Tag: 1992

Various Artists – Wilkesboro, NC (04/24-26/92)

Merle Watson Memorial Bluegrass Festival
April 24-26, 1992
Wilkes Community College, Wilkesboro NC

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:

  1. Tony Rice All-Stars – Freeborn Man
  2. Peter Rowan & the Nashville Bluegrass Band w/Jerry Douglas – Midnight Moonlight
  3. various – chit chat 1
  4. Tony Rice Allstars – Nine Pound Hammer
  5. Tony Rice Allstars – Cold on the Shoulder
  6. Tony Rice Allstars – Whitewater
  7. Tony Rice Allstars – Molly and Tenbrooks
  8. Doc Watson & Ricky Skaggs – Foggy Mountain Top
  9. Skaggs & Rice – Where the Soul of Man Never Dies
  10. Skaggs & Rice – More Pretty Girls Than One
  11. Del McCoury Band w/ David Grisman – Fanny Hill
  12. Del McCoury Band w/ David Grisman – Randy Lynn Rag
  13. Del McCoury Band w/ David Grisman – I’m Thinking Tonight of My Blue-Eyes
  14. Tony Rice Unit – The Dusty Miller
  15. Tony Rice Unit w/Peter Rowan – White Dove
  16. Tony Rice Unit – Sally Goodin
  17. David Grisman Quintet – Dawg’s Rag
  18. David Grisman Quintet – Assanhado
  19. David Grisman Quintet – Grateful Dawg
  20. David Grisman Quintet – Dawgmatism
  21. David Grisman Quintet – Telluride
  22. Tim & Mollie O’Brien & The O’Boys – Liar
  23. Tim & Mollie O’Brien & The O’Boys – Dream of a Miner’s Child
  24. Tim & Mollie O’Brien & The O’Boys – Oh Darling
  25. Tim & Mollie O’Brien & The O’Boys – Shut the Door
  26. Tim & Mollie O’Brien & THe O’Boys w/Jerry Douglas – Hold to a Dream
  27. Doc Watson & Ricky Skaggs – What is a Home Without Love?
  28. Doc Watson & Ricky Skaggs – Nine Pound Hammer
  29. various – Chit chat 2
  30. Del McCoury Band w/David Grisman – Home is Where the Heart Is
  31. Del McCoury Band w/David Grisman – Long Journey Home
  32. Del McCoury Band w/David Grisman – Rain & Snow
  33. Del McCoury Band w/David Grisman – Rawhide
  34. Doc Watson & Friends – Blue Ridge Mountain Home
  35. Doc Watson, David Grisman and Alan O’Bryant – What Does the Deep Sea Say?
  36. Doc Watson, David Grisman and Friends – Blue Moon of Kentucky
  37. Roy Bookbinder – Rev. Gary Davis story, Hesitation Blues/Old Time Religion
  38. Peter Rowan – Dust Bowl Children
  39. Peter Rowan w/Jerry Douglas – On the Wings of Horses
  40. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones – Bonnie & Slyde
  41. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones – Celtic Medley
  42. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones – Flight of the Cosmic Hippo
  43. Peter Rowan & the Nashville Bluegrass Band – High Lonesome Sound
  44. Seldom Scene – Pickaway
  45. Seldom Scene – Carolina Star
  46. Seldom Scene – House of the Rising Sun/Walk Don’t Run
  47. Laurie Lewis & Grant Street – Singing Bird
  48. Laurie Lewis & Grant Street – I’m Gonna Be the Wind
  49. Various – Chit chat 4 – about Doc
  50. Doc Watson – Milk Cow Blues
  51. Doc Watson w/Gove Scrivenor – Sugar Babe
  52. Doc Watson – Peach Pickin’ Time in Georgia
  53. Doc Watson – Black Mountain Rag
  54. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – I’ve Been Looking
  55. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Baby’s Got A Hold On Me
  56. Ricky Skaggs Allstars w/Doc Watson – Riding That Midnight Train
  57. Ricky Skaggs Allstars w/Del McCoury – I Feel The Blues Moving In
  58. Roy Bookbinder – Mississippi Blues
  59. Carl Jackson and John Starling w/the Nash Ramblers – New Delhi Freight
  60. Carl Jackson and John Starling w/the Nash Ramblers – Lonesome Dove
  61. Carl Jackson and John Starling w/the Nash Ramblers – Silence Says it All
  62. Carl Jackson and John Starling w/the Nash Ramblers – Hold Your Horses
  63. Carl Jackson and John Starling w/the Nash Ramblers – For Cryin’ Out Loud
  64. Carl Jackson and John Starling w/the Nash Ramblers – I Could Cry
  65. Carl Jackson and John Starling w/the Nash Ramblers – Long Time Gone
  66. Emmylou Harris, Carl Jackson and John Starling w/the Nash Ramblers – Satan’s Jewel Crown
  67. Doc Watson All-Stars – Docabilly Medley
  68. Riders in the Sky – Here Comes the Santa Fe
  69. Maura O’Connell – Trouble in the Fields
  70. Doc Watson All-Stars – Fireball Mail
  71. Sam Bush & the Nash Ramblers – Crossroads > Sailin’ Shoes
  72. Laurie Lewis & Grant Street – Texas Bluebonnets
  73. Tony Rice Unit – Shadows
  74. David Grisman Quintet – Rattlesnake
  75. Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers w/Doc Watson – I’ll Fly Away
  76. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Mr Bojangles (start cut)
  77. Peter Rowan & the Nashville Bluegrass Band – Walls of Time
  78. 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

