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Paul Thorn – San Luis Obispo, CA (02/15/15)

Paul Thorn
2/15/15
SLO Brewing Company
San Luis Obispo, CA

Neumann KM-140s (ORTF) >35 ft XLRs >Beyer MV-100 >Tascam DR-100 (24bit /48k)
WAV >Audacity (Track Splits And Down Sample / Dither To 16 bit / 44.1k) >FLAC (Level 8) + Tags Via xACT 2.53

Recorded, Transferred, FLAC’d, Tagged, & Front Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr
Microphones Hung On Front Center Ceiling Post, 10ft high, 9 ft From Stage.

Disc I:

  1. Everybody Looks Good At The Starting Line
  2. Burn Down The Trailer Park
  3. Pimps And Preachers
  4. Too Blessed To Be Stressed
  5. Shelter Me Lord
  6. Resurrection Day
  7. Everybody Needs Somebody
  8. Love Scar
  9. Long Way From Tupelo
  10. Band Intros

Disc II:

  1. Living Without You (false start)
  2. Living Without You
  3. Everything’s Gonna Be Alright
  4. What The Hell Is Going On?
  5. Doctor My Eyes*
  6. Every Little Bit Hurts
  7. Sister Ruby
  8. Mediocrity Is King
  9. Get You A Healin’
  10. Bull Mountain Bridge
  11. Accept My Love
  12. Mission Temple Fireworks Stand

Encore:

  1. Take My Love With You

Paul Thorn – Acoustic And Electric Guitars, Vocals
Bill Hinds – Acoustic, Electric, And Slide Guitars
Michael Graham – Piano, Organ, And Synthesizer
Ralph Fredrichsen – Bass Guitar, Vocals
Jeffrey Perkins – Drums And Percussion

*Jackson Browne Cover

OldNeumanntapr Notes;
A little more than a month before the show I emailed Billy Maddox, Paul Thorn’s FOH sound engineer and asked about audio recording. I was told that Paul Thorn allows audience, but not soundboard recording. I arrived at soundcheck, about 5 pm, and received permission to hang my Neumanns. Billy asked me if I could send him the recording after the show before it was uploaded, and I said sure. He emailed me that he was amazed with the clarity of the recording and also of the accurate stereo separation. He thanked me and said that the recording would help him to better mix the band live. This was the first time that I have seen Paul Thorn and I thought he put on a really great show. I particularly liked the songs ‘Burn Down The Trailer Park’ and ‘Long Way From Tupelo’. I met Paul after the show, thanked him for allowing live recording, and told him that my friend Brad Foster, also from Tupelo MS, works in the same bank where Paul’s sister Deborah works.

Tapers: Please contact Billy before hand for recording permission. He was very friendly and helpful to me, and supplied me with a set list after the show which Paul signed for me. His email is:
billy@paulthorn.com

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Dick Dale – San Luis Obispo, CA (12/02/10)

Dick Dale
SLO Brewing Company,
San Luis Obispo, CA
December 2, 2010
Acoustic show with Jimmy Dale.

Source: Neumann AK-40’s (x/y) >LC3 >KM-100’s >Beyer MV-100 >TCD-D8
Transfer: Tascam DA-P1 >S/PDIF >HHb CDR 800 PRO
Master CDs >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.41

Recorded, Transferred, FLAC’d, Tagged, & Front-Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr
Location: FOB, left (8′ from stage, next to front center ceiling post)

Disc One:

  1. opening rambles
  2. Nitro
  3. The Eliminator
  4. Taco Wagon
  5. Blues Riff
  6. Hey Bo Diddley >
  7. What’d I Say
  8. House Of The Rising Sun
  9. Hot Links: Caterpillar Crawl > Rumble
  10. Peter Gunn >
  11. California Sun > Surf Beat
  12. Let’s Go Trippin’ (intro)
  13. Let’s Go Trippin’ > Bony Maronie
  14. Shake And Stomp >
  15. Ghost Riders In The Sky > Smoke On The Water
  16. Nitro (Reprise)

Disc Two:

