Steve Earle – Alexandria, VA (08/27/95)

Steve Earle
The Birchmere, Alexandria, VA
August 27, 1995

01 Mystery Train
02 Hometown Blues
03 Sometimes She Forgets
04 Tom Ames’ Prayer
05 Angel Is The Devil
06 Sailor Man
07 Devil’s Right Hand
08 I’m Looking Through You
09 Goodbye
10 South Nashville Blues
11 Now She’s Gone
12 My Old Friend The Blues
13 Someday
14 I Ain’t Ever Satisfied
15 When Will We Be Married *
16 Rivers Of Babylon *
17 I’m Nothin’ Without You *
18 Northern Winds

19 Ben McCulloch
20 White Freightliner Blues
21 Copperhead Road
22 Guitar Town
23 Down The Road
24 Goodnight Irene *

w/ Siobhan Kennedy (then Maher)

Lineage: (Bootleg) aud > ? > cdrx > eac(secure) > wav > flac16

An early Train A-Comin’ gig, with Steve in a particularly jovial mood and a lively audience. A great, fun bootleg with good sound quality. The gig includes relatively rare performances of Sailor Man and Goodnight Irene. Another highlight is a set of duets with Siobhan Kennedy (then Maher).

(Bootleg filler not included here).

Bill Monroe – Berryville, VA (08/14/60)

Bill Monroe , Mac Wiseman And Don Reno Reunion 1960
1960-08-14 (Sunday)
Watermelon Park
Berryville, Va.

1 Travelling Down This Lonesome Road
2 Can’t You Hear Me Callin’
3 Will You Be Lovin’ Another Man
4 When He Reached Down His Hand For Me
5 I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling
6 Bluegrass Stomp
7 When You Are Lonely
8 Lonesome Road Blues

This set has previously circulated incorrectly as Newport 1960. Bill Monroe did not play Newport until 1963 so we know that was incorrect.

Neil Rosenberg helped to track down the correct date, with a resource at Bluegrass Unlimited: Walt Saunders

“I tracked down the date of the show Don Owens produced at Watermelon Park, in Berryville, Va. The date was Sunday, August 14, 1960. It was billed as ‘Blue Grass Day.’ I found the ad in the newspaper archives of the Handley Library in Winchester, Va. It appeared in The Winchester Star several days before the event. The ad listed the artists. Here they are, misspellings and all, in the order and pretty much how they appeared:

MAX WISEMAN
and the OSBORNE BROTHERS
and
SCOTTY STONEMAN,
BILL MONROE and the BLUE GRASS BOYS,
DON RENO and RED SMILEY,
BUCK RYAN and SMITTY IRWIN, BILL HARRIS.

The print for Wiseman, the Osbornes and Stoneman was bold and larger size than the other artists, which indicates who Owens considered to be the biggest draw, not only in the northern Shenandoah Valley, but also in the Washington, DC area, as he advertised in on his TV show.

Don knew all of these artists personally, so I assume the misspellings were not his, but likely the folks at the newspaper. Bill Harris of course is Bill Harrell, and Buck and Smitty were in his band.
This show was approximately a year before the one at Luray (I believe July 4, 1961), which has received all of the attention ever since.

First seeded in the Bluegrasshub by J Norstad
Research and identification by aikowolf
March 11, 2012

Steve Earle – Alexandria, VA (07/25/93)

Steve Earle
The Birchmere
Alexandria, Virginia
25 July 1993

01 I Ain’t Ever Satisfied
02 Angry Young Man
03 My Old Friend The Blues
04 Someday
05 Angel Is The Devil
06 Hometown Blues
07 The Devil’s Right Hand
08 Fearless Heart
09 The Unrepentant
10 Hurtin’ Me, Hurtin’ You
11 “House lights, please”
12 When Will We Be Married? (Trad.)
13 Guitar Town
14 “Lightnin’ Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb”
15 So Different Blues (Lipscomb)
16 Limousine Blues (Hopkins)
17 Regular Guy
18 Copperhead Road

19 Close Your Eyes

Source: Realistic ECM > Sony WM-D3 > Soundforge > CD Wave > FLAC

Recent upgrade (made available by the original taper in May 2005) of what was previously described here as, “A very rough bootleg, both in terms of sound quality and performance”. This recording is significantly better; for a start, it’s complete and lacks the drop-outs that afflicted the other source.

Despite the declaration “It’s time to make another record. Vacation in the ghetto’s over.” Steve’s next album and tour weren’t to materialise until 1995, and listening to this it becomes clear why. You’ve got to admire the fact that he’s even able to take the stage. Raw and powerful stuff, but his voice is shot to hell and every song sounds like a colossal effort. A fight breaks out in the audience after Hurtin’ Me, Hurtin’ You and Steve has to halt proceedings temporarily to try and restore some sort of order. According to another attendee, the interruption was caused by Steve’s heading out into the crowd to “deal with” somebody who had shouted a comment about him using.

