4-28-79 New Orleans, LA (Tipitina's):

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown and Gate's Express
April 28, 1979 (1979-04-28)
Tipitina's
New Orleans, Louisiana

EX sound quality Soundboard cassette master (No Dolby).
Transfer [grner1]: Nakamichi Dragon > Macintosh Pro Tools (normalization, minor seamless fixes and tracking - no EQ or noise reduction) > AIFF files > Toast Titanium (CDRs) >

grner1 2022-01-16 remaster: > xACT (decode to AIFF files) > Pro Tools (more minor seamless fixes) > AIFF files > xACT (Flac level 8 files, tagged with sector boundaries verified).

CD1 - 35:55 - partial first set:
101 [cuts in] Devil Blues 6:34
102 band intros 0:39
103 Chicken Shift 6:48
104 talk 0:52
105 Up Jumped The Devil 3:46
106 talk 1:08
107 In Father's Memory 4:05
108 Frosty 6:24
109 [cuts in near beginning] Pressure Cooker 5:26
110 end of set talk and applause 0:13

CD2 - 72:11 - second set:
201 [cuts in] Unchained Melody 5:20
202 Louisiana Breakdown 4:52
203 Decoration Day 12:35 *
204 talk 0:36
205 Caledonia 3:10
206 New Rebecca Blues 7:38
207 Dark End Of The Hallway 5:05
208 talk 0:21
209 Old Joe Clark 5:03
210 talk 0:20
211 Hot Club Drive 7:37
212 talk 1:06
213 fiddle train song 9:08
214 encore break 1:04
215 Four O'Clock Jump 6:51
216 final goodnight, announcer and applause 1:25

(band members are only announced by their first names):
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - vocals, guitar, fiddle
Herman - piano
Randy - bass (announced as Herman's brother)
Tom - drums
Eric - organ
Yvonne Ramsey Brown - piano
and
* Sunnyland Slim - vocals on track 203

three tracks cut in and there are also tape flips in the middles of tracks 205 and 213 because this show was recorded on 60 minute cassettes.

Notes: This came from the collection of the now-deceased "Ice Cube Slim" and is dedicated to him. He was one of the early financial backers of Tipitina's and brought many New Orleans artists to the U.S. west coast as a concert promoter and artist manager during the 1970's and '80's. I've inherited many of his uncirculated masters and will be sharing more of them as I have time to do transfers. (This one was transferred many years ago, but is only now being circulated.)

Thanks to Professor Goody for verifying the pitch accuracy and for help with some of the song titles. Also thanks to Charlie L. for help with other song titles and for identifying Sunnyland Slim as the unannounced guest vocalist on "Decoration Day". Please support the artists and live venues any way that you can. Enjoy and SHARE!