The recording is being shared as 16 bit/44.1 kHz stereo FLACs.

Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
Beacon Theater, NYC
March 27, 2013


01-Return of the Grievous Angel
02-Pancho and Lefty
03-Earthbound
04-�Til I Gain Control Again
05-Tragedy
06-Luxury Liner
07-Hanging Up My Heart
08-Invitation to the Blues
09-Bluebird Wine
10-Dreaming My Dreams
11-Back When We Were Beautiful
12-Chase The Feeling
13-Black Caffeine
14-Tulsa Queen
15-Old Yellow Moon
16-Band Intros
17-Ain�t Living Long Like This
18-I�m Still Learning How to Fly
19-Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight

Encore

20-Stars on the Water
21-Boulder to Birmingham
22-Love Hurts


Lineage: Stealth recorded and minimally produced by mrsaureus, sitting in the orchestra just left of center 20 rows (maybe 70 ft.) back from the stage. Core-Sound High End Binaurals (DPA-4060 capsules) to Sony PCM-M10 (48 kHZ, 24 bit), WavePad Sound Editor to cut into songs and export as 24 bit/ 48 kHz waves. Switch Sound File Converted to convert to 16 bit/44.1 kHz flacs. If people want it, I can share the 24/48 version. This is an audience recording that aims to document the experience of being in the crowd at the show, and features occasionally loud but appropriate crowd noise. This is the first time this recording is being shared.


Okay, here�s the first real stunner of the year: a show that could have easily held its own with the amazing juggernaut of live music (Neil Young, Stones, Dino Jr., etc.) that capped off 2012. Emmylou Harris is the surviving queen of a strain of roots music whose kings (Townes Van Zandt, Gram Parsons) she had strong ties to and are mostly all dead. And she is herself still a stunner. Sporting a straight flouncy platinum do falling around a face showing enough lines to look real but still radiantly perfectly featured. Wearing a lacy black fairy dress with tights and boots, I don�t think she�s ever looked better. Pair her with one of the formidable and still living kings of Texas music, Rodney Crowell, and let them draw deeply on the vast trove piled up over 50 years, and expectations are set high and well met. Almost every song is an American classic and there are few mis-steps (Black Caffeine, although a perfectly good song, wilts in such august company, and closer Love Hurts seemed a little soggy.) If you like perfectly crafted songs played by musicians of the highest technical skill and creative gifts, then this show is for you.

And, for a scarcely credible cherry on top, the opener for this show was Richard Thompson! Now this presents a formidable challenge to the lead guitarist of the band that headlines. How do you go out there and play to an audience that was warmed up by RICHARD THOMPSON? Emmylou Harris has always been known for assembling a strong band, and to my surprise, Aussie guitarist Jedd Hughes was up to it. He played some cracking country music, and when he shared the stage and traded leads with Richard during Ain�t Living Long Like This, he represented. Australia takes its place. And I was happy to be in my place, at the best show of the year so far.

I�ll post Richard Thompson soon.