Some comments from a guy who was at the gig:
“It’s pretty amazing Steve, in his condition, was even standing upright. And yet, I’ll tell you, I had never heard the guy before, didn’t care, got dragged by a friend, and waited while he was about two hours late showing up and YET, it was a real powerful concert. I was very impressed with him.Whatever else was going on with him (that’s pretty much the world’s biggest euphemism? Right?), I had a great time and my friend proved herself right that he was a superb talent. Even on THAT night, if you were there, and had never seen him before, whatever it was STILL came shining through all that damage, and the lateness and the fight in the audience.He took no prisoners that show, I’m telling you. See someone at their absolute WORST and become a devoted fan? It doesn’t happen that often. He absolutely won me over with his talent.
…
I remember the fight [“House lights please”] now. It was toward the back of the club but I now recall it was bad enough that I remember I said to my friend “Should we LEAVE?” and she said, “Nah, just a bunch of cowboys.” But this was not a shoving-match type thing, I seem to recall like, a chair being thrown quite aways, it wasn’t a little dust-up. I’ve worked in nightclubs and seen a few and honestly thought when this one started, maybe head for the door? Which is not my usual response to that crap, this one was fairly dramatic. Don’t remember ANYTHING about what Steve was up to at that point, I’m sure Steve doesn’t remember ANYTHING either… I’d be surprised if Steve remembers he even played that gig.”

Tony Rice & Alison Krauss – Alexandria, VA (10/07/88)

Tony Rice Unit
The Birchmere
Alexandria, VA
October 7, 1988

Disc 1 53:18
1st Set:
1. Likes Of Me
2. Little Sadie
3. A Song For Life
4. Band Intros
5. Cold On the Shoulder
6. Blue Railroad Train
7. Nine Pound Hammer
8. Song For A Winters Night
9. Ginseng Sullivan
10. Shadows
11. Why You Been Gone So Long?
12. New Camptown Races
13. Early Morning Rain
14. Goldrush
15. Sixteen Miles

Disc 2 66:53
2nd Set:
1. Age
2. St James Hospital
3. Ten Degrees
4. Fare Thee Well
5. Cry, Cry Darling
6. Cricket
7. Moviní Out
8. ñ Enter Kevin Church –
9. Ainít Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone
10. Blue Night
11. Wayfaring Stranger
12. John Hardy
13. Bitter Green
14. Me and My Guitar
15. goodnight

Source: Soundboard Master Cassette > DAT from Sean Hawkins
Transfer: Panasonic SV-3700 > M-Audio 24/96 > @ 24 Bit to Wavelab >
to 16 bit CD WAVE > FLAC
Transfers and Seeded to bt.etree.org by Bill Koucky December 16, 2006

Band:
Tony Rice – Guitar and Vocals
Alison Krauss – Fiddle and Vocals
Jimmy Gaudreau – Mandolin and Vocals
Wyatt Rice – Rhythm and Lead Guitar
Mark Schatz – Bass

Guest:
Kevin Church ñ Banjo and Vocals

Bruce Springsteen – Richmond, VA (03/17/72)

The Bruce Springsteen Band
Live At Richmond, Virginia
March 17, 1972
Richmond Arena

Non ‹ber Project Volume One: Richmond, VA 1972/03/17

DISC 1
DO IT WITH A FEELING (10:36)
CHEROKEE QUEEN (5:54)
LOOK TOWARDS THE LAND (9:22)
MAMA I’M COMING HOME (7:44)
NOT FADE AWAY / BO DIDDLEYíS A GUNSLINGER (8:50)
HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN (12:20)
WHEN YOU DANCE (13:54)

DISC 2
WHEN YOU DANCE* (13:54)
GOINí BACK TO GEORGIA (6:08)
GOT MY MOJO WORKINí (7:53)
ITíS ALL OVER NOW, BABY BLUE (11:55)

*Included On Both Discs.

THE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN BAND
Bruce Springsteen: Guitar, Vocals
Garry Tallent: Bass
Vini Lopez: Drums
Steve Van Zandt: Guitar, Vocals
David Sancious: Keyboards

Compiled by Audio2575, Special thanks to Pedro, Greasylake, Brucebase, Springsteenlirycs.com,Backstreets, Night, Tinker West and the man himself: Bruce Springsteen.

