Steve Earle and Guy Clark
Merlefest, Wilksboro NC
April 26th 1997
01 Christmas in Washington
02 To Live is to Fly
03 You Know the Rest
04 Old Friends
05 South Nashville Blues
06 Out in the Parking Lot
07 Ft Worth Blues
08 Let Him Roll
09 My Old Friend the Blues
10 Dublin Blues
11 White Freightliner Blues
Soundboard > CD > CDWAVE > FLAC
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings
Merlefest Watson/Cabin Stage
Wilkesboro, N.C.
April 26 & 27, 2002
Source: Neumann SKM-140’s->HHb PDR-1000->
HHb CDR-850->EAC (Extraction/FLAC)
Master Recording By: Michael Clark (tarheelmike)
Seeded By: Michael Clark
April 26th, 2002
Watson Stage:
1 Intro
2 I Want to Sing That Rock and Roll
3 Elvis Presley Blues
4 Rock of Ages
5 Dear Someone
6 One More Dollar
7 Red Clay Halo
8 My Morphine
9 Orphan Girl
10 Caleb Meyer
April 27th, 2002
Cabin Stage:
1 Tear My Stillhouse Down
2 I Want to Sing That Rock and Roll
3 My First Lover
4 I’ll Fly Away
5 The Revelator
6 By The Mark
7 Caleb Meyer
O.K. this is the first of a 50 disc spindle of old Merlefest
stuff that I have without setlist info. I will work on
posting as much of this stuff as I can but will rely on
everyone to help with setlist info.This disc includes two sets
the first is the Watson Stage set and the second is the Cabin Stage
set from the second day. As the setlist develops I will edit
the upload info.
Doc Watsonís Jam
Home Sweet Home Setî
Watson Stage
Merle Watson Memorial Bluegrass Festival
Wilkesboro, North Carolina
May 1, 1999
Source: DAUD Neumann km 184 > Tascam DP-M1
Recorded By Alf Houck x 1 DAT May 1999
Remaster: Panasonic SV-3700 DAT > pass through Tascam CD-RW 700(-2db) >
Audiophile 2496 > @ 24 Bit to WaveLab > 16 Bit > CD Wave > EAC > Flac
By Bill Koucky July 2, 2006
With in order of appearance:
T. Michael Coleman
Sam Bush
Marty Stewart
Alan OíBryant
Earl Scruggs
Jerry Douglas
Peter Wernick
Stewart Duncan
John McCuwen
Joe Mullins
Tom Adams
Yans Krueger
Bela Fleck
Tony Trischka
Scott Vestal
1. Milk Cow Blues
2. If I Were A Carpenter
3. Saint James Infirmary
4. Enter Sam Bush, Marty Stewart, Alan OíBryant
5. Instrumental
6. Big Spike Hammer
7. Deli Mae
8. Fields Of Bluegrass Green
9. Pearly Blue
10. Enter Earl Scruggs, Jerry Douglas
11. Instrumental
12. Nothiní To It
13. Doc Talk
14. Will You Be Loviní Another Man
15. Peter Wernick brings out the rest..
16. Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Not Included,:
Doc Watson & Jack Lawrence
Cabin Set
May 1, 1999
Source: Sennheiser ME88 > Sony D-8 DAT
Same Transfers as above
1. Tuning, Intro
2. Florida Blues
3. Greenville Trestle
4. Southbound
5. The Riddle Song
6. Big Sandy > Salt Creek
7. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby with Kentucky Thunder
MerleFest
Wilkes Community College
Wilkesboro, NC
April 26, 2008 – Saturday
Source: WSIF-FM > Edirol UA-5 > S/PDIF > M-Audio 2496 @ [24/44.1] > WaveLab
Mastering: Nomad LM2S-3 in WaveLab > dithered to [16/44.1] > CD Wave > TLH > FLAC
