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My old friends from Ithaca rolled back through town a few weeks back, so I had another opportunity to record one of the most talented American reggae acts around. On May 17, 2006, John Brown’s Body played live at the historic Great American Music Hall. The venue is a classic hall with acoustics all it’s own and the band filled the room with some thumping bass for sure. We were a little disappointed when the venue denied the band a soundboard feed of their own music (they said it required pre-approval and a $1,000 fee), so that squelched our hopes of pulling a matrix of the board mixed with our ambient mics like we did previously at the Warfield. So, this recording is a classic audience tape with all the reverb and boom you could ever want in a reggae recording! Also,thanks to the band’s generous open taping policy, which permits non-commerical sharing of their live performances among fans, you can enjoy the entire show by clicking the links below or by downloading them directly from Archive.org.

 Intro [0:42m]: Play Now | Download
 This is Not the End [5:01m]: Play Now | Download
 Make It Easy [6:19m]: Play Now | Download
 Rock Stone [5:08m]: Play Now | Download
 New Blood [5:55m]: Play Now | Download
 Blazing Love [5:43m]: Play Now | Download
 Heart and Soul [5:09m]: Play Now | Download
 Singers and Players [8:23m]: Play Now | Download
 Original Man [9:21m]: Play Now | Download
 Not Enough [5:23m]: Play Now | Download
 Dreadnaught [11:19m]: Play Now | Download
 Garden Tree [7:01m]: Play Now | Download
 What We Gonna Do [6:27m]: Play Now | Download
 Tree of Life [7:27m]: Play Now | Download
 33 RPM [6:13m]: Play Now | Download
 Encore Break [1:35m]: Play Now | Download
 Full Control [8:47m]: Play Now | Download

It’s finally time for our fourth segment dedicated to San Francisco’s NoisePop 2006 indie music festival. This time we’re posting a short sample from the headlining set of Rogue Wave playing at Bimbo’s 365 Club on March 30th. They put the final stake in an incredible night of music that included sets from Scrabbel, the Octopus Project, and Aqueduct. Thankfully for their fans, Rogue Wave has an explicit open taping policy that permits recording and trading of their live shows for non-commercial personal use. This means you can stream or download the entire recording I made at Bimbo’s using the links below or directly from The Live Music Archive. So enjoy the concert, and make sure to support the band by purchasing their latest album and going to see them live. And don’t forget to check back later because we’re still working on a couple more posts from NoisePop ‘06.

 QuickTime Video [5:42m]: Play Now | Download
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Here comes our fifth post related to San Francisco’s NoisePop 2006 indie music festival, and I’ve saved some of the best for last. This time we’re giving you a taste of the headlining solo acoustic performance from Britt Daniel of Spoon playing live at the Swedish American Hall on March 29th. Meric Long, Martyn Leaper, and Laura Veirs opened, and Britt sure put on one hell of a closer. He played 20 songs in total, including a couple with a boom box as a background track, and two covers of John Clayton and John Lennon songs. Thanks to Spoon and Britt’s generous open taping policy, you can listen to my recording of his entire performance from start to finish in all of it’s high fidelity glory at the links below or directly from The Live Music Archive. If all goes well, I’ll have one last NoisePop post in the next week, but in the meantime, don’t forget that this recording is intended for non-commercial personal use only. Also, please support the artists by purchasing their albums and seeing them live next time they come through your town!