Stereo Soundboard Recording > 1/4″ – 2 Track Reel Tape > Cassete Tape > .WAV > ProTools

Welcome to the NON-Uber Series release of a great classic concert from the Bruce Springsteen Band. This is Volume 1 of what I hope will be many more to come.

In this set, all songs are in stereo, which was not available for any of the songs, including “Cherokee Queen” and “Hoochie Coochie Man” which have always been in mono. “Mama I’m Comin’ Home” is certainly a highlight here– the definitive recording of it, as well as a rockin’ song. “When You Dance” is a near complete recording with only a small dropout (as the March 14 rehearsal also has), but gains points as being a much more high energy live performance than the rehearsal take, with comparable sound quality and fantastic stereo guitar play between Bruce and Steve.

This recording comes from a set of 2 cassette tapes that I acquired in 1983 from a guy at a record store in Bloomfield, NJ. The tapes somehow got lost in the shuffle, and I had actually listened to them many years ago, but had thought that I now had these recordings on CD. I recently discovered the two tapes while trying to find songs for my “20th Century Songs” set.

When I had found these tapes earlier this year, I had hoped that as the UBER series of recording was being released, that this recording would help to dislodge some of the long held recordings that the “old fans” have in their possession and are kept between a small group of collectors, for the rest of the Bruce community to never hear. Unfortunately, this plan to uncover more lost gems like this was not successful… so, this is my offering to you. As I go through the remainder of these old tapes, I hope to discover more of the same.

Audio2575 – GreasyLake.org

Bob Dylan & Steve Earle – Doswell, VA (08/12/89)

Bob Dylan and his band
1989-08-12
Doswell, VA
Kings Dominion Amusement Park

Steve Earle:

Steve Earle & The Dukes

Snake Oil
Back To The Wall
Even When I’m Blue
Someday
Good Ol Boy (Gettin’ Tough)
Guitar Town
Nothing But A Child
Fearless Heart
I Ain’t Ever Satisfied
Copperhead Road

Bob Dylan:

01 Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine)
02 Lonesome Town
03 Ballad Of Hollis Brown
04 Tomorrow Is A Long Time
05 Stuck Inside Of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again
06 Highway 61 Revisited
07 Two Soldiers
08 Gates Of Eden
09 Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
10 Boots of Spanish Leather
11 All Along The Watchtower
12 I’ll Remember You
13 I Shall Be Released
14 Like A Rolling Stone
15 Mr. Tambourine Man
16 Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
17 Maggie’s Farm

Bruce Springsteen – Hampton, VA (01/04/85)

Bruce Springsteen
Hampton Roads Coliseum
Hampton, VA
January 4, 1985

01 Born In The USA
02 Prove It All Night
03 Darlington County
04 Johnny 99
05 Atlantic City
06 Reason To Believe
07 Mansion On The Hill
08 Johnny Bye-Bye
09 Out In The Street
10 Glory Days
11 The Promised Land
12 My Hometown
13 Badlands
14 Thunder Road
15 Cover Me
16 Dancing In The Dark
17 Hungry Heart
18 Cadillac Ranch
19 Downbound Train
20 Iím On Fire
21 Pink Cadillac
22 Bobby Jean
23 Racing In The Street
24 Born to Run
25 Detroit Medley > Traveliní Band
26 Twist and Shout
27 Do You Love Me
28 Santa Claus Is Cominí To Town (Recorder 2 Bonus Track)

Known Faults:
Out In The Street: last few notes cut
Glory Days: first few notes cut
The Promised Land: Splice
Bobby Jean: Splice
Racing In The Street: first few notes cut
Twist And Shout: end slightly cut
Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town: Missing (Recorder 2 source included)

ML Master via JEMS
Recording Gear: NAK CM 300s + CP 4 (shotgun capsules) > Sony D5

2015 JEMS Transfer: Sony UCX 90 master cassettes > Nakamichi CR-7A (azimuth-adjusted) > Sound Devices USBPre2 (24/96 Audacity 2.0 capture) > iZotope RX 4 > iZotope MBIT+ convert to 16/44.1 .wav > Peak Pro XT (volume smoothing / edit / index) > xACT 2.21 > FLAC

Courtesy of taper ML, hereís what we believe is a massive upgrade of the very first show of 1985, as the band return to the road after two-and-a-half weeks off. This fresh transfer from MLís fine master tapes sounds light years ahead of circulating copies of the show.

ML taped from a sweet spot, ìthe first row of seats off the floor almost DFCî (Dead Fucking Center). The tape has that classic, appealing ë80s arena sound, clear, steady and with plenty of low end. Samples provided.

