Tom Russell
“KPIG Spring Fling”
SLO Grange Hall
San Luis Obispo, CA
April 25, 2014

** 16 BIT **

Source: Neumann AK-40’s (In Hat) > LC3 > KM-100’s > Tascam D-100mkII @ 24 bit/48 kHz
Mastering: .WAV > iZotope RX2 Advanced v2.02.457 (declick) > Sound Forge Pro 10.0a (fades, minor edits, & normalize) > 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: 6th Row Center
Recorded By: OldNeumanntapr
Mastered by: Dennis Orr

Re-Tagged Via xACT 2.48 By Oldneumanntapr
Event poster used as artwork

Setlist:

• Set One –

1. Intro
2. Hello & Chat about “Goodnight Juarez”
3. Goodnight Juarez
4. Chat about being a DJ at KFAT
5. Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright/Bob Dylan rap
6. Mesabi
7. Chat about meeting his wife
8. Finding You
9. Chat about “East Of Woodstock, West Of Vietnam”
10. East Of Woodstock, West Of Vietnam
11. Big River
12. Chat about Johnny Cash
13. Veteran’s Day
14. Chat about “Blue Wing”
15. Blue Wing
16. Chat about “Jai Alai”
17. Jai Alai

• Set Two –

1. Set Two Intro
2. Chat about new cowboy songs
3. He Wasn’t A Bad Kid When He Was Sober
4. Chat about “Saddle Bronc Kids”
5. Saddle Bronc Kids
6. Chat about living with his brother in Edna Valley
7. Hair Trigger Heart
8. Chat about tequila
9. Midnight Wine
10. Chat about growing up in L.A. #1
11. Lightnin’ Hopkins Instrumental
12. Chat about growing up in L.A. #2
13. I Am A Pilgrim
14. Chat about growing up in L.A. #3
15. Sporting Life Blues
16. Chat about “Tonight We Ride”
17. Tonight We Ride
18. Encore Break

• Encore –

1. Chat about what song to play
2. The Sky Above, The Mud Below

Tom Russell – Lead vocals & rhythm guitar (acoustic)
Thad Beckman – Lead guitar (acoustic) & backing vocals

OldNeumanntapr Notes-
This was the second time that I’ve recorded Tom Russell, the first being at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara in 1999 when he opened for Peter Himmelman. I had no idea who Tom Russell was, at that show, but I was an instant fan. Tom Russell is an awesome storyteller with a great sense of humor. I wasn’t a fan of The Grange Hall and I thought it was a cold echoey building made of cinderblock with no atmosphere at all. The light show consisted of two naked incandescent light bulbs without shades. It rained the night of this show, and since I was the third person in line, fortunately I got to hang out under the front door overhang and was able to keep from getting wet. I’d never been to the Grange Hall before so I elected to leave my Beyer preamp at home and run the Neumann KM100 amplifier stages directly into the XLR jacks of the Tascam recorder to save space. Tom was in rare form this night. He made jokes about his brother selling bad horses, and told stories about a wild night he had with his brother chasing some poachers who ended up turning a gun on them. Tom also told stories about playing football for Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo in the 60s and joked about buying the ‘Buckhorn’ bar in Cuyama, a little town in the middle of nowhere on highway 166 midway between Santa Maria and Bakersfield. He was also making fun of the loud and rowdy staff in the adjacent room. It was a fun show even though the room was less than ideal.

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