 Advance Cassette [2:52m]: Play Now | Download
 Anything You Want [2:18m]: Play Now | Download
 The Beast And Dragon, Adored [4:30m]: Play Now | Download
 Everything Hits At Once [3:43m]: Play Now | Download
 Metal Detektor [2:33m]: Play Now | Download
 Telephone My Heart [4:24m]: Play Now | Download
 Me and the Bean [2:42m]: Play Now | Download
 The Delicate Place [3:22m]: Play Now | Download
 The Agony of Lafitte [3:28m]: Play Now | Download
 I Could See The Dude [2:24m]: Play Now | Download
 Don't Make Me A Target [2:27m]: Play Now | Download
 I Summon You [4:17m]: Play Now | Download
 They Never Got You [4:28m]: Play Now | Download
 The Way We Get By [3:10m]: Play Now | Download
 Isolation [2:50m]: Play Now | Download
 Sister Jack [4:47m]: Play Now | Download
 Stay Dont Go [2:52m]: Play Now | Download
 Fitted Shirt - Car Radio [5:57m]: Play Now | Download
 10:20 AM [2:14m]: Play Now | Download
 Monsieur Valentin [3:05m]: Play Now | Download

My friend Ian and I went to check out the famous Dirty Dozen Brass Band play live at The Independent in San Francisco on Friday night. This old-school New Orleans band treated SF to two sets and four hours worth of brass-kickin’ music! They talked about the Katrina disaster and played a diverse mix of songs, including several long jam sessions, a bunch of originals, a cover of the Bill Withers tune Use Me Up, the New Orleans mainstay When the Saints Come Marching In, and we even heard a touch of Prince’s Purple Rain mixed in with the finale at the end — which went on for more than thirty minutes with hoards of fans dancing on stage. It was an incredible night of horns with a ton of energy from the fans in the crowd. There’s no doubt that it was a night to remember, and because of the generosity of the artists being a trade-friendly band, Ian and I were given VIP access and permission to make an audience recording of the whole four-hour concert. You can stream or download my entire recording at the links below or directly from The Live Music Archive. I also shot a very small amount of video that I’ve posted below for your listening and viewing pleasure (please excuse the blurry vibrations, the subwoofer is so powerful at The Indy that every downbeat caused the balcony to literally shake). So, go ahead an enjoy a little bit of a fantastic night of music, and if you like what you hear, make sure to support the band by buying their albums and attending their next live performance in SF.

 QuickTime Video [2:36m]: Play Now | Download
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 Dirty Dozen Brass Band 1 [9:59m]: Play Now | Download
 Dirty Dozen Brass Band 2 [9:34m]: Play Now | Download
 Dirty Dozen Brass Band 3 [6:50m]: Play Now | Download
 Dirty Dozen Brass Band 4 [7:12m]: Play Now | Download
 Dirty Dozen Brass Band 5 [10:15m]: Play Now | Download
 Dirty Dozen Brass Band 6 [7:50m]: Play Now | Download
 Dirty Dozen Brass Band 7 [13:10m]: Play Now | Download
 Dirty Dozen Brass Band 8 [9:41m]: Play Now | Download
 Dirty Dozen Brass Band 9 [10:27m]: Play Now | Download
 Dirty Dozen Brass Band 10 [11:55m]: Play Now | Download
 Dirty Dozen Brass Band 11 [10:18m]: Play Now | Download
 Dirty Dozen Brass Band 12 [9:24m]: Play Now | Download
 Dirty Dozen Brass Band 13 [14:32m]: Play Now | Download
 Dirty Dozen Brass Band 14 [13:18m]: Play Now | Download
 Dirty Dozen Brass Band 15 [12:50m]: Play Now | Download

Last weekend I had the pleasure of getting the royal treatment of a backstage pass, soundboard access, and permission to record the reggae band John Brown’s Body at the Warfield in San Francisco. I grew up with two members of the band back in Ithaca years ago, and they put on a great show opening up for Slightly Stoopid on Saturday night.

I sat right next to their sound engineer and recorded a soundboard feed directly into my laptop, while also simultaneously recording a second feed from a stereo pair of microphones that I clamped to the balcony into a portable hard disk. This was possible because JBB is a “taper-friendly” band that permits personal use and non-commercial trading of their live performances between fans. Later, at home, I mixed the two stereo tracks together into what is often called a “matrix” that turned out to be an incredibly nice live recording of the event. The entire concert recording I made can be streamed as MP3s at the links below or you can download the high-quality 16-bit WAV masters directly from The Live Music Archive. I also shot some video and snapped some pictures from the balcony with my digital camera. Their performance was awesome, and the crowd was loving every minute of it!