Pearl Jam – Zurich, Switzerland (06/18/92)

Pearl Jam
June 18, 1992
Volkshaus
Zurich, Switzerland

Source: pre-FM SBD [1st gen] + FM [2x boot cd] => DAT
Lineage: DAT(2) 44.1khz -> FLAC
Transfer: DA-20 -> Monster coax -> DiO 2496 -> CEP 2.1 -> Audacity -> SHNTool -> xACT -> FLAC

01 Intro
02 Oceans
03 Even Flow
04 Why Go
05 Jeremy
06 State of Love and Trust
07 Improv (Love You Hate You)
08 Black
09 Alive
10 (I’m Not Crazy)/Once
11 Footsteps
12 Deep
13 Leash
14 jam/(Shower the People)/(Brass in Pocket)/(Meaningless)
15 Porch
16 crowd
17 Suggestion
18 Garden
19 Rockin’ in the Free World

length is approx. 84 minutes

Thanks to cps for the tape.

Transfer by BLG
originally compiled on 01-04-05

The Cure – London, England (05/03/92)

The Cure
03 May 1992
National Ballroom
London England

Lineage: SBD > X-FM Broadcast > ? > FLAC

01. intro
02. tape

Mainset:
03. open
04. high
05. pictures of you
06. lullaby
07. doing the unstuck
08. just like heaven
09. apart
10. a night like this
11. wendy time
12. the walk
13. let’s go to bed
14. friday i’m in love
15. inbetween days
16. from the edge of the deep green sea
17. fascination street
18. never enough
19. cut
20. end
21. interlude

Encore 1:
22. in your house
23. m
24. three imaginary boys
25. boys don’t cry

Encore 2:
25. charlotte sometimes
27. primary
28. a strange day
29. a forest

Bob Weir – Bensalem, PA (09/20/92)

Bob Weir & The Swirled Whale Band
The Barn
Bensalem, PA
September 20,1992

Taped by Keith Litzenberger

Source:

SBD>Sony TCD-D10Pro>Sony TCD-D3(Via Analog input)
DAT Master played back on Tascam DA-30MKII>Sound Devices 702>Sound Forge Pro 11 (Fades,iZotope 64 Bit SRC to 16 Bit/44.1khz)>CDWAV(Tracking)>Trader’s Little Helper (FLAC)>Foobar 2000 (track tagging)

Setlist:

01 Intro
02 Feel Like A Stranger
03 Mexicali Blues
04 When I Paint My Masterpiece
05 Cassidy

Note: Swirled Whale Band played a 1st set without Bobby, I did not tape it, I only taped the 2nd set.

