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BOB NEUWIRTH
- October 18, 1997 -
Steinenhaus, Solingen, Germany
** SOUNDBOARD DAT-master, MWM 0135 **
>> One of our greatest national treasures! (lambdish) - SUPERB SOUND -
UNCIRCULATED AND UNTRADED SO FAR << with samples
Preliminary remark 1:
Fellow DIMEr lambdish (thanks, buddy!) wrote
as comment on my latest Bob Neuwirth upload:
"One of our greatest national treasures!"
Please let me add:
One of the greatest INTERnational treasures...
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Bobby is a true legend & a great storyteller,
both with his words and his music...
And if you ever have the chance to see him solo
or with friends performing live in concert...
SLAUGHTER YOUR STOCKS,
SELL YOUR HOUSE,
TAKE YOUR CAR,
GRAB YOUR LOVER...
AND GO THERE !!!
SEE HIM !!!
WATCH HIM !!!
TALK WITH HIM....
BUY ALL AVAILABLE MERCHANDISE STUFF...
AND PLEASE RECORD THE SHOW !!!
Preliminary remark 2:
As far as I know NONE of this recording was ever used commercially.
This recording here comes directly from the "Men With Microphones" archive.
"MWM" started in the 70ies in South Germany with analog recording equipment,
and at least two of them are still recording sometimes (since the 90ies on DAT,
and, lazy as we are, since lately with small, handheld WAV-recorders on SD-cards).
The "MWM" startet as a project of friends sharing their hobbies together. But by
reason of jobs, partners and other interests the circle of all involved shrinked.
Bob Neuwirth
Is he a painter or is he a musician? Both, and more. He's a painter,
musician, songwriter, bon vivant, raconteur, record producer, and,
most recently, music director and m.c. for the "Down From the Mountain"
concert tour by the musicians who made the Grammy-winning soundtrack
for the Coen Brothers' film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
"I never thought Neuwirth would make a record.
I thought he was too dangerous. I thought he was
too dangerous to himself .... and to everyone else.
I've sat around the table many a late night passing
guitars around, and when a guitar got to Neuwirth,
he would start playing the best song any of us had
ever heard. Someone would ask who wrote that one,
and after a while, it would become clear that he
had been making it up as he went along, and that
he couldn't remember a note he had sung, not that
he had really sung any notes.
I just wanted to say that I think in many ways,
he's the best pure songwriter of any of us."
T-Bone Burnett
Liner notes to 'Back To The Front' (1988)
While he's won a loyal following for his own music, singer/songwriter Bob Neuwirth
is perhaps best known for his work with others; as a collaborator and confidante,
Neuwirth has been associated with artists as gifted and diverse as Bob Dylan, John
Cale, Patti Smith, T-Bone Burnett, Janis Joplin, Kris Kristofferson, and Peter Case.
Neuwirth's introduction to music came while he was studying painting at the Boston
Museum School at the end of the 1950s. Neuwirth became part of the Boston academic
environment just as the folk-blues revival was coming into swing, and Neuwirth became
a friend and fan of such legendary bluesmen as Lightnin' Hopkins, Mississippi John Hurt,
Rev. Gary Davis, and Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee. Neuwirth took up the guitar and
began performing his own material on the coffeehouse circuit, first in Cambridge and
later in San Francisco during a hitchhiking trip out West. During his days in Cambridge,
Neuwirth was introduced to Bob Dylan by Joan Baez, and they became fast friends, as
Neuwirth tagged along with the budding "Voice of a Generation" on many of his early
tours. Neuwirth unwittingly played a major supporting role in D.A. Pennebaker's
documentary Don't Look Back, which followed the increasingly confrontational Dylan
during his 1965 U.K. tour, with Neuwirth playing his real-life role as Dylan's
trusted sidekick.
Neuwirth also struck up friendships with Kris Kristofferson as the aspiring songwriter
was paying his dues in Nashville, and Janis Joplin as she was searching for a new
musical direction after leaving Big Brother & the Holding Company. Neuwirth is said
to have convinced Joplin to record Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee," as well as
co-writing "Mercedes Benz," which like "Bobby McGee" appeared on her posthumously
released album, Pearl. Around this time, Neuwirth also befriended Patti Smith, who
had recently moved to New York City and, like Neuwirth, was living at the famous
bohemians' hangout the Chelsea Hotel; he introduced her to the Big Apple's poet
community, and she later wrote a poem for him, "For Bob Neuwirth," which was
published in 1971.
http://www.oceanstar.com/patti/poetry/forbob.htm
Clinton Heylin, in From the Velvets to the Voidoids, writes about
Patti's first encounter with Bob Neuwirth in late summer of 1969:
It was professional friend-of-the-famous Bobby Neuwirth who was Smith's next mentor.
They met in the lobby of the Chelsea—inevitably. Neuwirth asked her where she had
learnt to walk the way she did. She admitted it had been from watching Don Pennebaker's
cinéma-vérité study of Dylan's 1965 UK tour, Don't Look Back. Neuwirth, Dylan's regular
sidekick in those days, cracked up.
PATTI SMITH: He said, 'Come here, what do you have in that notebook?' I said, 'Nothing,'
and I was really acting tough but I was instantly and totally in love...Bobby looked in
my book and asked me who wrote that stuff and I told him I did...I think he immediately
recognized something in me that I didn't even recognize in myself, and he took me under
his wing.
I was writing a lot of poetry then, a real rhythmic kind of poetry...He really loved the
poetry. To me he was a real hot shit. Don't Look Back and all that...I thought he was the
classiest, sexiest guy. It was 1970 and the guy had dark glasses...Bobby started me out...
tried to inspire me with the poetry. He built up my confidence. Treated me like a prodigy.
He'd say, 'Don't treat Patti Lee like a groupie, she's a poet.' I never got laid because
people don't think that poets fuck. He taught me how to drink tequila, too. I got in my
rock & roll period then 'cause I was hanging around his friends.
In 1974, Neuwirth made his belated debut as a recording artist with an album simply
titled Bob Neuwirth, which featured guest appearances from Kris Kristofferson,
Booker T. Jones, Rita Coolidge, Chris Hillman, Cass Elliot, Dusty Springfield, and
Don Everly. While the album was a commercial disappointment, Bob Dylan put Neuwirth's
gift for finding fine musicians to work the following year when he helped Dylan assemble
the band for his legendary Rolling Thunder Revue tour, which featured Neuwirth as master
of ceremonies. In the wake of the tour, Neuwirth formed a short-lived band called Guam,
featuring fellow Rolling Thunder veterans Roger McGuinn, T-Bone Burnett, David Mansfield,
and Steve Soles; though the group never recorded, a song he wrote with McGuinn and
Kristofferson, "Rock & Roll Time," appeared on McGuinn's album Cardiff Rose. Neuwirth
also appeared in Renaldo and Clara, the film Dylan made during the course of the tour,
in which Neuwirth portrayed "the Masked Tortilla."
It wasn't until 1988 that a second Bob Neuwirth album appeared, Back to the Front,
but its arrival kicked off a new period of musical activity for him; between 1991 and
2000, Neuwirth released five albums, including 1994's Last Day on Earth (a collaboration
with former Velvet Underground member John Cale), 1996's Look Up (includes a track with
Patti Smith: the song "Just Like You" was co-written by Patti, and she sings the vocals
for it. The album was recorded during a tour across the United States in the homes of
such friends as Patti, Bernie Leadon, and Elliott Murphy), and 1999's Havana Midnight
(recorded in Cuba with composer and arranger José María Vitier).
Neuwirth also maintained a close association with T-Bone Burnett: he helped produce
Burnett's 1992 album, The Criminal Under My Own Hat; participated in the Down from
the Mountain tour Burnett assembled from the artists who appeared on the soundtrack
album to "O Brother, Where Art Thou;" and with Burnett produced a pair of albums for
bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley that appeared on Burnett's DMZ label.
