocals
T. Michael Coleman – bass, harmony vocals
Samuel Charles Bush – fiddle, mandolin, vocals
Various Artists – Gift to Lossless Legs
Various Artists
Gift to Lossless Legs, 2008
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From my CDR collection
1. Poem For Eva – Bill Frisell 02-17-2001 – Nashville, TN
2. Toujours Vouloir – The Duhks 11-01-2008 – Barre, VT
3. Salt Spring – Sarah Jarosz & Friends 07-19-2008 – Oak Hill, NY
4. When First Unto This Country – Crooked Still 08-10-2008 – Charleston, WV
5. Brother Wind – Tim O’Brien & Jerry Douglas 07-19-2008 – Oak Hill, NY
6. Billy Grey – Tony Rice Unit 04-08-1990 – Worcester, MA
7. Smith Chapel – Flinner, Grier & Phillips 08-10-2000 – Alta, WY
8. Where There’s A Road – Sam Bush Band 11-16-2007 – Lebanon, NH
9. Mystic Water – Donna The Buffalo 05-10-2008 – South Burlington, VT
10. Daughter of A Conjugal Visit – The Waybacks 07-21-2007 – Ancramdale, NY
11. Stayin’ Alive – Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives 07-21-2007 – Ancramdale, NY
12. Streets Of London – Goode Deal Bluegrass Band 12-26-2002 – Annapolis, MD
13. Roses – Rani Arbo and the Daisy Mayhem 08-16-2008 – Huntington, VT
14. Marilla’s Lesson – Norman Blake 07-19-1997 – Ancramdale, NY
15. Foreign Lander – Sarah Jarosz – 07-19-2008 – Oak Hill, NY
Bruce Hornsby – Telluride, CO (06/18/00)
Bruce Hornsby
06/18/00
Telluride Bluegrass Festival
Telluride, CO
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Rainbow’s Cadillac
Long Tall Cool One
Loser
When in Rome >
Jacob’s Ladder
End of the Innocence
White Wheeled Limousine >
Long Black Veil
Sunflower Cat
Darling Corey
Jumping Jack Flash
Put A Spell On You
King Of The Hill
Wild Horses
Encores:
Mighty Quinn >
Idol with the Golden Head >
Mandolin Rain >
That Would Be Something
w/Sam Bush
Sam Bush – Louisville, KY (09/21/02)
Sam Bush Band
09/21/02
Slugger Field
Louisville, KY
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Soundboard > Benchmark AD2K >Digigram VX-Pocket V2 > Sound Forge 5.0 >24bit/48k PCM.WAV > Sony Vaio PCG-C1VSX/K>MP3
01 Star Spangled Banner >
02 Watson Allman
03 Eight More Miles To Louisville
04 They’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone
05 Lively Up Yourself >
06 Is This Love
07 Band Introductions
08 It Ain’t No Trouble To me
09 Mahavishnu Mountain Boys
10 Howlin’ At The Moon
11 Lee Highway Blues
Sam Bush – Covington, KY (12/06/03)
Sam Bush Band
12/06/03
Madison Theater
Covington, KY
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A Better Man
Hold On To Me
Eight More Miles To Louisville
You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone
Spirit Is The Journey
Sapporo
With A Vamp In The Middle
Howlin’ At The Moon
The Mahavishnu Mountain Boys
King Of The World
Funk 42
Same Ol’ River
Funk 55
E: Old Joe Clark
Jorma Kaukonen & Sam Bush – Quincy, CA (06/30/00)
Jorma Kaukonen & Sam Bush
06/30/00
High Sierra Music Festival
Quincy, CA
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01. intro by Wesley Robertson
02. Hesistation Blues
03. “the roots of Rock and Roll and Bluegrass”
04. Crossroads Blues
05. “if you have any questions”
06. Sally Where’d You Get Your Liquor From?
07. “deeply disturbed”
08. How Long Blues
09. “my middle name”
10. Mann’s Fate
11. “favorite Jerry tune”
12. Sittin’ on Top of the World
13. (applause)
14. 99 Year Blues
This is a very laid back show. Jorma and Sam spend a lot of time talking with the audience, answering questions and of course playing tunes. Its quite fun listening to them in such a casual setting, having a ball themselves.