Chris Isaak
Santa Cruz Blues Festival
Aptos Village Park
Aptos, Ca
May 25, 2014


Recorded by Daspyknows

Recorded Center Seat 26th Row

Schoeps MK4 w/NBox Tascam DR-2D 24 Bit 48K

Processed using Soundforge 11, resample, to 16bit 44.1K
TLH to convert to Flac

Master 2014.08

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My original plans were to see Steel Pulse the night before and then drive home but thanks to
fellow taper Wilson66 I had a place to stay in Santa Cruz. At that point I figured I should
go to the Santa Cruz Blues Festival and I bought a circle of gold ticket which allowed me a
spot in front of the soundbard. I was moving slow in the morning and left Bill's place around
9:45. Doors at 10 and music at 11. I parked where I thought the buses were leaving but after
a ten minute walk I realized I was not at the right parking lot. I walked back and drove to
the correct lot. Bus ride was about 10 minutes and it was 10:55 as I picked up my ticket at
will call. No issue with search and then I walked up to front to find a seat. The front 24
rows were packed but in there were 2 center seats in the 26th row. By this point the band was
ready to start. I still had to find a place to set up and strap on the gear. The music is
starting and by the second song I started to walk to the stage. The music gets louder and
clearer as I get to my seat. Ana Popovic and her band were excellent. I wish I got the full
set, oh well. The second artist Rich Robinson was also solid. Next up was Jackie Greene. I
enjoyed his set and really liked the Scarlet Begonias to finish the set. I planned to switch
batteries after the set and once the music ended I started to switch batteries. I soon
realized an unexpected encore was going to happen. I rushed to finish the switch and as I
later discovered I didnt reconnect a cable. It was so sunny and bright that I couldn't really
see the levels and went by the recording lights. I also missed the next act Vintage Trouble
which was too bad. They were interesting. Surprisingly high energy. After the set I checked
the recorder batteries and recconnected the recorder properly. Chris Isaak put on an
interesting set. I had never seen him before and is not someone I really listened to very
often. He played close to two hours and did a non standard set. His brother joined the band
for two songs. Both Chris Isaak and his guitarist roamed the crowd. I hate when that happens
because everyone turns around and I face the stage. Buddy Guy does it too. All in all it was
a fun weekend taping and I am wondering why I had never gone before after seeing the venue and
hearing who had played in the past. I plan on going next year.



Just the basic taper requests here and please no vitriol:
Don't be an ass by selling this or using it in a video that is sold
Don't modify the info file
Don't remaster and/or post on other sites that are not 100% free
If shared keep info file intact but create a second file with any changes
Don't convert to lossy formats except for personal use
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