03/09/91 Boulder Theater - Boulder, CO
Set
1: Ivory Tusk, Crash Burn > But Anyway, Love Of My Life, 100 Years >
Sweet Pain, Support Your Local Emperor, Gotta Get Mean > Gloria > Gotta
Get Mean, Bagheera
Comment:
this show has been broadcast on Boulder radio out of order; this is the out of
order version.
posted
by martman
SBD>
FM> DAT> Sony SDT-9000> WAV> Samplitude 24/96 (resample to 44.1
khz> CDwave> mkwACT> SHN V3
Blues Traveler
June 5th, 1994
McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ
Master
creation:
SBD>DAT,
taper unknown
SHNs
were made: D8>Egosys Waveterminal U2A>SoundEdit 16 version
2>WAV>SHN [no DAE]
by
Dave Mallick[greenone@bluestraveler.net]
CD
1 [59:19:65] (minutes:seconds:frames)
01.
Dropping Some NYC> [03:32:57]
02.
Crash Burn [03:36:60]
03.
Trina Magna [06:47:46]
04.
Love & Greed [05:22:43]
05.
The Mountains Win Again [05:27:00]
06.
Gina [06:22:65]
07.
Mulling It Over> [07:37:44]
08.
But Anyway [07:12:50]
09.
Alone [13:20:00]
CD
2 [57:17:65]
01.
Low Rider> [05:08:42]
02.
Go Outside & Drive [13:39:57]
03.
Optimistic Thought [05:14:03]
04.
Miss You> [05:45:54]
05.
Closing Down The Park [10:57:58]
06.
What's For Breakfast [06:42:21]
07.
E: Ivory Tusk> [06:34:73]
08.
Johnny B. Goode [03:14:37]
Blues Traveler
October 4th, 1995
Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA
Master
creation:
AKG
460b/ck63>Oade deluxe mic preamp>Panasonic sv255
by
Karl Kubicka
Tape
provided by Bill Lakenan
SHNs
were made: D8>Egosys Waveterminal
U2A>SoundEdit 16 version 2>WAV>SHN [no DAE]
by
Dave Mallick
[greenone@bluestraveler.net]
CD
1 (65:23:57) [minutes:seconds:frames]
01.
Mulling It Over> [07:04:30]
02.
Slow Change [08:45:36]
03.
Crash Burn> [02:57:50]
04.
Dropping Some NYC [03:28:31]
05.
Save His Soul [04:01:21]
06.
Closing Down The Park [12:13:07]
07.
Price To Pay [06:00:57]
08.
Low Rider> [04:41:48]
09.
Run-Around [04:48:45]
10.
What's For Breakfast [04:01:32]
11.
Yours [07:21:00]
CD
2 (67:58:07)
01.
Stand [07:11:73]
02.
Spinning Spiraling Machine [07:03:50]
03.
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly> [03:01:43]
04.
Gina [07:18:67]
05.
Believe Me [04:49:14]
06.
Imagine [04:37:24]
07.
Hook [06:03:64]
08.
Mountain Cry [16:03:63]
09.
E: Brother John [11:47:59]
Blues Traveler
November 2nd, 1989
Wetlands Preserve, New York, NY
by
Dave Nolan [DeadAir995@aol.com]
SHNs
were made: Master Cass>D8>Egosys
Waveterminal U2A>SoundEdit 16 version 2>WAV>SHN [no DAE]
by
Dave Mallick [greenone@bluestraveler.net]
CD
1 (73:00)
01.
Dropping Some NYC [04:18]
02.
Mulling It Over> [04:35]
03.
Gina [04:59]
04.
Slow Change [10:05]
05.
But Anyway> [05:34]
06.
Closing Down The Park [12:02]……..THIS TRACK IS MISSING
07.
Brother John> [08:45]
08.
Gloria [10:43]
09.
Hard To Exist [11:59]
CD
2 (65:48)
01.
Shotgun Shell [08:42]
02.
As We Wonder [05:37]
03.
Gotta Get Mean> [03:44]
04.
Hey Joe> [06:21]
05.
Gotta Get Mean> [02:18]
06.
