DEEP BANANA BLACKOUT

Wednesday, 6 January 1999

The Trocadero Theatre
1003 Arch Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
USA


FLAC master, 3 January 2018, by elegymart:
Digital audience recording (stereo) {recorded by Taper Ted}: AKG391 > AKG B18 > SBM1 > D8 DAT recorder > DAT master > 1998-2001 US Maxell XLII 90 (Type II CrO2) analog audio cassette {via trade, c. 1999-2000} > Sony TC-WE435 (azimuth adjustment) > Roland R05 (24/96) > Cool Edit Pro 2.0 (audio cleanup) > (SHNtool (fixed SBE) > CD Wave (track splits) > TLH (WAV > FLAC8).
Created this text file.


Total running time [61:49]
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01 soundcheck song [4:07]
02 TUG [5:34] >
03 Pakaloa Blues [4:06]
04 Rocker/Take the Time [11:05]
05 Bump and Sway [9:47]
06 Trip [11:58] >
07 Breakfast at Volo's [5:18]
08 Groove Is Here [5:18] >
09 BOOT [5:36] >
10 Groove Is Here [4:13]


Band line-up:
Jen Durkin - lead vocals
James "Fuzz" Sangiovanni - guitar, vocals
Cyrus Madan - keyboards
Benj LeFevre - bass
Rob Somerville - saxophone, vocals
Rob Volo - trombone, guitar, vocals
Eric Kalb - drums
Johnny Durkin - percussion


Notes:

Jam bands are generally not my thing, but DBB always stood apart from the rest because in the mid-90s when Jerry passed away, and Deadheads were looking to Phish and other jams to continue their fix, DBB were more like the band you would have fill the vacuum left by the absence of... Cold Blood?

Jen's pipes do mirror Lydia Pense's in some ways, but the band always brought a strong melting pot of funk to the table, from Nawlins to PFunk and beyond. This was their first time playing in Philly, opening up for Acoustic Junction. Taper Ted walks right in as they are soundchecking -- many thanks to him for all the great recordings he did back then. I've been waiting for years for this to be put up on Llama or these parts from the master, but in pushing the archive out, it's more than high time to shine a light on this short but killer set.

Over the years on dime, EZT, the Archival Group, and through all the various and assorted other trading groups online preceding that, and the CDR, DAT, and analog cassette traders which came before, I've gathered a moderate collection of items to share. I've helped with transfers (the Cactus and related uploads from over a decade ago here, and currently a bite out of the massive Stonecutter Archives), contributed setlists and corrections to many a torrent -- all the sort of things that don't raise one's share ratio. I've shared some of my masters back in the old snail mail days, but it's high time to give back more here from where I've received so much. I had meant to do a roll-out with something grand and possibly a series (Elegymart #1, #2, etc.), but that's been done countless times before.

At this point not only have we've all aged along with dime's existence, but our media and the equipment that can play it back has as well. So rather than any fanfare or concern over share ratio, consider this upload another step in a more diligent attempt to beat the time and to circulate the collection.

Enjoy,
elegymart