Pearl Jam – Honolulu, HI (09/26/92)

Pearl Jam
SV062 – “THE ISLE OF BOOM”
September 26, 1992
Andrew’s Amphitheater
Honolulu, Hawaii

Source: soundboard > ? > dat > flac > wav > dEdit > flac (four spots of diginoise patched with soundboard > ?-m > analog (2nd gen) > dEQ > dat > cdr)

Digital Editing: Allen Robertson
Artwork: Allen Robertson

01 Release
02 Why Go
03 Deep
04 Jeremy
05 Breath
06 Even Flow
07 improv
08 State of Love & Trust
09 Black
10 improv/jam (Hard to Imagine)
11 Alive (!)
12 Porch
13 encore
14 improv/jam (Throw Your Arms Around Me)
15 Sonic Reducer
16 Rockin’ in the Free World

(!) Mike plays a little tease of “Funk #49” by the James Gang right after song.

Show Recording Notes

The several spots of diginoise have been patched with the analog source…the end result is not perfect, but it is much better than the diginoise. The reason for the “?” in the source lineage right before the dat, is because the main source used has unfortunately been compressed in some way (either by being put onto a minidisk or by being mp3 compressed). It is the only complete circulating recording however. Some other minor pops have also been removed. Very special thanks to Vikas for uncovering this gem.

Show Notes (thanks to Five Horizons)

After a nice ‘Release’ opening, Ed says, “We’re in a beautiful place. Why go home?” leading to guess what song? After a few opening licks of ‘Breath’ are played, the song is announced as ‘A Breath and a Scream,’ as it frequently was called then. Later Ed asks, “Did we meet some of you guys last night? Cause the tickets were good for both nights, right? That’s how I wanted it to work out.” After repeating, “I’m not crazy, I’m not crazy,” they launch into ‘Even Flow.’ A few ‘Hard To Imagine’ riff are played after ‘SOLAT,’ and an improv based on ‘Hard To Imagine’ follows ‘Black.’ Ed tells the crowd, “You’re all gonna die some day; you’re all gonna die fat and old … it’s true,” leading to ‘Alive,’ followed by some guitar noodling. Ed compliments the “pit” likening it to a “Norelco razor” with the three spinning heads. The second set opens with a jam with lyrics based loosely on ‘Throw Your Arms Around Me.’ Ed thanks everyone who they’ve met and says it makes them want to move there and “I wanna have your baby.” After ‘TITFW,’ Ed says goodbye and then asks the lights to be turned back up: “I wanna get a picture of these guys.”

This is being distributed by blackredyellow.com in tandem with pj.sidewalkcrusaders.com, and is part of a
series of the best Pearl Jam shows in existence.
If the artwork is not included, you can find it at blackredyellow.com.

Original text file created on 5/28/04 by vikas@breakerfall.net
Revision compiled during the Eagles-Vikings Monday Night game by spacedvest on 9/20/04.

Pearl Jam – Boulder, CO (05/05/92)

Pearl Jam
05-05-92
Glenn Miller Ballroom, University of Colorado
Boulder, CO

Source: AKG C460b -> Grace pre-amp -> Casio DA-7
Lineage: DAT(M) 48khz -> dEdit -> dEQ -> FLAC
Transfer: DA-20 -> Monster coax -> DiO 2496 -> CEP 2.1 -> CDWave -> FLAC

01 Intro
02 Oceans
03 Even Flow
04 Why Go
05 Jeremy
06 Deep
07 Alive
08 Black
09 State of Love and Trust
10 Improv/(I’m Not Crazy)
11 Once
12 Colorado jam
13 Porch
14 encore break
15 Suggestion
16 Garden/(Angie)
17 Leash
18 Rockin’ In the Free World

Notes from the original uploader: The EQ was done at the request of the taper and mostly involved cutting some of the lower frequencies.

This is a previously uncirculated tape and a major improvement over the Video which was for a long time the only known source.