Bad To The Bone> [07:01]
07.
Trust In Trust> [03:34]
08.
Bad To The Bone> [01:07]
09.
And So It Goes> [03:22]
10.
Bad To The Bone> [01:06]
11.
Sweet Talking Hippie> [07:34]
12.
Bad To The Bone> [00:42]
13.
Hit The Road, Jack> [03:18]
14.
Crash Burn> [02:52]
15.
Wouldn't It Make You Mad?> [03:20]
16.
Miss You> [03:10]
17.
Bad To The Bone> [01:30]
18.
Sweet Talking Hippie [00:30]
Blues Traveler
April 13, 1991
Chestnut Cabaret
by
John Pullekines
Analog
to digital conversion:
Cassette
Master>Onkyo TA-6711>D8
by
Dave Mallick [greenone@bluestraveler.net]
SHNs
were made: Egosys Waveterminal
U2A>WAV>SHN
CD
1 [60:23:73]
01.
Crash Burn> [05:04:40]
02.
Bagheera [08:17:55]
03.
Warmer Days [08:56:09]
04.
Outta My Hands> [04:48:63]
05.
Gina [08:48:09]
06.
Dropping Some NYC> [03:39:48]
07.
Support Your Local Emperor [11:18:60]
08.
Mulling It Over> [09:30:14]
09.
But Anyway [08:46:35]
CD
2 [73:52:35]
01.
Mother Funker [12:11:19]
02.
The Best Part [07:10:60]
03.
100 Years [06:18:32]
04.
Alone> [19:21:73]
05.
Sweet Talking Hippie [18:37:57]
06.
What's For Breakfast [06:30:18]
07.
E: Johnny B. Goode [03:48:02]
Notes:
1)
Tape flip in the middle of d2t07 was cleaned up by cutting as closely as
possible and inserting exactly one second of silence to avoid jarring jump.
Other tape flips are during crowd noise.
2)
To make disc 2 fit onto a 74-minute CD:
-
01:19:37 of quiet crowd noise was cut from the beginning and end of d2t01
-
00:31:05 of quiet crowd noise was cut from the end of
d2t03
-
00:01:00 of quiet crowd noise was cut from the end of d2t07 and faded
Blues Traveler
May 26, 1995
Riverport, Maryland Heights, MO
---
"liberated
bootleg" - source info not available
---
01.
But Anyway
02.
Dropping Some NYC> Crash Burn> Dropping Some NYC
03.
Fallible
04.
Stand
05.
Optimistic Thought
06.
Low Rider> Run-Around
07.
Brother John
Blues Traveler
09/04/1998 The Gorge - George, WA
09/05/1998 Portland Meadows - Portland, OR
H.O.R.D.E. 1998
---
no
source info available
---
Disc
1 (9/4)
01.
Stand
02.
Crash Burn >
03.
Hook
04.
Mullin' It Over* >
05.
But Anyway*
06.
Mountains Win Again
07.
Carolina Blues >
08.
Business As Usual
09.
Decision Of The Skies
*
w/ Chris Brown of Barenaked Ladies on keyboard
Disc
2 (9/5)
01.
Alone*
02.
Devil Went Down To Georgia >
03.
Low Rider >
04.
Run-Around >
05.
Brother John >
06.
Run-Around >
07.
Low Rider >
08.
Devil Went Down To Georgia
09.
Crash Burn >
10.
Hook
11.
And So It Goes
*
w/ Ben Harper on guitar
Disc
3
(9/5)
01.
Band intros
02.
The Joker*
(9/4)
03.
Sweet Talkin' Hippie >
04.
Rolling Stone > Sweet Talkin' Hippie
05.
Band intros
06.
Optimistic Thought
(9/5
- Popper with Fastball)
07.
Outta My Head
08.
Don't Go Down To New Orleans
(9/5
- Popper with Barenaked Ladies)
09.
JP intro
10.
If I Had $1,000,000
(9/5
- Popper with Ben Harper)
11.