After they finished their set, I broke down my gear and headed backstage to hang out with them in the Warfield’s green rooms. It was great seeing them and reminiscing about old times. It was also quite an experience hanging out backstage while watching the headliner rock the house while standing right on the far side of the stage with them. I could really feel the incredible vibe coming from the thousands of fans dancing and screaming out in the audience, and for just a moment or two, I got a sense for what it must be like to perform out in front of so many raving people!

So, I encourage you to click on the images above and video links below to view the full-size pictures and to watch the eight-minute video I threw together from the event. The video was created from a combination of the audio, pictures, and video I recorded that night. Can you believe I shot this video not with a video camera, but with a super-tiny STILL camera? Anyway, I hope you take some time to enjoy these memories from the event. Lord knows I had a great time, and before I forget, I’d like to give a major thanks to my old friends in the band for treating me so well at the gig!

 QuickTime Video [7:55m]: Play Now | Download
 Windows Media Video [7:55m]: Play Now | Download
 33 RPM [6:32m]: Play Now | Download
 Rock Stone [5:02m]: Play Now | Download
 Make It Easy [5:46m]: Play Now | Download
 New Blood [6:02m]: Play Now | Download
 Heart and Soul [5:29m]: Play Now | Download
 Follow Into Shadow [8:02m]: Play Now | Download
 Full Control [8:12m]: Play Now | Download

Here’s the first installment of our recordings from the The Slip and Surprise Me Mr. Davis concert at The Independent in San Francisco on November 18, 2005. Both of these bands rock, and they also permit “open audience taping” of their live performances for non-commercial trading among fans on the Internet. Below you’ll find links to the complete first set of Surprise Me Mr. Davis, which is a spinoff group of The Slip that includes the addition of the talented Nathan Moore. This recording is intended for personal, non-commercial use only and cannot be used for any purpose without direct consent from the artists themselves.

 Get to Heaven Before I Die [3:34m]: Play Now | Download
 Don't Say Sorry Til You Go [5:28m]: Play Now | Download
 Sleepy Head [4:44m]: Play Now | Download
 Rubber Ball [9:28m]: Play Now | Download
 Fat King of Gods [6:39m]: Play Now | Download
 Cloudy Skies [5:10m]: Play Now | Download
 Water Cups [Banter] [1:49m]: Play Now | Download
 How Stupid I Am [4:08m]: Play Now | Download
 I Hate Love [8:08m]: Play Now | Download
 Everything Must Go [3:37m]: Play Now | Download
 Holly Would [6:18m]: Play Now | Download
 If I Didn't Love You [4:58m]: Play Now | Download
 9-5 Suicide [7:03m]: Play Now | Download
 One of Us Standing [6:29m]: Play Now | Download

Here’s the second installment of our recordings from the The Slip and Surprise Me Mr. Davis concert at The Independent in San Francisco on November 18, 2005. Both of these bands rocked the house, and since they also permit “open audience taping” of their live performances for non-commercial trading among fans on the Internet, we are allowed to share the concert with you. So, at the links below you’ll find links to the entire set of The Slip headlining The Independent. They played some favorites and jammed all night long until closing with a particularly awesome encore with special guest Nathan Moore from Surprise Me Mr. Davis. This recording is intended for personal, non-commercial use only and cannot be used for any purpose without direct consent from the artists themselves.

 More Intense Surveillance [9:44m]: Play Now | Download
 Even Rats [8:06m]: Play Now | Download
 Wolof [14:32m]: Play Now | Download
 Paper Birds [13:22m]: Play Now | Download
 Wine and White Soda [8:02m]: Play Now | Download
 Happy Snails [9:58m]: