Band name: Alabama
Date: Friday, November 19, 2021
Venue/location: The Center, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Tour name: 50th Anniversary Tour
Recording type: Audience
Taper(s): Chickenwing
Media: lossless; 2 CDs
Source information: Digital Master
Lineage: Zoom H2N internal X-Y microphones (24 bit, 48 KHZ WAV) -> mastered in Goldwave -> track splitting in Goldwave -> encoded to FLAC level 6 using Trader's Little Helper
Generation: Master
Total running time: 1:56:31 (117 minutes)
Track listing:
00. Tribute to Armed Forces
01. Intro
02. Pass It on Down
03. Can't Keep a Good Man Down
04. If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)
05. The Closer You Get
06. Sad Lookin' Moon
07. How Do You Fall in Love (Gordon Mote on lead vocals)
08. Banter
09. High Cotton
10. Give Me One More Shot
11. Dixieland Delight
12. Can the Circle Be Unbroken (By and By)
13. Dixieland Delight (reprise)
14. Banter
15. Angels Among Us
16. Born Country
17. Tennessee River (with Band Introductions)
18. Jeff's Song (I Will Remember You) (Gordon Mote on lead vocals)
19. Love in the First Degree (with Weston, a fan, on guitar)
20. Feels So Right
21. Lady Down on Love
22. Turn It Off
23. Old Flame
24. Mountain Music
25. Encore
26. I'm in a Hurry (and Don't Know Why)
Notes and comments:
Lineup: Ronnie Milsap, Alabama
The band:
Randy Owen: Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
Teddy Gentry: Bass, Backing Vocals
Charles English: Guitar
Steve Peffer: Keyboards
Gordon Mote: Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Jason Roller: Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Fiddle
Kimo flores (sorry if I misspelled the name): Guitar
Chip Davis: Keyboards, Backing Vocals
Tommy Harden: Drums
Recorded from Section 211, row E.
I really enjoyed the old-time feel of this concert. I mentioned that there were no screens for Ronnie Milsap's set, and the same is true for Alabama. The Yum! Center smelled like popcorn, and it reminded me of when I was a kid going to see the circus there. All good memories! The disruption to this was a tribute to American armed forces. Both of my grandfathers are veterans, and I thought this was a really neat idea. I'd be in favor of more bands holding tributes this way between acts, though this one felt a little too loaded down with exaggerated patriotism for my liking. I've also included the chants of "Let's go Brandon!" at the end not because I agree, but because I found them really entertaining. Listen closely, and you'll hear a guy's kids start to chant with him.
Alabama took the stage shortly after, and their sound was decent aside from lots of clappers and a scream-singing kid on my far right. I felt like I was in Germany. The band opened with two songs I didn't know, and I was pleasantly surprised by the pro-climate change message in "Pass It On Down." From that point they start getting into music people know, and one lady aside, the crowd sounds great. This is a really solid representation of the show, and probably the tour as well. Crank it up!
Support Alabama: http://www.thealabamaband.com/
My masters: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rw7vl4egxozs9nt/Masters.txt?dl=1
If you're interested in a trade, looking for a taper, or would like to contact me for any reason, I can be reached via the ID Chickenwing8 on most trading sites.
I would like to include a heartfelt thank you to the people over at Setlist.FM for constantly doing their best to update and accurately post setlists from every show possible. Everyone makes mistakes (and they're known for it) but they have helped me immensely in writing up track listings for my show, and lots of the information found accompanying my shows is thanks to them. Whether I have used Setlist.FM to collect information for this particular show or not, they deserve so many thanks for all the help they have given me in the past.
Finally, the confusion regarding the legality of recording concerts is because of those who sell them. I do not condone selling freely-shared live music, and blame those who sell concerts for the lack of people recording and sharing content, as well as for the bad reputation society places upon those of us who do. Let it also be noted that any who sell this recording deserve nothing more than to have their own collection confiscated and shared freely with the masses. Please only degrade audio quality for personal use. Also, I ask that you keep this info file intact.
Mastered by Chickenwing on December 9-14, 2021.
Enjoy!