Homeless Child
*
/w Alana Davis, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, Barenaked Ladies and
Fastball
Blues Traveler
8/29/1997
Greek Theater, Berkeley, CA
Source:
Nakamichi CM300 > D8 @44.1k
Transfer:
DA-20mkII > Hosa S/PDIF > Delta DiO 2496 > Peak > wav > shn
Taped
by Kevin Cogan
Transferred,
SHNed, and seeded by Jon Seff (jon@seff.net)
Additional
conversion: shntool fix > wav > shorten > shn3 (seekable)
Fixed
by: Aaron Johnson (rexmundi@mchsi.com)
CD
1:
[77:19.11]
1.
Love & Greed >
[04:55.06]
2.
Optimistic Thought >
[03:01.47]
3.
Mulling It Over >
[08:25.17]
4.
Jabberwock > [04:53.63]
5.
Most Precarious >
[03:26.19]
6.
Brother John
[11:50.60]
7.
The Mountains Win Again
[07:25.56]
8.
Slow Change*
[09:39.03]
9.
Great Big World [06:33.19]
10.
Psycho Joe >
[03:01.59]
11.
Regarding Steven >
[04:26.53]
12.
Psycho Joe
[01:29.06]
13.
Crash Burn >
[03:05.38]
14.
Hook
[05:05.15]
CD
2:
[79:53.29]
1.
100 Years >
[05:02.72]
2.
Sweet Pain >
[11:33.33]
3.
Manhattan Bridge >
[02:31.27]
4.
Low Rider >
[04:45.34]
5.
Go Outside & Drive >
[16:40.58]
6.
Maybe I'm Wrong >
[04:26.69]
7.
The Poignant & Epic Saga Of
Featherhead And Lucky Lack [07:17.33]
8.
Johnny B. Goode >
[02:40.13]
9.
The Devil Went Down To Georgia [05:16.63]
10.
Make My Way**
[13:54.00]
Encore:
11.
Carolina Blues
[05:44.02]
*with
Joan Osborne on vocals
**with
Warren Haynes on guitar
Notes:
-This
is tracked for two 80min CDs, since the sets fit perfectly on one disc each.
The only fades come at the beginning and end of sets, so break it up
however
you want.
Additional
notes:
-Used
shntool to fix sector boundary errors, recompressed with seekable shn.
Blues Traveler
11/21/1997
Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL
Source:
DSBD > DAT > DAT Clone
Transfer:
Sony D8 > Oade 7 pin >
Audiophile
2496 >
CD
Wave >
Sound
Forge Studio 6.0 > mkw > shnv3.4
Taper
unknown; clone provided by Dave Mallick (greenone@bluestraveler.net)
Converted
by Aaron Johnson (rexmundi@mchsi.com)
CD
1:
[68:56]
1.
Ivory Tusk
[06:59]
2.
Gina >
[02:13]
3.
Hook >
[04:12]
4.
Gina >
[02:05]
5.
Psycho Joe > [04:16]
6.
Gina
[02:16]
7.
The Star-Spangled Banner >
[03:51]
8.
Fallible
[04:00]
9.
Weird Chick >
[01:27]
10.
Jonesin' And Prayin' >
[02:39]
11.
Weird Chick
[03:46]
12.
Come Together
[04:54]
13.
The Devil Went Down To Georgia
[06:05]
14.
Mountain Cry*
[20:08]
CD
2:
[51:03]
1.
Last Night I Dreamed
[04:47]
2.
Manhattan Bridge >
[02:54]
3.
Imagine
[04:45]
4.
Optimistic Thought
[04:24]
5.
Stand >
[06:05]
6.
Whoops [14:20]
7.
Carolina Blues
[06:43]
8.
Yours
[07:01]
CD
3:
[50:05]
1.
The Joker >
[06:53]
2.
The Mountains Win Again >
[05:58]
3.
Go Outside & Drive**
[20:17]
Encore:
4.
Band Intros
[00:51]
5.
100 Years >
[04:30]
6.
Sweet Pain
[11:33]
*with
Paul "Stretch" Diethelm from Jonny Lang's band on guitar.
**Includes
teases of The Peanuts' Theme, Tequila, Lowrider, Loser,
The
Inch Worm and Blister In The Sun.