The set list lacks for raritiesónot surprising for the first show of a new legóbut still includes highlights from this period like ìJohnny Bye Bye,î the synth-lead ìReason to Believe,î ìRacing in the Streetî and an excellent ìAtlantic City.î

mjk5510 did identify a second source for the show, but it is so inferior as to be a distraction if it were used to patch gaps, so we have left those as is. We did decide to include “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” as a bonus track in the interest of making the night complete. Thanks to him for doing the prep work on this. And huge thanks to ML for reaching out and loaning us his terrific masters which he was keen to share with all of you.

BK for JEMS

The Dead – Virginia Beach, VA (06/17/03)

The Dead
June 17, 2003
Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Virginia Beach, VA

Source: FOB/DFC/ORTF Schoeps MK4’s > KC5 > CMC6 > EAA PSP-2 > Apogee Mini-Me > DA-P1 @ 48k; Section 102 Row D; 1st set in hat, 2nd set on pole
Transfer: D8 > Dio 2448 > Soundforge 5.0 (48k > 44.1k) > Cool Edit Pro > CDWav > FLAC Frontend > .flac

Taped By: Carrington Crawford
Transferred By: Ryan Burns (mstrpce420@aol.com)
Thanks to Carrington for the master dats!

Disc 1: (65:55)

Set 1:
01. Tuning
02. Jack Straw >
03. Jam >
04. The Wheel >
05. Crazy Fingers >
06. Loose Lucy *
07. Promised Land
08. Built to Last >
09. Mason’s Children

Disc 2: (58:18)

Set 2:
01. Drums >
02. Space >
03. Mountains of the Moon >
04. Weather Report Suite Prelude/Part 1 >
05. Let It Grow >
06. No More Do I >
07. It Must Have Been the Roses

Disc 3: (66:33)

01. Jam >
02. Shakedown Street >
03. Reuben and Cherise >
04. Uncle John’s Band >
05. Help on the Way >
06. Slipknot! >
07. Franklin’s Tower
Encore:
08. Aiko Aiko
09. Organ Donor Rap

* w/ Steve Winwood

– Approximately the first 19:00 had low recording levels, so I used Cool Edit Pro v.1.2 to boost the levels to match the rest of the recording.
– The encore was on the end of the Set 1 dat, so there is a crossfade in the crowd noise before “Aiko”.
– Fades at beginning and end of sets.

Paul Simon – Vienna, VA (06/28/16)

Paul Simon
2016.06.28
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
Vienna, VA

Taped and transferred by opsopcopolis
Lineage: CA-11 (cards) > Ugly Battery Box > Tascam DR-05 > WAV > ProTools > xACT > FLAC

Setlist:
01. Proof
02. The Boy in the Bubble
03. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
04. Dazzling Blue
05. That Was Your Mother
06. Rewrite
07. Honky Tonk
08. Slip Slidin’ Away
09. Mother and Child Reunion
10. Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
11. Spirit Voices
12. The Obvious Child
13. Stranger to Stranger
14. Homeward Bound
15. El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
16. Duncan
17. The Werewolf
18. The Cool, Cool River
19. Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
20. You Can Call Me Al

21. Encore Break
22. Wristband
23. I Know What I Know
24. Still Crazy After All These Years

25. Encore Break
26. Late in the Evening
27. One Man’s Ceiling Is Another Man’s Floor
28. The Boxer
29. That’s All Right

30. The Sound of Silence

Bill Monroe – Luray, VA (07/04/61)

Bill Monroe & the Bluegrass Boys
07/04/61
Oak Leaf Park
Luray, VA

Watermelon On The Vine
Panhandle Country
I Gotta Travel On
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Put My Rubber Doll Away
Rawhide
Linda Lou
Sugar Coated Love (1)
What Would You Give (1)
Can’t You Hear Me Callin (2)
Travel That Lonesome Road (2)
Whitehouse Blues
Y’all Come

Comment
Bill Monroe
Beth Lee
Billy Baker
Bobby Smith
Tony Ellis

1 w/ Carter Stanley
2 w/ Mac Wiseman

The first event that used the words, “Bluegrass Festival,” was promoted by the legendary singer and recording artist, Bill Clifton. The location was Oak Leaf Park in Luray, Virginia, and the date was July 4, 1961. This was also the first time that more than two well-known Bluegrass acts were booked on the same show. Prior to that occasion, one or two Bluegrass bands would be booked on a country show of that period. The festival was a one day event that featured Bill Monroe, The Stanley Brothers, The Country Gentlemen, Jim and Jesse, Mac Wiseman and Bill Clifton. This was also the first time that Bill Monroe called former members of The Blue Grass Boys to the stage to play and sing. When 2,200 people attended the show, it opened up a new venue for Bluegrass music.