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Allman Brothers Band – Santa Barbara, CA (09/09/03)

Allman Brothers Band
9/9/03
Santa Barbara County Bowl
Santa Barbara, CA

8th Row Center: Neumann KM-140s (ORTF) >Tascam DA-P1
(Beyer MV-100 Was Not Used, As It Was In The Shop Getting A Left Channel XLR Connection Re-soldered)
DAT Master Transferred: Tacam DA-30 >HHb CDR 800 PRO Via Analog i/o,
CD Masters >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.28, Tags Via xACT 2.53
Recorded, Transferred, FLAC’d, Tagged, & Front-Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr

Disc I:

  1. Hot ‘Lanta
  2. Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More
  3. Trouble No More
  4. Rocking Horse ->
  5. Desdemona (with Karl Denson)
  6. Leave My Blues At Home
  7. Soulshine
  8. Who To Believe
  9. Don’t Think Twice It’s All Right (with Susan Tedeschi and John Molo)

Disc II:

  1. Statesboro Blues (with Susan Tedeschi)
  2. Stormy Monday
  3. Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’
  4. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
  5. Midnight Rider ->
  6. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed ->
    xx. Drums ->
    xx. Bass ->
    xx. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed

Encore:

  1. One Way Out

OldNeumanntapr Notes-
This was the last time that I was to see and record the Allman Brothers Band. The SB County Bowl is a small intimate venue that holds about 3,500 people. We were up front in the 8th row. Space was tight and I had to run my gear under the seat but as I remember I believe that they let us bring in microphone stands this time, as opposed to back in 1992.

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Allman Brothers Band – Santa Barbara, CA (07/18/92)

Allman Brothers Band
7/18/92
Santa Barbara County Bowl
Santa Barbara, CA

8th row, left: Nakamichi CM-300 CP-1’s (on T-Bar) >Sony WM-D6C
(Maxell MX-S Metal, No Dolby)
Cassette Master >CDR Via: Sony TC-D5M >HHb CDR 800 PRO,
CD Masters >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.35 (Tags Via xACT 2.53)

Recorded, Transferred, FLAC’d, Tagged, & Front-Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr

disc 1:

  1. Don’t Want You No More
  2. It’s Not My Cross To Bear
  3. Statesboro Blues*
  4. Blue Sky
  5. Don’t Keep Me Wonderin’
  6. Nobody Knows
  7. Black Hearted Woman
    –acoustic–
  8. Seven Turns
  9. Midnight Rider
  10. Southbound
  11. Melissa

disc 2:

  1. Pony Boy
    –electric–
  2. Hoochie Coochie Man
  3. Get On With Your Life
  4. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
  5. Drums / Bass
  6. In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
  7. Revival
    Encore:
  8. One Way Out
  9. Whipping Post

*w/John Popper on harp

Taper Notes:
I had heard that the Allman Brothers were becoming taping friendly and trying to attract some of the Dead’s taper crowd. When I got to the County Bowl that afternoon I noticed that the sign that says ‘No Cameras, Tape Recorders, Weapons, Etc’, had black electrical tape over the words ‘tape recorders’. I took that as a Good Sign! They let me in with no problem after I explained that my bag contained Only audio taping equipment; my usual spiel. I just wish that the head of security had clued in the rest of the staff! The security sure tried to hassle me as I was setting up my mics. They were clueless that the Allmans allowed taping. The Bowl wouldn’t allow mic stands so I had to hold a T-Bar with the CM-300s on it the whole night. Man, was my arm tired later! As I was setting up my mics on the T-Bar, this security guy comes over, frowns, and says, ‘What are Those?’ Ah, microphones, says I. ‘What are they FOR?’, he asks. For Recording, says I. I Almost added, ‘Is this a trick question’? It seemed obvious to me what they were for! ‘We’ll see about this!’ he says, and storms off. A little while later he comes back, about 20 feet away, looks at me and shrugs his shoulders and shakes his head as he walked away! I had a lady complain to me that they wouldn’t let her bring in a camera so why was I able to tape the show? Hey, rules are rules. I asked her if she’d ever had a flash go off in her eyes but she wasn’t listening. There were a couple of other tapers there that night but I think that I was the closest to the stage. I’ve never seen another recording of this show from another source in circulation. Anyway, this was my 1st Allman Brothers concert and I thought that they were awesome. I loved the interplay between the musicians. Warren was on fire!!! Hootchie Coochie Man sent chills down my back. He is such a bluesman! I had seen and recorded the Dead since early 1986 but I understood after the show why people say that NOBODY COOKS LIKE THE ALLMAN BROTHERS!!! Blues Traveler opened the show and I recorded them with the same Nakamichi CM-300s->Sony WMD-D6C rig. Even now, after seeing the Allmans quite a few times over the years, I have to say that the 1992 line up is still one of my favorite incarnations of the band.