  1. Harmonica Boogie
  2. Ring Of Fire
  3. Fever
  4. Belo Horizonte
  5. The Wedge
  6. Amazing Grace
  7. Misirlou

OldNeumanntapr Notes:
This was the only time that I have ever seen Dick Dale play a complete acoustic show, and he had his son Jimmy with him as well! (The last time, I believe, that I saw ‘little Jimmy’ was at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz in January of 1995 when Jimmy had just turned three-years old.)
I searched online for a concert photo of Dick Dale with an acoustic guitar and all I could find were pics when he was holding ‘The Beast’, his gold Fender electric guitar. I guess this was the only time that he did a tour entirely acoustic. (Dick would play a couple of songs acoustic at some of his shows, but it was always in the middle of an electric set.) I thought it was cool, but I’ve NEVER had much interest in this recording because it wasn’t the typical Dick Dale electric show. I’ve seen and recorded Dick Dale a number of times and I thought this show was different and special. My fiend Steve from work saw this show with me and we stood just to the left of the front center ceiling post about eight feet from the stage. RIP Dick! You were amazing!

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Los Lobos – San Luis Obispo, CA (03/08/13)

Los Lobos
March 8, 2013
SLO Brewing Company
San Luis Obispo, CA

50-Year Anniversary Show

Source: Neumann KM-140s (ORTF) > 50 ft. XLRs > MV-100 > SBM-1 > Sony TCD-D8
Transfer: DAT Master > Tascam DA-P1 > coax > HHb CDR 800 PRO, using a Y cable to sum the left channel to mono > AIFF > .WAV (via xACT 1.73)
Mastering: .WAV’s > Sound Forge Pro 10.0a (fades, minor edits, normalize, left channel copied over the missing right channel with a 25 millisecond delay) > CDWav (tracking) > Trader’s Little Helper (level 5) >FLAC >

Location: FOB, mics bungee-corded to the front ceiling post 10′ high, 8′ from the front of the stage
Taped & transferred by: OldNeumanntapr
Mastered by: Dennis Orr
FLAC Tags Via xACT 2.53 & Front Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr

Setlist:

  1. Dream In Blue
  2. Maricela
  3. Reva’s House
  4. Chat & Tuning
  5. That Train Don’t Stop Here
  6. Evangeline
  7. Chat & Tuning
  8. Chuco’s Cumbia
  9. Red House
  10. Papa Was A Rolling Stone >
  11. I Can’t Understand >
  12. Exodus >
  13. Crossroads
  14. Tears Of God
  15. Wicked Rain (1)
  16. Chat & Tuning
  17. Maria Christina
  18. Chat & Tuning
  19. Anselma
  20. Let’s Say Goodnight >
  21. Volver, Volver
  22. Bertha
  23. Encore Break
  • Encore –
  1. Don’t Worry Baby
  2. What’s Going On (2)

(1) DAT change at end of song, no music missed
(2) with Jonah Smith on vocals

Louie Perez – Drums, guitar, percussion, vocals
Steve Berlin – Saxophone, percussion, flute, midsax, harmonica, melodica
Cesar Rosas – Vocals, guitar, mandolin
Conrad Lozano – Bass, guitarron, vocals
David Hidalgo – Vocals, guitar, accordion, percussion, bass, keyboards, melodica, drums, violin, banjo
Enrique “Bugs” Gonzalez – Drums/percussion

Notes:

  • A bad cable rendered the right channel unusable
  • A huge thanks to Kip Stork, SLO Brew’s sound man, and Mando Tavarez, Los Lobos’ sound man ,for all of their help

OldNeumanntapr Notes;
This was a special show in an intimate venue to commemorate the 50-year anniversary of Los Lobos as a band. SLO Brew was a small club in downtown San Luis Obispo on Garden Street where I have been fortunate enough to record many shows over the years. I ran two DAT recorders at this show, one off the board and one from my Neumanns hung from the front center ceiling post. As per the band’s policy I am not allowed to release the soundboard recording, so the public gets the audience tape. I had borrowed a set of 50ft XLR cables from Bill Gaines Audio in SLO and unfortunately one of the XLR connectors didn’t seat completely into the jack on one of my microphones. By the time I realized that I was only getting one channel it was too late to fix the problem, as the mics were mounted on a little portable shelf I had made to hang high above the crowd’s head on the front center post. Fortunately Dennis Orr had a fix for that which would make the recording into a ‘faked’ stereo image. SLO Brew held a maximum of 500 people so it was a nice intimate venue to record in. Thanks to the Wolves Of East LA for their generosity in recording their band, and thanks so much to Dennis Orr for the awesome job he does at post production.