Dire Straits – Hamburg, Germany (07/16/92)

Dire Straits
Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
HAMBURG, Germany
16.07.1992

DISC ONE:
1. Intro
2. Calling Elvis
3. Walk of life
4. Heavy fuel
5. Romeo and Juliet
6. The bug
7. Private investigations
8. Sultans of swing
9. When it comes to you

DISC TWO:
1. Your latest trick
2. On every street
3. Two young lovers
4. Tunnel of love
5. Money for nothing
6. Brothers in arms
7. Solid rock
8. Wild theme (Local Hero)

Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany, 16th July 1992.

Additional comments from the original uploader:
Very good audience recording from Hamburg 1992! A recording which reflects the solid and good performance of that evening very well. Includes one of the best sounding versions of the rarely performed song When It Comes To You. Nice version of Tunnel of Love and more. Very good remastered sound. Solid Rock and Wild Theme are taken from another master and have less good sound, but the rest of the recording is excellent!

10,000 Maniacs – Miami, FL (11/10/92)

10,000 Maniacs
1992-11-10
Miami Sunrise Theater
Miami, FL
Soundboard Recording

I no longer have this show. If anyone has it in FLAC format and wants to share, please let me know.

01. Intro
02. These Are Days
03. If You Intend
04. Like The Weather
05. A Campfire Song
06. Cherry Tree
07. You Happy Puppet
08. Eat For Two
09. Noah’s Dove
10. Eden
11. Jezebel
12. Trouble Me
13. What’s The Matter Here?
14. Stockton Gala Days
15. Candy Everybody Wants
16. Hey Jack Kerouac
17. Few And Far Between
18. My Sister Rose
19. City Of Angels
20. Don’t Talk
21. To Sir With Love
22. Cotton Alley (cut)

soundboard>?>cassette>CDR>FLAC>SF8 (EQ)>FLAC

Alex Chilton – Saint Louis, MO (01/23/92)

Alex Chilton
1-23-92
Cicero’s
Saint Louis MO

SBD>Sony D6
Master casssette>SonyTC-K760>EdirolR-09HR 24/96>Cool Edit Pro>TLH>FLAC

CD1-1 fade in>Ti-Na-Ni-Na-Nu
CD1-2 Little GTO
CD1-3 Volare
CD1-4 Il Ribelle (The Rebel)
CD1-5 Thing for You
CD1-6 Guantanamerika
CD1-7 My Bonnie
CD1-8 Take It Off
CD1-9 Sick and Tired
CD1-10 B-A-B-Y
CD1-11 When My Baby’s Beside Me

CD2-12 I Will Turn Your Money Green
CD2-13 Bangkok
CD2-14 September Gurls
CD2-15 What’s Your Sign Girl?
CD2-16 I Could Go for You in a Big Way
CD2-17 No Sex
CD2-18 New Girl in School
CD2-19 The Letter
Encore
CD2-20 Let’s Get Lost
CD2-21 My Baby Just Cares for Me
CD2-22 With a Girl Like You

Don Henley & Friends – Los Angeles, CA (04/01/92)

Don Henley & Friends
Walden Woods Benefit
April, 1992
Universal Amphitheater
Los Angeles, California

Coming Back to Life
Free Range Pigs (FRP-SP-07/08)

Source: A(1)>DAT(x)>HDD>CDR(0)>EAC>WAV>FLAC>MP3
Disc One:

Big Head Todd And The Monsters:

1. Vincent Of Jersey
2. Broken Hearted Savior
3. Moose Song

Neil Young:

4. Unknown Legend
5. From Hank To Hendrix
6. Old King
7. Such A Woman
8. Dreamin’ Man
9. Natural Beauty
10. After The Gold Rush

Disc Two:

John Fogerty:

1. Born On The Bayou
2. The Old Man Down The Road
3. Centerfield
4. I Heard It Through The Grapevine
5. Bad Moon Rising
6. Proud Mary
7. Fortunate Son

Roger Waters:

8. In The Flesh
9. The Happiest Days Of Our Lives
10. Another Brick In The Wall (Pt. 2)
11. Mother
12. Comfortably Numb