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Jackson Browne & Friends – Santa Barbara, CA (09/15/99)

Jackson Browne
Bonnie Raitt
Shawn Colvin
Bruce Hornsby
David Lindley & Wally Ingram
9/15/99
Santa Barbara County Bowl
Santa Barbara, CA

Neumann AK-40’s (x/y) >LC3 >KM-100’s >Beyer MV100 >Sony TCD-D7

DAT >CD Transferred Via Tascam DA-P1 >S/PDIF Coax >HHb CDR 800 PRO.
CD Masters Transferred With xACT 2.24 >WAV >FLAC
FLAC >WAV >Audacity (De-Amplify Countless Close-Proximity Hand Claps, Reduce Crowd Noise Hoots & Hollers, Repair Two Minor Left-Channel Dropouts, Minor Edits, Fades) Fix SBEs >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.53

(Recorded, Transferred, Audacity Post, FLAC, Tags, + Front-Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr)

18th Row, Left

Disc I:

  1. Old Coot From Tennessee
  2. Bon Temps Roulet
  3. Well Well Well
  4. Catfood Sandwiches
  5. Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies
  6. Everywhere I Go
  7. Down The Road Tonight
  8. You And The Mona Lisa
  9. Dimming Of The Day
  10. Thing Called Love
  11. Shotgun Down The Avalanche
  12. Lost Soul
  13. The Barricades Of Heaven
  14. World in Motion

Disc II:

  1. I Believe I Am in Love With You
  2. Nick Of Time
  3. Band Intros
  4. The Facts About Jimmy
  5. Sunny Came Home
  6. A Night On The Town
  7. Bright Baby Blues
  8. Something To Talk About
  9. Diamond In The Rough
  10. I Can’t Make You Love Me
  11. The Pretender
  12. Just the Way It Is (Prelude)

Disc III:

  1. Just The Way It Is
  2. Love Sneaking Up On You
  3. Running On Empty
  4. Valley Road
  5. Polaroids
    [Medley]:
  6. (Just My Imagination) >
  7. (Too Busy Thinking ‘Bout My Baby) >
  8. (Reunited)
  9. Mercury Blues
  10. Load Out/Stay
  11. The End Of The Innocent

Encore:

  1. Black Muddy River

Oldneumanntapr Notes-
This was a fun show. David Lindley & Wally Ingram played four songs to open the show, and it just rolled on from there. Instead of separate sets from each artist, they would all play together and swap lead vocals. The show ran about 3.5 hours! The Santa Barbara County Bowl is a very intimate place to see shows, as it’s small (3,000 capacity) and nestled in the hills of Santa Barbara. The security is really tight there, and it took three of us to bring in my recording equipment. The security staff at the bowl, from what I’ve been told, are all off-duty SB County Sheriffs deputies, and they DO have the authority to arrest people on the spot, as apposed to most venue security who will either confiscate your batteries and blanks, or kick you out of the venue if you are caught taping.

It was difficult to record, not only because of the ever-present security staff, but also because the show started durning daylight hours. I wanted to record David Lindley & Wally Ingram, as they opened the show, but it’s really hard to stealth record in broad daylight.

I had a problem at the time with my Beyer MV100 microphone preamp because of a loose XLR input jack, so I had two channel drop outs on this recording that I had to repair. I later had the jack re-soldered, which fixed the problem. While I was at it, I also went in and reduced the over enthusiastic crowd noise wherever I could. I think it made a big difference.

During one song someone seated near me was trying to get everyone to stand and I didn’t want to comply so there is a brief moment of talking from this guy that I couldn’t completely remove. ‘Don’t you want to stand up?’ NO.

I remember that one of my friend Dave’s friends, a lady that I think worked at KOTR FM in Cambria (Not Carol Jo, who talked all the way through my Miles Davis Cal Poly recording in 1990), sat next to me while Dave was up front in a closer row. She dropped my binoculars onto the concrete floor, which I could have done without, but I think they didn’t come away with any damage.

I think mine is one of the better recordings from this mini tour, with only the final show at the Gorge Amphitheater in George, Washington, that maybe a little better. That show was uploaded without any recording lineage, which is a pet peeve of mine, so I was unable to tell what gear was used to make the recording.

Blues Traveler – Santa Barbara, CA (07/18/92)

Blues Traveler
July 18th, 1992
Santa Barbara County Bowl
Santa Barbara, CA

Master:
Nakamichi CM-300s/cp1’s on T-bar >Sony WM-D6C>Cass(m) >HHb CDR 800
Recorded from the 8th row, left-hand side.

Recorded & Transferred By OldNeumanntapr
FLAC’d By Dave Mallick
FLAC Tags + Front-Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr

Conversion:
XLIIS Cass Master Transferred: Sony TC-D5M >HHb CDR 800,
CD > xACT 1.69 >FLAC
FLAC Tags Via xACT 2.53

  1. 100 Years [04:45.24]
  2. Should I Stay Or Should I Go? [08:14.31]
  3. Crash Burn > [03:45.15]
  4. Dropping Some NYC [03:56.43]
  5. What’s For Breakfast [04:44.44]
  6. Ivory Tusk [06:37.67]
  7. Crystal Flame [12:36.36]
  8. Sweet Talking Hippie [13:53.38]
  9. Johnny B. Goode [03:24.41]
    Total: [61:58.39]

Notes:

Apparent tape stoppage between tracks 6 and 7, flip between tracks 7 and 8.

Taper Notes-
This was the second time that I saw Blues Traveler. They are a good band and a great opening act! (They opened for the Allman Brothers Band.) Not many tapers at the Bowl, from what I remember. I was one of the closest to the stage, in the 8th row.

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