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Infamous Stringdusters – San Luis Obispo, CA (03/15/15)

The Infamous Stringdusters
3/15/15
SLO Brewing Company
San Luis Obispo, CA

Neumann KM-140s (ORTF) >35 ft XLRs >Beyer MV-100 >Tascam DR-100mkII (24/48),
WAV >Audacity (Track Splits And Down Sample / Dither To 16/44.1) FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.35
(Microphones Hung On Front Ceiling Post, 10ft High And Nine Feet From Stage Center)

[Recorded, Transferred, FLAC’d, Tagged, & Front Cover Photo / Artwork By OldNeumanntapr]
Photos shot with Nikon D300 w/24 f/2.0 AI and 85 f/1.4 AIS Manual Focus Lenses

Set I
Disc I:

  1. Hobo Song
  2. Goodbye Liza Jane
  3. Well, Well
  4. Don’t Mean Nothin’
  5. Big Boss Man
  6. How Far I’d Fall
  7. Echoes Of Goodbye
  8. When Silence Is The Only Sound
  9. Weary Hearts
  10. Moon Man Set II
    Disc II:
  11. Hey You
  12. Hazosphere
  13. It’ll Be Alright >
  14. Tragic Life
  15. Tears Of The Earth
  16. Once You’re Gone
  17. In God’s Country
  18. All The Same Disc III:
  19. Long Lonesome Day >
  20. Fire
  21. Scarlet Begonias >
  22. One More Bridge
  23. Y2K

Encore

  1. Coming To The Floor Banter*
  2. Keep On Trucking*
  3. Uncle Pen*

Andy Falco- Guitar, Vocals
Travis Book- Bass, Vocals
Jeremy Garrett- Fiddle, Vocals
Andy Hall- Dobro, Vocals
Chris Pandolfi- Banjo, Vocals

Drew Becker- FOH Sound

*Encores Performed Un Amplified In Center Of Floor

OldNeumanntapr Notes;
My friend Brad Foster in Mississippi asked me if I would record this show and I’m really glad that I did because these guys really cook. After recently recording The Brothers Comatose at SLO Brew it was nice to get to see / record another smokin’ bluegrass band. I would have liked to try another matrix, but these guys didn’t allow board access.

I got to SLO Brew at 6 pm in time for sound check and met up with Drew, the Stingdusters soundman, who gave me permission to hang my Neumanns and set up for the recording. They had brought in their own mixing board and were set up toward the center of the room. Drew had his microphones on a stand next to his board. They were about 15 feet back from where I had hung the Neumanns from the front ceiling post.

This turned out to be a really late night for me. The doors were at 8pm and the band’s first set didn’t start until 9pm, with the second set running from 10:15 to 11:40pm. After tearing down my gear I didn’t get out of SLO Brew until midnight, and then there was still a 40 minute drive home. Yawn. I had to be at work at 8am the next morning too! It was worth not getting much sleep because I was able to come away with another great recording.

I brought my camera this time and shot some pretty good photos of the band. As some of you know, in a ‘past life’ I was a print-news photographer for a couple of different county newspapers. My Nikon lenses are all manual focus, and sometimes, especially in low light, my nearly 50-year-old eyes don’t always focus correctly. 😉 These were shot with a Nikon D300 and 24mm f/2.0 AI manual focus Nikkor wide angle and 85 mm f/1.4 AIS manual focus Nikkor telephoto lenses. ISO ranged from 1600 to 2500. I used one of my photos (w/the 24 mm f/2.0 AIS) for the front cover artwork.

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James McMurtry – San Luis Obispo, CA (06/12/13)

James McMurtry
6/12/13
SLO Brewing Company
San Luis Obispo, CA

FOB: Neumann AK-40s >LC3 >KM-100s >Tascam DR100mkII (24/48)
(Recorded 10 Feet From Stage Center, Leaning Against Right Side Of Front Center Ceiling Post.)
Transferred: Tascam DR100mkII >HHb CDR 800 PRO Via Analog i/o.

