The previous upload was faulty. It had mistakenly been normalized one track at a time instead of one disc at a time.

This is the un-screwed up version. A thousand apologies for the wasted bandwidth!


David Grisman and Peter Rowan
December 20, 1997
Marin Jewish Community Center
San Rafael, CA

"Novato Bone Marrow Transplant Fund presents a benefit in honor of Joyce Cohen"

Neumann KM54 (modified) in X/Y config on stage (placed center stage about 4 feet from Grisman and Rowan) > Sony DTC-700 DAT > coax digital out > Zefiro ZA2 > Sound Forge > CD Architect > cdr > EAC > .wav files > FLAC level 8 encoding align on sector boundaries

Recorded and mastered to cdr by Easy Ed.

I, Easy Ed, was at the show with my DAT recorder - this is not a multigenerational copy received in trade years ago. This is my master recording.


disc one
1. (introduction)
2. Long Journey Home
3. In The Pines
4. Panama Red
5. (introducing Todd Phillips)
6. Bluegrass Stomp
7. Angel Island
8. Walls Of Time
9. Muleskinner Blues
10. Paddy On The Turnpike
(second set)
11. Land Of The Navajo (beginning cut, fade in)
12. Cold Rain And Snow
13. Gypsy Trance
14. Mississippi, California
15. (fiddle medley - titles?)

disc two
1. Mad Lydia's Waltz
2. Watson Blues
3. Wild Mustang
4. Midnight Moonlight
5. (introducing David Thom)
6. Goin' To The Races *
7. The First Whippoorwill *
8. My Sophronie *
9. Pig In A Pen *

* with David Thom
[all tracks except disc one tracks 1-4 with Todd Phillips]

Included in the torrent is a scan of the ticket to the show.