Notes:
-Removed
some digi-noise during Imagine.
Many
thanks to Dave Mallick for cloning this excellent show.
Blues Traveler
11/22/1997
Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL
Source:
DSBD > DAT > DAT Clone
Transfer:
Sony D8 > Oade 7 pin > Audiophile 2496 >
CD
Wave > Sound Forge Studio 6.0 > mkw > shnv3.4
Taper
unknown; clone provided by Dave Mallick (greenone@bluestraveler.net)
Converted
by Aaron Johnson (rexmundi@mchsi.com)
CD
1:
[72:21]
1.
Sweet Home Chicago >
[00:22]
2.
Love & Greed
[05:10]
3.
Dropping Some NYC >
[02:54]
4.
Crash Burn >
[02:52]
5.
The Poignant & Epic Saga Of Featherhead And Lucky Lack > [06:33]
6.
Miss You >
[04:50]
7.
Most Precarious [04:01]
8.
Business As Usual [08:57]
9.
Mulling It Over >
[09:34]
10.
But Anyway [06:42]
11.
What's For Breakfast >
[04:06]
12.
Jabberwock >
[04:15]
13.
Brother John [11:59]
CD
2:
[39:51]
1.
Regarding Steven [05:38]
2.
Believe Me [06:50]
3.
Canadian Rose [04:47]
4.
Price To Pay [06:47]
5.
Great Big World >
[05:57]
6.
NY Prophesie >
[05:17]
7.
Run-Around [04:32]
CD
3: [54:40]
1.
Alone >
[20:44]
2.
Sweet Talking Hippie >
[08:45]
3.
Corn Mash Blues >
[02:59]
4.
Sweet Talking Hippie [08:12]
5.
Mother Funker [07:53]
Encore:
6.
Band Intros [01:20]
7.
Sweet Home Chicago [04:45]
Notes:
-There
are a few harsh transitions that appear on the cloned DAT that I left as-is,
such as the fade out on the encore.
-Many
thanks to Dave Mallick for cloning this excellent show.
Blues Traveler
July 3rd, 2003
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
Master
creation:
Elation
KM201's>Lunatec V2>D8, DFC above tunnel behind board
by
Dave Mallick [greenone@bluestraveler.net]
SHNs
were made:
DA-20>Egosys
Waveterminal U2A>Sound Studio 2.0.7>AIFF>shntool>shnv3
by
Dave Mallick [greenone@bluestraveler.net]
CD
1 [73:00.22] (minutes:seconds.frames)
01.
Gina>
[06:01.62]
02.
Fucked Run>
[03:03.51]
03.
Dead Man Walking> [03:22.73]
04.
Back In The Day
[04:50.48]
05.
Defense & Desire>
[03:56.53]
06.
Business As Usual>
[09:48.64]
07.
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly [04:00.43]
08.
Trina Magna>
[03:54.53]
09.
Thinnest Of Air>
[03:22.00]
10.
Trina Magna
[03:43.19]
11.
Dropping Some NYC>
[04:48.58]
12.
Mulling It Over>
[10:46.23]
13.
But Anyway
[11:20.00]
CD
2 [43:24.63]
01.
Sweet Talking Hippie>
[05:52.52]
02.
Conquer Me
[05:51.16]
03.
Freedom>
[04:49.17]
04.
Dropping Some NYC>
[01:05.44]
05.
Gina
[03:33.64]
06.
Manhattan Bridge> [03:37.38]
07.
Sweet & Broken
[04:07.26]
08.
Believe Me
[05:58.62]
09.
Stand>
[06:15.19]
10.
Run-Around
[02:13.25]
CD
3 [44:27.00]
01.
The Path> [09:44.58]
02.
The One>
[04:50.40]
03.
NY Prophesie
[09:51.52]
04.
E: Mountain Cry*
[20:00.00]
*
with Drew Emmitt on mandolin, Bill McKay on keys and Noam Pikelny on
banjo,
all from Leftover Salmon
Notes:
-
First "Conquer Me" since 11/19/96.