Neuwirth has collaborated with numerous other people including Gary Lucas, Dan Zanes
(Cool Down Time), Tom Russell (Hurricane Season), and Peter Case (Six Pack of Love).
He often appears live, especially in folk concerts and festivals, and appeared with
Patti at the 3/26/96 concert at the Roxy in Los Angeles.
The early years of the 21st century also found Neuwirth participating in three major
multi-artist projects -- Por Vida: A Tribute to the Songs of Alejandro Escovedo,
Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, & Chanteys, and The Harry Smith Project:
Anthology of American Folk Music Revisited. In addition to his career in music,
Neuwirth is an accomplished visual artist whose paintings have appeared on the covers
of several of his albums, as well as in galleries around the globe.
- Mark Deming, All Music Guide / various additions by lonetaper
About this concert:
Bob was touring Europe quite often during the mid-90ies to promote his album "Look Up"
(Watermelon Records CD 1050), and was accompanied on some of those tours by Howe Gelb,
John Cale, Bob Wiseman & Band or the Sid Griffin Duo...
And sometimes inbetween this tour with Sid Griffin he played a few solo-shows.
This here is one of them. Just Bobby with his 12-string guitar, in front of a
mighty impressed, respectful cheering but for all that enthusiastic audience.
Another masterpiece by our friend Frizze - one person on his own: concert
promoter, sound engineer and concert taper - for sure another living legend.
FOR THE FIRST TIME OUT OF OUR ARCHIVE,
COMPLETELY UNTRADED, SLIGHTLY MASTERED,
AND OTHERWISE UNALTERED - PLEASE ENJOY!
BOB NEUWIRTH
solo
Steinenhaus,
Solingen, Germany
October 18, 1997
Solingen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the
northern edge of the region called Bergisches Land, south of the Ruhr area,
and with a 2005 population of 162,685 is the second largest city in the
Bergisches Land. It is a member of the regional authority of the Rhineland.
Solingen is called the "City of Blades", since it has long been renowned for
the manufacturing of fine swords, knives, scissors and razors made by famous
firms such as DOVO Solingen, Wüsthof, J. A. Henckels, Boker, and numerous
other manufacturers. Wilkinson is also based here.
In Medieval times, the swordsmiths of Solingen coined the town's image, which
is preserved to this date. Some 90% of German knives are produced in Solingen.
lineage:
recorded by FK, soundboard to DAT
the recording:
Soundboard > Analog Cable > Tascam DA-30 markII (16 bit, SP 48 kHz) >
> DAT (Maxell HS-4/90s, Helical-Scan 4mm Data Cartridge, 90 meter tape)
the transfer:
DAT (master) > Tascam DA-20 II, digital S/P-DIF out > Oehlbach Hyper Profi Opto Set (optical fibre, TOS-Link) >
> Behringer SRC-2496 Ultramatch Pro
(Ultra-high-resolution 24-Bit/96 kHz A/D & D/A and Sample Rate Converter & Dropouts-/Jitter Remover) >
> 16 bit, SP 48 kHz converted to 16 bit, SP 44,1 kHz > > Oehlbach Hyper Profi Opto Set (optical fibre, TOS-Link) >
> Terratec Aureon 7.1 PCI - Dolby Digital Live Soundcard with C-Media CMI8768 Soundprocessor Chip, digital S/P-DIF in >
> Motherboard with AMD Multicore Processor, Serial ATA Interface > CD Wave (recording) >
> Harddisc Western Digital with Thermaltake HD Cooler >
> lonetaper's secret box of miracles > CD Wave (tracking) > Traders Little Helper (SB aligned/level 6) > FLAC > DIME
the complete concert:
I'd like to get some real expert's help for the two
songs #1-10. ?im glad we have the grand old opry?
and #2-03. ?standing on the corner?
