BLUES PILLS
Freak Valley Festival 2014
AWO Gelaende, Netphen-Deuz, Germany
May - 30 - 2014
Day # 2/ Act # 11
(The REAL headliner!)



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A SPACEBANDIT/MIRO/BLUESHACKS/LORD DIE taping cooperation
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Freak Valley Notes... by Spacebandit
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Once again the opening of the outdoor festival madness here in Germany started in an industrial area of tiny Netphen near Siegen. As in the two years before, the ROCKFREAKS put on a
fantastic lineup of stoner/doom/heavy 70's/bluesrock/spacerock, whatever your heart fills with joy. Some bands there did exclusive shows, with no further touring in Germany or even in
Europe, so the crowd gathering at Freak Valley consited of music lovers from all over the continent, sometimes even more far away. The sound was very good, and the lawn in front of the
stage as well (more later on that!). But somehow I feel that the spirit of Freak Valley has changed since last year. To be honest: To a more commercial festival. Though it might be good
for the event itself, there's a whole lotta more to make better next year. As me and my friends arrived in pouring rain on thursday noon, we could not get the usual parking lot in front
of the venue, but were forced to park our five station wagons (for comfortable old men's sleep) about a kilometer away. Well, that was nothing troubling, but the walk along a crowded
highspeed road on 50 centimeters (with cars almost NOT speeding down) was really life-risking. OH MY GOD! Even as they put out signs of 30 KM/H, some idiots cruised along me with 100+!
You wanna get killed by the roadside by an asshole who refuses to put the speed down on his car (only for about 500 meters)? I can think of a better way to die...Guess the drivers in that
Siegerland are all crazy. And the police had a chance to collect hundrets of licences...but where did I see our beloved HELPERS...? N.o.w.h.e.r.e !
Oh, hell yeah, that was the thing that I'm seriously PISSED. All other minor annoying things, like the rude kicking crowd during some shows are just "kindergarden"...Just KICK back...
All thanks to my "Psychedelik Stammtisch" crew of Michael, Wolli, Joerg and my dear brother Martin, and of course, to our good friend LORD DIE, who managed to get a secure parking lot
about 150 meters from stage, but for the price of a hip-surgery and a walking stick before...He deserved to get that!
A BIG BUNCH of THANKS to the whole Freak Valley workers for making this festival A REAL GOOD TIME. Thanks also for the well-behaved SECURITY boys and girls (but only from Friday on, where
were you on thursday? Day off?). Last not least, all thanks to the great ANNOUNCER Volker. Great to hear almost the same introduction to all bands!
So...well I need to write this...WEATHER REPORT...

May 29th - heavy rain on the drive/light rain all through the evening. night temperatures about 8+ C.
May 30th - no rain, clouded sky, broke up to the clear moonlight. night temperatures about 3/4+ C. Brrrr...
May 31st - fantastic sunshine all day long! night temperatures about 8/9+ C.

Admission fee: In advance, EARLY BIRD TICKETS, bought last November, 45 Euros.

Catering on Festival ground: Pizzabude (n�h!), a Veggiefood booth (naja...) and a Fritten/Currywurstbude (auch nicht �berragend!).
Two big sized Veltins Bier Booths, and a very crowded Cocktail-Bar...Oh, and of course, a much crowded Coffee-Bar.

Drain: Well, only four wagons to leave off your bladder and bowel remains. Sometimes an EMERGENCY, lifesaving procedere...2 more next year would be fine!
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Ok, Ladies and gentlemen...here's a bit of FREAK VALLEY FESTIVAL 2014...



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Rec Info:
Zoom H2 with internal mics (at WAV 16/44) -> SD card -> HD -> USB stick -> my HD -> Audacity (edit/remaster) -> WAV 16/44 -> TLH8 -> FLAC -> DIME -> YOUR EARS AND MIND...
Recorded by dear LORD DIE somewhere close to the stage. Not the best from our tapes from FVF, but very listenable. As one channel sounded very distorted I decided to make this
a 2-channel mono recording. What I could not eliminate was a lot of "dummes Gelaber" (chatting) and some of the nearby "puppy dog wants to be a wolf" howls on a few openings.
I'm seriously pissed that our our recording done by MIRO with my equipment (he left the Sony ECM 717 at the car and did with my - unknown - damaged mics) is simply unlistenable.
Unfortunately that was the only recording, were the a-capella encore was captured. But don't worry, on 31st there will be another chance for a better tape!
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Oh yeah, the mighty great BLUES PILLS from Sweden/France/�owa! Think you all read enough about their rise up to stardom within a year or so, but if there's one thing I do know:
It's all right and worth any admission price you'd usually spend on the overpriced old bands! These four blueslovers really put up a fantastic show melting the past of great
bands like Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac (the guitar from France), belting but soulful vocals like Aretha Franklin, Maggie Bell or (you know) Janis Joplin (from Sweden) with modern
rhythmic drums and bass (formerly the backbone of Radio Moscow, sic!) in best stoner rock (from Iowa, USA).
This was definitely one of the five best bands on that festival, and even more gracing their performance was that they stood the almost freezing (yes!) temperatures on that night.
I'm really looking forward to seeing them again soon, as they are opening this year's BURG HERZBERG FESTIVAL on the main stage next thursday at 7 pm.
Meanwhile, have some fun with this! SB.
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FULL SHOW (66:29 min.)

01. High class woman -> Ain't no change (14:13) *
02. Bliss (4:53)
03. Dig in (6:59)
04. Black smoke (8:27)
05. The river (4:59)
06. Time is now (4:21)
07. No hope left for me (4:42)
08. Devil man (5:09)
09. Astral plane (5:21)
10. Little sun (7:20)

* fades in at very start, decided to left this as one fluid track.

http://www.bluespills.com.
http://www.nuclearblast.de
the usual facebook ect. sites...

Support the band, go to their shows, buy all their merchandise!
Do not convert to lossy files, unless for personal use. No lossy net use! Flac rules!
If you spread keep lineage/taper info intact. It's us tapers that give you this recording for free!
If you sell...go fucking straight to hell!

BLUES PILLS as usual...

ELIN LARSSON - vocals
DORIAN SORRIAUX - Gibson SG guitar
ZACK ANDERSON - Fender Firebird bass
COREY BERRY - drums

Uploaded to DIME by Spacebandit 2014/07/23.

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