Blues Traveler
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
Master
creation:
Elation
KM201's>Lunatec V2>D8, DFC above tunnel behind board
by
Dave Mallick [greenone@bluestraveler.net]
SHNs
were made:
DA-20>Egosys
Waveterminal U2A>Sound Studio 2.0.7>AIFF>shntool>shnv3
by
Dave Mallick [greenone@bluestraveler.net]
CD
1 [77:41.13] (minutes:seconds.frames)
01.
Introduction by Chuck Morris
[00:43.25]
02.
Carolina Blues> [06:23.25]
03.
You Lost Me There>
[05:11.71]
04.
My Blessed Pain
[06:40.27]
05.
No Woman, No Cry*
[08:58.25]
06.
Save His Soul>
[05:07.38]
07.
Hook>
[04:38.44]
08.
The Star-Spangled Banner>
[03:23.67]
09.
Love & Greed
[07:15.09]
10.
All Hands
[13:26.10]
11.
Let Her & Let Go
[03:41.41]
12.
Crystal Flame>
[05:11.06]
13.
Pattern [07:00.00]
CD
2 [39:26.00]
01.
Support Your Local Emperor>
[08:31.34]
02.
This Ache
[05:09.59]
03.
Bagheera
[07:46.23]
04.
Eventually
[04:38.33]
05.
Slow Change> [07:53.26]
06.
Unable To Get Free
[05:26.50]
CD
3 [53:39.59]
01.
The Mountains Win Again
[05:40.69]
02.
Felicia
[08:12.38]
03.
Can't See Why>
[04:14.58]
04.
You Reach Me> [08:10.34]
05.
Crash Burn
[08:13.41]
06.
E: Sweet & Broken
[04:57.63]
07. Thinnest Of Air [03:36.31]
08. Brother John [10:33.25]
*
with Ziggy Marley on vocals
Notes:
-
First "Support Your Local Emperor" since 11/27/98.
-
Entire show was filmed for a DVD to be released in winter
2003.
Blues Traveler
July 12, 2003
Mississippi Nights, St. Louis, MO
Source: AKG c480b+ck61->Apogee Mini-Me->DAT
FOB (at first drink rail)
by
Owen Williams (owen@theclerk.com)
Transfer: DAT->HD via Prodiff Plus using Samplitude
Project 5.5
Tracked
using CD Wave
by
RevKev
Fades
added to the start and end of sets using WaveLab 3.0
by
RevKev
Disc
One:
Set
One:
01.
"How's Everybody Feelin' 00:55
02.
This Ache-> 05:16
03.
Felicia 07:30
04.
Can't See Why 04:03
05.
All Hands-> 05:03
06.
Mullin' It Over 08:41
07.
Thinnest of Air-> 03:32
08.
Regarding Steven 04:20
09.
Support Your Local Emperor-> 07:59
10.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly-> 02:59
11.
All Hands 06:07
Set
Two:
12.
"Don't Forget to Tip. . ." 01:03
13.
Gotta Get Mean-> 06:56
14.
The Joker 10:11
Disc
Two:
Set
Two:
01.
Song intro rap 00:16
02.
Defense & Desire-> 03:53
03.
Slow Change-> 07:15
04.
My Blessed Pain 05:31
05.
Crash Burn 04:23
06.
Bagheera-> 06:59
07.
Love & Greed 05:46
08.
Sweet and Broken 04:44
09.
Business as Usual 08:51
10.
The Path-> 09:04
11.
Hook 05:09
Encore
12.
Band Intros-> 01:40
13.
Freedom 05:12
Thanks
to the Louisiana Baked Beans that got me through the show and RevKev for the
gear
My
review to the blackcat mailing list:
A
more detailed review of 7/12 after some sleep and a listen to the tapes (which
sound phenominal, btw, thanks to RevKev's gear, which made their return to a BT
gig after a three year hiatus). I pull
into town around 4:00, take a wrong turn, and end up in a part of St. Louis I
wish to never return.