Watson Stage 8:45 ñ 9:45 pm
1. Black Eyed Suzie
2. Toy Heart
3. Bluegrass Breakdown
4. Darling Corey
5. The Way It Is
6. Mandolin Rain
7. The Dreaded Spoon
8. Sally Jo
9. Uncle Pen
10. Valley Road
Doc Watsonís Jam
Merle Watson Memorial Bluegrass Festival
Walker Center
North Wilkesboro, NC
May 1, 1988
Source: 1st Generation Soundboard Cassette from Alf Houck
Transfer: Nakamichi BX-100 > M-Audio 2496 @ 24/44.1 > WaveLab 5.01
Mastered to 16/44.1 KHz WAV (Waves L3, X-Noise) > CDWAV 1.9 > FLAC
Remastered and Seeded to bt.etree by Bill Koucky November 2006
1. Intro George Hamillton IV M.C.
2. Docís words of thanks and Band Intros
– Doc Watson & The Frosty Moren Boys –
3. Red Hot From Birmingham
4. Sugar Babe
5. Love Come Home
6. The Promised Land
7. – Enter Jack Williams ñ
8. Down Yonder
9. Your Cheatiní Heart
10. Step It Up And Go
11. – Intro The Moody Brothers ñ
12. Cotton-Eyed Joe
13. Tumbling Tumbleweed
14. Praise For Evermore
15. A Farmerís Dream Plowed Under
16. I Saw The Light
17. ñ Intro Mike Cross ñ
18. Alice Green
19. Directions
20. Your Body Keeps Getting In the Way
21. Song For Merle
22. ñ Intro John Hartford ñ
23. Learning To Smile
24. The Mississippi Queen
25. Gentle On My Mind
26. Fiddle Tune
27. Rolling In My Sweet Babyís Arms
Time: 81:37
Note: can be burned with overburn with NERO or with other
programs to 80 min disc by omitting the first track.
Performers in order of appearance:
Doc Watson
Jack Lawrence
Joe Smuthers
Bob Hill
Jack Williams
Carlton Moody
David Moody
Trent Moody
Mike Cross
John Hartford
Doc Watson
4-28-1995
Merlefest
Wilkes Community College
Wilkesboro,NC
NAK300 shotguns (hidden under a tapestry, fixed to a highback lawn chair; FOB) >sony D6 cassette > vhs> CDR (Philips820 stand-alone)>EAC (secure)>cdwav>TLH (8)
Recorded by Dan Dennis.
01 Strangers Blues
02 South Coast
03 Blues Around My Bed
04 Life Gets Tedious Dont It
05 Summertime
06 Milk Cow Blues
Doc Watson
Richard Watson
T Michael Colvin
Addison Hotel Jam
04/28/95
Addison Hotel
N. Wilkesboro, NC
(Members Of Leftover Salmon and Nickel Creek with Chris Thile, Wyatt Rice, Mark Schatz, & Others)
Daud, in hotel room) schoeps MK4’s (ORTF)> VMS 02IB> TCD-D7@44.1kHz/Master> CDR> DAT> CD
Thanks to Dwight Schrutt for the setlist.
DISK I
1. Paddy On The Turnpike
2. Nine Pound Hammer
3. On & On
4. (Chatter/Tuning)
5. Pike County Breakdown
6. Little Maggie
7. E.M.D.
8. (Chatter/Tuning)
9. I’d Like To Be A Train
10. ???
11. A Rambler At 21?
DISK II
1. (Chatter/Tuning)
2. Another Rock In The Road
3. Mark Schatz Hambone Jam
4. Flintstones Theme (Thile & Schatz)
5. Lady Be Good
6. Highway Of Sorrow
7. (Chatter/Tuning)
8. East Virginia Blues
9. (Chatter/Tuning)
10. ??? Waltz
11. (Chatter/Tuning)
12. Old Rounder/Stockade Blues
13. (Chatter/Tuning)
14. Instrumental
Merlefest is an annual alt.country festival in North Wilkesboro, NC. I’ve never been but the lineups are always spectacular and the bootlegs are usually hot. This particular bootleg was not actually a part of the festival but rather an impromptu jam session recording in a local hotel. It features members of Leftover Salmon and Nickel Creek plus a variety of others. It’s a great listen of some great musicians kicking back in a relaxed atmosphere. Enjoy!