Recorded, Transferred, FLAC, Tags, & Front Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr

Disc I:

  1. Bayou Tortous
  2. Red Dress
  3. I Know A Thing Or Two Now*
  4. Just Us Kids
  5. How Am I Going To Find You Now*
  6. Hurricane Party**
  7. You’d Of Thought (Leonard Cohen Must Die)
  8. Choctaw Bingo (w/added new verse)

Disc II:

  1. These Things I’ve Come To Know * **
  2. We Can’t Make It Here
  3. Copper Canteen*
  4. Restless
  5. Levelland

Encore:

  1. Too Long In The Wasteland

James McMurtry – Electric And Acoustic Guitars, Vocals
Ronnie Johnson – Bass, Backing Vocals
Darren Hess – Drums
Tim Holt – Sound, Plus Electric Guitar And Accordion ‘Copper Canteen’ Through Remainder Of Show

*new song
** acoustic

Jonny Burke opened

OldNeumanntapr Notes:
This was another weeknight show, this time on a Wednesday, and I had to hurry up to SLO Brew right after work. I was no longer using DAT recorders and had just purchased my Tascam DR100mkII flash recorder, which made things a bit easier. I really like James’ imagery in his music. I guess being the son of a famous author has its benefits! I don’t know why I elected to put this on CD first rather than just transferring directly to the computer, unless I was just used to doing things that way with DAT. This was the last time that I saw James in concert.

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Heartless Bastards – San Luis Obispo, CA (03/01/15)

Heartless Bastards
SLO Brewing Company
San Luis Obispo, CA
March 1, 2015

** 16 BIT **

Matrix: Soundboard + Neumann KM-140s (ORTF) > 35 ft XLRs > Beyer MV-100 > Mackie 1202-VZL PRO mixer > XLR >Tascam DR-100mkII (24/48)
Mastering: .WAV > Sound Forge Pro 10.0a (minor EQ, fades, minor edits, & normalize) > iZotope RX2 Advanced v2.02.457 (declick) > CDWav (tracking) > iZotope MBIT+ (dithered and downsampled to 16 bit/44.1 kHz) > Trader’s Little Helper (level 5) > FLAC >

Recorded by: OldNeumanntapr
Mastered by: Dennis Orr
FLAC Tags by: OldNeumanntapr
Front Cover Artwork by: OldNeumantapr

Setlist:

  1. Soundcheck (incomplete)
  2. Marathon
  3. Black Cloud
  4. Got To Have Rock And Roll
  5. Journey
  6. The Fool
  7. Skin And Bone
  8. Pocket Fool of Thirst
  9. Highline
  10. Down In The Canyon >
  11. Late In The Night
  12. Gray
  13. Only For You
  14. Band Intros/Chat
  15. Hold Your Head High
  16. Parted Ways
  17. Encore Break

Encore –

  1. Early In The Morning
  2. Low Low Low

Erika Wennerstrom – guitars & vocals
Mark Nathan – guitars
Jesse Ebaugh – bass, pedal steel, & backing vocals
Dave Colvin – drums

Torrent Notes:
Photos courtesy of George Blosser

OldNeumanntapr Notes:
Got there at 5 PM, for soundcheck. Kip was home sick but no problem getting access from Reggie, the Bastards sound man, since I had emailed him. I hung mics, ran cables and taped them down. I was able to record most of the soundcheck and dial in the mix. I’d say off hand it was a 55/45% split. I had Reggie bus the guitars in my mix so that he could raise their levels for me. I monitored the whole night with my Beyer DT-770s and it seemed to sound nice. Of course, it’s impossible to get a really accurate appraisal with all the loud ambient noise. I’m getting used to setting up the Mackie mixer and listening to both sources independently while they sound check. The Neumanns mix well with the board. 🙂 It makes it nice to get to record the soundcheck to dial everything in. I was going to record the opener, but they were horrible, so I just monitored and made sure that my mix sounded good. I wasn’t able to get a set list after the show, because the Mongrel Hordes made off with them. Reggie said to email him and he’d send me one. I also noticed that, right before the show, the bouncers came in and set up a short wall to block off the stage floor from the bar, because it was an all-ages show. I couldn’t remove the mic cables after the show because the wall was on top of them. Fortunately, there is a diamond-plate metal covering that gives access to the basement that sticks up an eighth of an inch, and I had ran the cables alongside it, so at least they weren’t being smashed. Doubtless that Bill wouldn’t like that…But, I talked with the manager and received permission to leave the cables set up for the next show, this coming Thursday when Cuesta Ridge opens for Brothers Comatose. There’s a little work that I won’t have to redo. 🙂 All I did was remove the microphones and left the shelf and Atlas bar strapped to the post. The guy at the booth next to the board bought me two beers after I let him listen to my headphone mix a bit. All in all, a very enjoyable evening. The band was in fine form and played a lot off their new CD, which Erika said will be out on June 9th, two days before her birthday.