PLEASE LISTEN CAREFULLY to song #1-07. "Las Vegas" (as it was written
this way on the setlist), a song i was not able to find on one of Bob's
albums. THIS SONG alone makes this torrent here simpy a MUST-HAVE !!
All songs by Bob Neuwirth unless otherwise specified.
CD 1 (47:18.40 mins)
1-01. ...intro...so quiet... 0:41.29
1-02. Rusty Old Strings 5:11.34
1-03. ...my pleasure to be in Solingen... 0:40.20
1-04. Akron 7:25.37
1-05. ...hey, mucho gracias amigos... 0:31.39
1-06. Blue Detour 4:09.36
1-07. -> Las Vegas 5:40.06
1-08. Lucky Too 4:04.34
1-09. Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down 4:04.39
1-10. ?im glad we have the grand old opry? 4:49.09
1-11. Annabelle Lee 4:48.29
1-12. Dead Man's Clothes 5:12.28
CD 2 (44:43.52 mins)
2-01. ...you know Tom Russell ?... 1:01.01
2-02. Biggest Bordertown 4:33.61
2-03. ?standing on the corner? 1:15.15
2-04. instrumental interlude 0:59.08
2-05. Blue Wing 3:47.18
2-06. ...just an impression... 0:23.29
2-07. Beauty 4:21.73
2-08. I Don't Think Of Her 3:45.72
2-09. Power, Lust & Money 5:31.44
2-10. Eye On The Road 3:37.53
2-11. ...thank you...muchisimas gracias... 1:33.52
encore:
2-12. ...thanks for coming up...preparing...
2-13. Beyond the Blues 4:26.49
2-14. ...thank you/merchandise advertisement... 0:23.35
2-15. Travelling light 3:30.00
2-16. ...i'll leave you with this one... 0:22.70
2-17. Look Up 3:55.62
2-18. ...final crowd noise... 0:25.42
total: 47:18.40 + 44:43.52 = 92:01.92 mins
the musician:
Bob Neuwirth - lead vocals, acoustic 12-string guitar
PLEASE support the artist, visit his concerts and buy all his CDs & merchandise...
Check out the following websites:
http://www.bobneuwirth.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Neuwirth
http://www.wirz.de/music/neuwfrm.htm
http://rocknrollcircus.altervista.org/Interviste/BobNeuwirth.htm
THIS TORRENT IS DEDICATED TO BOB NEUWIRTH...
Thanks to Christa, Frizze & Wolfi, and all involved @ Steinenhaus.
Big thanks to my wife, Mrs. Leo, for supporting
and taking an active part in all my crazyness...
No animals were harmed in the making of this
recording or during the mastering and transfer.
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More Bobby recordings out of our collection:
Torrent #265295
BOB NEUWIRTH
- January 11, 1997 -
Waldschloss, Potsdam, Germany
** Audience DAT-master, MWM 0134 **
>> solo & 4 songs with special guest BOB WISEMAN (ex-Blue Rodeo) -
UNCIRCULATED AND UNTRADED SO FAR << with samples
And please check also all my recent Eric Andersen uploads...
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My dear buddy Ken TheCommish usually writes (and hey, he's damn right):
If you decide to download this show, won't you please consider posting a comment
on the show's board? It only takes a moment, and believe me, it takes A LOT longer
to prepare/upload a show for others to enjoy than it does to download and run...
You know, our friend Dave T says: "There's always more to come..."
And i'll promise you to keep MY tapes coming...
Leo
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Absolutely no selling! Do not alter (remix/remaster etc...) this recording in any way, repost
it to other sites or even reseed it here on DIME without my permission - please feel free to
ask me priorly. DON'T convert it to mp3 or other lossy formats except for your own personal use.
And PLEASE do not share the content via rapidshare, mega-upload or similiar sites...by no means!
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Mastered, transferred & finally uploaded by lonetaper on Dime, September 05, 2009. This is "MWM 0135"
This file must accompany this package to preserve the complete incommensurable informations !