"Hey
baby!," she said as she wiggled her hips and waved from the distance. No
free parking to be found, I finally pull into the $5 parking lot behind the
venue and next to the Mississippi River. It's at this point I curse myself for
not putting sunscreen on the arm that was hanging out the window during the
three hour drive down from Bloomington. Sucker still burns two days Later. Run
into Ross immediately, who I think was on his third bottle of LiveWire Mountain
Dew (and, as I later found out, he had also downed a bottle of Red Bull at this
point). Also ran into Aaron, Jon G, a lurker who will hopefully identify
himself, as it was way too loud when we were originally introduced, Dan C, and
others. We had a nice netter reunion going. Not quite
Red
Rocks, but fun none-the-less. I like
This Ache, and it works for an opening song, as it probably has the best groove
out of the songs on the new album. Other BT songs that fall into good openers
include But Anyway and Love & Greed. I wouldn't put it up there with those
two, but a good choice. Felicia is
Felicia...always liked the groove towards the end of the song. Can't See Why is
sorta "ehh" for me. It just doesn't seem to go anywhere. The All
Hands sandwich was the shit, though. They did a great Mulling It Over segue in
St. Louis last year and did it justice again this summer. The transition from
Mullin' to Thinnest of Air was pretty cool, as was the transition from ToA into
Steven. I'm really starting to dig things once I hear the bass line into
Emperor, which, in my opinion, was a bit better than the 7/4 version. I have to
say that the first big moment for this St. Louis crowd was the huge harp solo
in Emperor. Just a phenominal response from everyone. Huge smile on my face at
this point...and then we slide into a good groove with the Good, The Bad, and
The Ugly. I can't really ask for more than a Regarding Steven > Emperor >
GBU segue. They finish the set sliding back into All Hands with Tad's solo,
which always seems to bring out the best in those who've had a few too many
(and we're not even to set break). He does some funky stuff and we close the
set with the huge All Hands finale.
While
I will always long for the five minute Chan guitar solo into Gotta Get Mean
from years long ago, I'm always happy to hear this, especially as a set opener.
Rich Mahan added a nice touch with his guitar work. I'm not a huge fan of the
Joker cover, it did it's job and got people moving. We then go into a streak of
older tunes, minus Blessed Pain and Sweet & Broken. Outside of Sweet &
Broken, the rest of the show was just LOUD. Slow Change, Crash Burn, Bagheera,
Love & Greed, Business as Usual...I was expected Business to close the set,
but with at least 25 minutes to curfew, we get The Path which was segued with a
really nice piano solo from Ben into Hook. Band comes back on with nine minutes
to curfew and continues the loudness of the second set with a nice Freedom.
Really like the repition of the opening chords to close the song. I think
someone mentioned they had started doing this a few shows ago.
Per
BT show tradition, I take a wrong turn on my way out of town and have to backtrack
for about 10 minutes. The trip home gets slowed down even more when the exit to
55 North is down for repair. Talk radio keeps me alive on the way home (Should
YOU breast feed in public? Can you communicate with your cats on a conscious
level?). 55 North from St. Louis to Bloomington is *not* the most exciting
drive in the world.
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Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, IL
Master
creation: AKG c480b+ck61 > Apogee
Mini-Me > D8
by
Owen Williams [owen@theclerk.com]
Conversion:
D8 > 7 pin/COAX > SB Extigy > CD Wave Editor > FLAC
by
Owen Williams [owen@theclerk.com]
CD
1
01.
Introduction [00:28:66]
02.
Unable to Get Free> [05:03:41]
03.
Back in the Day [03:57:04]
04.
Can't See Why> [04:02:36]
05.
NY Prophesie [07:12:27]
06.
Support Your Local Emperor> [07:43:33]
07.
Carolina Blues> [07:07:04]
08.
Business as Usual [09:38:27]
09.
Conquer Me> [06:12:20]
10.
Freedom [05:37:12]
11.
Trina Magna> [04:11:40]
12.
Thinnest of Air> [03:28:36]
13.
Trina Magna [02:47:32]
CD
2
01.
Just Wait> [07:08:65]
02.
This Ache [05:22:50]
03.
Defense & Desire> [04:06:14]
04.
Felicia> [07:11:73]
05.
Slow Change> [07:19:07]
06.
Sweet & Broken> [04:05:30]
07.