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David Lindley – San Luis Obispo, CA (11/03/12)

David Lindley
11/3/12
SLO Brewing Company
San Luis Obispo, CA

3rd Row, Left Of Center:
Neumann AK-40’s (x/y) >LC3 Active Cables >KM-100’s >Beyer MV-100 >Sony TCD-D8 (16/44.1)
DAT Master Transferred Via: Tascam DA-P1 >S/PDIF >Tascam DR-100mkII,
WAV >Audacity (Track Splits, Minor Edits & Normalize) >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.37
FLAC Tags Via xACT 2.53

Recorded, Transferred, FLAC, Tags, & Front-Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr

  1. Old Coot From Tennessee
  2. Ain’t No Way
  3. The Indifference Of Heaven
  4. Spodie
  5. Little Green Bottle
  6. In The State Of Arkansas
  7. Oud Instrumental
  8. Little Sadie
  9. Rag Bag
  10. Pretty Girl Rules The World
  11. Mercury Blues

David Lindley – Bouzouki, Oud, Weissenborn Guitars, Vocals (No Saz)

OldNeumanntapr Notes-
This was the last time, to date, that David Lindley has played SLO Brew. Sadly, the attendance at this show wasn’t good, with less than half capacity. As usual, Mr. Dave played a wicked slide and told some very amusing stories. Sometimes I think it’s Lindley’s stories that drive me to collect so many of his show recordings. This was the show where I met the taper known as DATCC, who sat next to me. So, there is also his source for this show (Sonic Studios DSP-6Ps >Sony TCD-D7), though I don’t know if he’s circulated it yet.

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Todd Snider – San Luis Obispo, CA (05/09/13)

Todd Snider
SLO Brewing Co.
San Luis Obispo, CA
May 9, 2013

** 16 BIT **

Source: Neumann KM-140s (ORTF) > 25 ft XLRs > Beyer MV-100 > Tascam DR-100mkII @ 24 bit/48 kHz
Mastering: .WAV > Sound Forge Pro 11.0 (Build 299) [iZotope Mastering Suite (declick); minor edits, normalize, & fades) > CDWav (tracking) > iZotope MBIT+ (dithered and downsampled to 16 bit/44.1 kHz) > Trader’s Little Helper (level 5) > FLAC > TagScanner 5.1 (tagging)
Location: FOB, microphone crossbar bungeed to front center ceiling post, 9’ from stage center, 9.5′ high
Recorded by OldNeumanntapr
Mastered by Dennis Orr
Photos, and front cover artwork by OldNeumanntapr (Nikon FM2N w/24mm f/2.0 AIS & 50 mm f/1.4 AIS)

Setlist:

  • Set One –
    01 Intro
    02 Conservative Christian, Right Wing, Republican, Straight, White, American Male
    03 Easy Money
    04 Is This Thing Working? >
    05 Good News Blues
    06 The Devil You Know
    07 Horseshoe Lake
    08 Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow)
  • Set Two –
    01 Intro
    02 Statistician’s Blues
    03 Don’t It Make You Wanna Dance?
    04 Alright Guy (with Band Intros)
    05 Play A Train Song
    06 The Ballad Of The Devil’s Backbone Tavern
    07 East Nashville Skyline >
    08 Too Soon To Tell >
    09 Mission Accomplished (Because You Gotta Have Faith)
    10 Encore Break
  • Encore –
    11 Enjoy Yourself

Todd Snider – vocals, guitar, & harmonica
Jim Lewin – electric guitar
Chad Staley – keyboards
Brian Adams – bass
Chris Sheldon – drums
Amanda Shires – violin

OldNeumanntapr Notes-
I got to SLO Brew at 5:30, walked in the side door, and said Hi to Kipp (SLO Brew sound man). He looked at me and said, ‘Hi, imagine seeing You here.’ 😉

I then saw Todd Snider’s sound man Brian, who is balding but has a HUGE beard. I said hi, and that I had recorded them last year and asked if everything was the same. He said yes.

