Doc Watson Trio (with Jack Lawrence & T. Michael Coleman)
1985-04-02 Northampton, Massachusetts Iron Horse Coffeehouse (M-AUD)

01. --talkin' & tunin'--
02. New River Train
03. Shady Grove
04. Milkcow Blues
05. Bye Bye Blues
06. Life Gets Teejus Don't It
07. The Last Thing On My Mind
08. ?
09. Natural Born Gamblin' Man
10. Soldier's Joy
11. Hobo Bill's Last Ride
12. I Am A Pilgrim
13. ? (tape flip in middle)
14. Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia
15. ? (instrumental)
16. Streamlined Cannonball
Encore:
17. Lost John

Total Time ::: 59:31

::: Very fine stereo AUD. Check samples for aural elucidation or somethin' to twiddle yr thumbs to while d'lin'.
::: Warts: None to speak of. Bound to have missed a few dullspots along the way.
::: Taper cut off deck between songs but it's the entire show, no songs missing.
::: Would be pleased to have help with the missing song titles.

Recording Information ::: Sony D6, unknown microphones -> master stereo audience Maxell XLII-90 cassette, Dolby B on.

Playback 2013-03-11 ::: master stereo audience Maxell XLII-90 cassette on Nakamichi 680ZX cassette deck, Dolby B on, azimuth & speed adjusted (pitched!) for individual recording, heads cleaned & demagnetized -> Sony Linear PCM Recorder PCM-M10 (LPCM 44.10kHz/16bit WAV files) -> computer -> Audacity (normalisation to remove DC offset, channel/phase alignment, fades, manual one-at-a-time glitch / dropout / bump / pop / click / dullspot repairs, volume adjustments, NO equalisation) -> CD Wave (track splits) -> Trader's Little Helper -> yer ears. First uploaded week of 2013-06-16.

Line-up ::: Doc Watson - acoustic guitar, harmonica, vocals // Jack Lawrence - acoustic guitar // T. Michael Coleman - bass, harmony vocals.

Nothing here ever commercially released to my knowledge. If I'm wrong, please advise & I'll take the offending trax offline.

CoolSonics 253 ::: Thanks to the original taper & trader, Lochner! ::: Corrections welcome ::: More meat for your Watson jones. Here's a quite enjoyable Lochner master from the spring of '85. Took me a while to finish this one - still mortified over my case of bloat a year or two ago with the stupendous Doc show I put up from Amherst. Nothing short of amazing how much Doc we have in our personal vaults these day & here's another. Enjoy!

Kudos to Zongo for life support, Lochner for mikes&more & Fast Freddie for runnin' Video Dick's Record Emporium with the bathroom office full of tape decks. Thanks to Hanwaker (few among us can keep his pace). Mountains of gratitude to Davmar, D.White, Sanchez, Elliot, The Florida Kid, Kloiber, Zingg, JTW, Bershaw, Boston Gold, Dixon, Moore, Gough & SO many more for all that collecting & sharing... Royal thanks to The Man In The Palace, Doc Tinker, Brinkhoffs, Barely Eatin', Reel Master Gaule, Parrish & all the traders who housed me thru my music acquisition & travel years. Hats off to Brother Kent, Uncle Jake, Little Queenie (& her neighbor Frank) & his honor Ptomaine Thomas. Glasses raised to Byron for musical horizon expansion & much obliged to J & Thurston for keepin' my concert fires burnin' since my continental shift. Thanks to the Mods for keepin' DIME alive. Enjoy, share, give, spread peace. Yers truly, Knees

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