Go Outside & Drive> [16:49:34]
08.
Stumble & Fall [06:32:49]
09.
Eventually [04:02:31]
10.
Hook [05:46:36]
11.
Band Introductions [01:22:48]
12.
Let Her & Let Go [04:11:65]
Notes:
-
There's a second dropout in Disc 1, Track 5 that is also on the master
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Ravinia is not the friendliest of venues. Mics were at head level throughout
the show, so some chatter was picked up
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Thanks to RevKev for the gear and Avanti's Italian Restaraunt in Normal, IL for
the free ranch dressing
My
review to the blackcat mailing list:
The
Ravinia is an interesting venue. That's the nicest way to put it. I know where
the interest of this venue lies, and I can deal with it, as it's of no
surprise. Walking around the lawn area, I get the feeling that I'm at a party
to which I would never be invited. Wine booths. A "Better Homes &
Garden" sponsored dinner. People eating brie cheese and crackers before a
BT show. I mean, I love brie cheese, but you just typically don't see that at a
pre-show party. It is just *weird*.
Run
into Craig, Brad, and Andy pre-show. Craig fills me in on the list chaos that I
missed while bumming around greater Highland Park, IL. Found the saddest mall a
few miles out. Now playing at the GKC Theaters on screen four:
"Closed". Sounds like a winner. Craig and I discuss which was more
vomit
educing:
Downing the bottle of syrup or the pictures of Brian in a Hooter's shirt. I
voted for the syrup, as the thought tends to invoke my gag reflex almost
immediately.
Mere
seconds into the show, I had an altercation with a woman sitting behind me
(involving my tendency to, you know, dance when I hear music) that consisted of
her poking her finger painfully into my ribs and getting a security guard in
less than three seconds. Again, I learned to deal with it. As for the first
set, we start out with three new songs (Unable, Back in the Day, Can't See Why)
before jumping into the way-back machine as we get a series of great old songs.
"Can't See Why" segued into Proph, which always seems like bring the
energy up. Emperor is next, which is the first of many songs I heard in St.
Louis, but they can play Emperor every night for all I care. And I'd like to
note that I think Marc was right about the band changing a few of the chords,
as at this show, John was singing in the exact same key as he had for the
previous two Emperors, but the rest of the band was playing in a different key,
and it sounded much, much better. We hit the high point of the song and I can
just feel everyone wanting to get up and groove, but...no. We can't move. Cue Chan's guitar intro for
Carolina Blues.
John
walks off-stage for something and I guess forgets there's a show going on, as
he sprints out right before his part and does a running jump for his harmonica,
missing two or three notes of the beginning. Funny stuff. Things really start
clicking when the segue into Business as Usual. Per Craig's request, we get the
second of three "oldies but goodies" in Conquer Me. We get a trifecta
of old tunes with a set closer Trina Magna > Thinnest of Air > Trina
Magna. The segue back into Trina Magna sounded much better than at Red Rocks.
Still not my favorite segue, but better.
John walks out and instructs everyone to "come on down" and
dance and do whatever they like. The energy in the band definitely picks up
after some life is brought back into this show. Second set opens with John on
guitar (first time I can remember in recent weeks), which moved a heavy
"Ache." Four recently commonly played tunes at strung together with
Defense > Felicia > Slow Change > Sweet & Broken (Slow Change
always gets a response) before moving into, as someone described, an
"inspired" Go Outside & Drive. We get a couple of new songs
(Stumble and Eventually) before closing the set with Love & Greed into
Hook. Band comes back out and closes
with Let Her & Let Go and, due to time constraints, scratch off
Motherfunker. I'm later told to inform everyone that they "had" to
play Let Her instead of Motherfunker because XRT (local radio station) wanted
the new tunes for later playback. I'm cool with that...I mean, "Let Her
& Let Go" is obviously the better of the two songs. Heh. No, really,
it's understandable.
We
then say goodnight, and hopefully forever goodbye, to the Ravinia.
Overall
a good show. Enjoyed St. Louis better, but the first set was great, and the
GOAD in the second set was fun. Thanks to everyone who made everything
possible.
-
Owen
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