It took me about an hour to set up. I bungeed the Atlas mic bar to the ceiling post about 9.5 feet off the floor, and ran the borrowed XLRs down the side of the post and across the floor. I had to thoroughly tape all the cables down to keep people from tripping on them.

I set up the Tascam by the side of the board and put one of the wooden stools in the little alcove for me to sit on during the show. (This was probably the most comfortable I’ve ever been at a SLO Brew show. I was able to sit through the entire set, when I wasn’t on the floor shooting photos.) It wasn’t that crowded, so I could move around and shoot without any problem.

The red-shirt SLO Brew staff people are kind of clueless. The one guy said, ‘You can’t sit here’, at the start of the show. I told him that I was running my gear in this spot and he said, ‘Oh’. He never noticed the black duct tape holding down the cables. Hardly anyone
did.

I thought the first set was kind of short. Kipp later told me that Todd was sick and was throwing up between sets. 🙁 Poor guy. I thought that he didn’t seem as happy as usual and didn’t tell any stories between songs. The show must go on!

I shot photos during the show with my Nikon gear, details above.

Amanda Shires opened the show. You can grab her show here.

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Joe Ely – San Luis Obispo, CA (03/15/13)

Joe Ely
03/15/13
SLO Brewing Company
San Luis Obispo, CA

FOB, Right: Neumann AK-40’s (x/y) >LC3 >KM-100’s >Beyer MV-100 >TCD-D8
DAT Master Transferred: Tascam DA-P1 >S/PDIF >HHb CDR 800 PRO
CD Master >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 1.73

Digital Audience Master
Recorded, Transferred, FLAC’d, Tagged (via xACT 2.53), & Front Cover Artwork By OldNeumanntapr

  1. Run Little Pony
  2. I’m A Thousand Miles From Home
  3. All Just To Get To You
  4. All That You Need
  5. Stolen Guitar Story*
  6. Row Of Dominoes
  7. Treat Me Like A Saturday Night
  8. The Highway Is My Home
  9. Not That Much Has Changed
  10. You Can Bet I’m Gone
  11. Gallo del Cielo
  12. Where Is My Love?
  13. The Road Goes On Forever
  14. I’m Going To Live Forever
  15. White Freightliner Blues**

Encore:

  1. Dallas

Joe Ely – Guitar And Vocals
Jeff Plankenhorn – Slide Guitar, Guitar, Mandolin, And Backing Vocals

Joe Koenig, And Then Joe Pug And Greg Tuohey, Opened
*Joe Ely Tells A Story Of Being Reunited With a Guitar That Was Stolen In 1986 In San Francisco
**w/Joe Pug On Vocals And Greg Tuohey On Guitar

OldNeumanntapr Notes:
This Was The Third Time That I Was Able To Record Joe Ely. This Recording Would Have Been Awesome, If It Hadn’t Been For The Extremely Rude And LOUD Three-Fingers-In-The-Mouth Whistler Who Whistled Through The Entire Set And Was 10 Feet Behind Me! This Set Is Dedicated To Him. 🙁

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The Brothers Comatose – San Luis Obispo, CA (03/05/15)

The Brothers Comatose
March 5, 2015
SLO Brewing Company
San Luis Obispo, CA

Matrix: Soundboard + Neumann KM-140s (ORTF) >35ft XLRs >Beyer MV-100 >Mackie 1202-VLZ PRO Mixer >XLR >Tascam DR-100mkII (24/48)
WAV >Audacity (Track Splits And Down Sample / Dither To 16/44.1) FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.35

