B.B. King
2008-07-12
Pine Mountain Ampitheater - Flagstaff, AZ


Taper: u22utoo

Equipment/lineage: Zoom H2 [120 degree (rear) mics, low gain, recording level 100, wind sock] > PC > Adobe Audition (normalized and increased by 6 db) > TLH with align on sector boundaries checked (not needed) and encoding level 6

Location: About 20 feet directly behind mixing board

Heavy rains threatened to make this a show those of us with lawn seats would not have enjoyed, but the weather broke and all was good. I set up in "the sweet spot", but it was hard to set a good recording level since the band played the songs loud, but BB does so much talking with the band playing low. I had to normalize the recording and then boost by 6 db to pick up the talking a bit. It is still quite at times. A group of 3 drunks decided to stand up, dance, and (2 of the 3) feel each other up, etc., generally making it tough for those of us near the mixing board to enjoy the show. A few verbal altercations are audible on the recording. I like to have a drink or two myself, but man, I sure hate drunken idiots like that trio. They thought they were the entire world and had no consideration for the 100s around them.

I am new to my Zoom H2, and although I know how to start the thing up, I screwed up anyway and missed the first 90 seconds or so of the first BB Band warm-up song. T


Setlist:

Disc One:
1. BB King Band - (partial)
2. BB King Band
3. BB King Intro
4. BB Talk - 82 years old
5. Good Times Roll
6. I Need You So
7. Talk - BB go home
8. Every Day I Have the Blues
9. Talk - Growing up in Mississippi
10. I'm a Blues Man
11. When Love Comes to Town 1
12. When Love Comes to Town 2

Disc Two:
1. Givin' It Up
2. Instrumental
3. Talk - Pretty lady
4. You Are My Sunshine
5. Talk - Little blue pills
6. Dirty Old Man
7. Rock Me Baby
8. The Thrill is Gone
9. Somebody Really Loves You
10. When the Band Comes Marching In
11. Outro - thank yous and autographs