Brian Webb w/ Rose Polenzani
Blue Highways Music fest (festival tent), 11th edition
Vredenburg
Utrecht, Netherlands

23 April 2011

Source: CA14 (cardiods)-> CA-9100-> Edirol R-09HR (44.1kHz/16bit), recorded
from the right side of the tent, a few meters from the speaker stacks.
Eq, volumes and fades SoundForge 9.0
Track splits CDWave, encoded to flac 8 & checksum with TLH
Flac files tagged with Foobar2000

A Dutchbird production (recording, mastering and covers).
It was a very warm day and the ventilators can be heard now and then.
Moreover Brian has a soft voice.

This is the third installment of the festival recordings. I recorded:
- Boris McCutcheon
- Matt the Electrician (currently on the tracker)
- Brian Webb
- Jimmy LaFave Band (currently on the tracker)
- American Aquarium

At the last moment Brian Webb was added as a replacement for Charlie Parr (whom I would have loved to see).
Initially I only wanted to see the first 10 minutes and then head to the main hall where Jesse Winchester
would play, but I was so captured with Brian's music that I stayed for the whole show and skipped Jesse.
Besides, when I hear a banjo I'm lost.

If you like Jeff Buckley, Slaid Cleaves and Jackson Browne, you'll also like Brian Webb.

It's difficult to name Brian's style, his music is a mix of folk, country, blues, pop and soul.
His musical life is interesting: he was raised in Atlanta, but moved to Boston in 2001 in search of the
folk scene. After working in restaurants he decided to become a musician. He started in the
metro hall of the Boston Davis Square station, where he made more money than serving coffee.
At the station he also met club owners and festival directors, who often were that impressed that they booked him.

Years passed between his last studio album and the one that has just been released, Strange Way to Grieve.

When I asked Brian if he has more shows in Europe he told me this was his only one, but that he needs to do more shows,
so that he'll have a reason to write a new album.

http://brian-webb.weebly.com/
http://www.rosepolenzani.com/

Brian Webb- vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, slide guitar
Rose Polenzani- backing vocals, multiple instruments

01. Introduction by Ruud Hermans
02. Joshua
03. Song intro
04. Changed
05. Banter
06. 45
07. Unidentified song
08. Lucinda
09. Banter on "Lucinda"
10. California Part 2
11. Bird On A Wire
12. Strange Way To Grieve
13. Enters DJ Baartmans
14. Long Way To Go *

* w/ DJ Baartmans electric guitar