(Recorded, Transferred, FLAC’d, & Tagged By OldNeumanntapr)

  1. Soundcheck Track 1
  2. Soundcheck Track 2
  3. Soundcheck Track 3
  4. Soundcheck Track 4
  5. Soundcheck Track 5
  6. Soundcheck Track 6
  7. Soundcheck Track 7
  8. Soundcheck Track 8
  9. Soundcheck Track 9
  10. Soundcheck Track 10
  11. Soundcheck Track 11
  12. Trippin’ On Down
  13. Brothers
  14. Pie For Breakfast
  15. Dead Flowers
  16. Modern Day Sinners
  17. Knoxville Fox*
  18. Hurricane*
  19. Roots
  20. The Ballad Of Tommy Decker
  21. 120 East
  22. Fiddle Instrumental
  23. Angeline
  24. City*
  25. Freedom
  26. Pig In A Pen^
  27. The Van Song
  28. The Way The West Was Won*
  29. To Be Young**
  30. Tops Of The Trees
  31. The Scout***
  32. Swamp Jam***
  33. Feel Like The Devil***

-Encore-

  1. Ya’ll Come

Alex Morrison – Banjo, Vocals
Ben Morrison – Guitar, Vocals
Ryan Avellone – Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals
Gio Benedetti – Bass
Phillip Brezina – Fiddle

Cuesta Ridge Opened

*New Song

^Old & In The Way Cover
**Ryan Adams Cover
***Special Guest David Huebner From ‘The Littlest Birds’ On Cello

OldNeumanntapr Notes:
All I can say is that this band seriously needs someone to stand near the stage with a fire extinguisher because THESE GUYS SMOKE!!!! Wow. I really enjoyed seeing / recording this band, especially after hearing repeated plays of ‘Pie For Breakfast’ on K-Pig FM, from Santa Cruz but simulcast in SLO County. To make matters sweeter, Cuesta Ridge was opening the show and I am the archivist for that band since my brother in law Brent plays drums for them. Well, I’d probably go and record them anyway even if he wasn’t because they are really hot. Brent put me on the guest list for this show which was nice that I could save a few dollars.

I got there at 6 pm at soundcheck and had no trouble securing permission from the headliner to make an audience / soundboard matrix recording. It made things easy seeing how my mic cables were already taped down because I had to leave them set up after the Heartless Bastards show on Sunday after the bouncers set up the general admission wall over them that separates the bar from the stage area. So, I just attached the microphones to the cables and adjusted them in a basic ORTF position but made sure to point them to the stage to pick up sound from the on-stage amplifiers. I was ready to record the sound check and adjust my mix once I got the mixer and recorder / preamp set up and the 1/4 inch cables run from the board. I asked Kip, SLO Brew house sound man, if I could plug into Matrix 3 and 4 on the board and he commented that I was getting used to doing so!

The Brothers Comatose played a 40 minute sound check which was like a mini set and was icing on the cake to what looked to be a pretty good evening shaping up. They sound checked for so long that by the time Cuesta Ridge was ready to do their sound check the doors were opening and people were coming in to the building.

Cuesta Ridge played a little over 40 minutes and were in fine form. Their set, along with all their others, can be found on the Live Music Archive. Look up:
https://archive.org/details/CuestaRidge

The addition of the audience microphones, which were hung on the front ceiling post about 10ft high and nine feet from stage center, makes a big difference in the energy level of the show. You can really hear how into it the crowd was, as compared to a straight board recording where the crowd sounds like they are off in the distance.

My sister was there and bought me a couple of cold Coronas, Thanks Steph!, and the guys at the booth next to me bought me another beer and thanked me for recording live music. I told them thanks, and that I have been recording for almost 29 years now.

Pie For Breakfast was the third song of the set and was really nice to hear live.
I will definitely see and record these guys again because they put on a great show.
During the encore I was able to make my way through the crowd (which was packed) to the front of the stage to get a set list once the show was over. The guy next to me gave me a dirty look when I pushed up to the stage but I smiled as I grabbed the set list and said that I needed it to be able to post the recording to the LMA. He said, ‘OK, go ahead’.

Another show successfully archived. In the words of another taper, ‘If it wasn’t recorded it’s just a memory’. Enjoy all.

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