ProgDay '14
Day 1, Band 3 - The Galactic Cowboy Orchestra
Saturday, Aug 30th, 2014 ~3:15pm - 4:50pm
Storybook Farm, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Lisi Wright - voilin, vocals
John Wright - bass, vocals
Dan Neale - guitar, vocals
Billy Thommes - drums

1. intro -> Wabash Cannonball (4:30)
2. violin solo -> Raga Piloo (9:00)
3. Wrong Shui (5:23)
4. Not At All (5:17)
5. Zombie Mouth (9:36)
6. talking and tuning (1:18)
7. Memo 9 (7:04)
8. The Broken Marionette (5:19)
9. Galacticity (4:22)
10. Straight to the Top (5:20)
11. Going Nowhere Fast (2:53)
12. Floating (5:43)
13. Five Up Front (4:16)
14. Give Me More (5:35)
15. Dark Matter (8:55)
16. Odd Men Out (6:15)
17. band intros (1:01)
18. The Blaze (3:15)

Total Time: 95:02 (1 hr, 35 min, 2 sec)


Tascam DP-004 digital recorder -> WAV ->
Cool Edit '96 (amplifying, filtering & track split) ->
FLAC Frontend -> flac files


Notes:

This band describes themselves as "Jazzgrass Art Rock",
mixing elements of jazz, progressive rock and bluegrass
in various ways. They played the ProgDay preshow in 2011
and were the highlight of what was a surprisingly countrified
preshow. I saw them play a show in Harrisburg, PA a little
while after that, and that night they played a bunch of
covers, including a Lady Gaga song, Whipping Post, Rocky Top
and YYZ, all in the same set. So you never know quite what
you're going to get from this band.

This recording came out pretty well. The drums get a little
overdriven in spots, but otherwise it sounds good. It was
originally a little muffled sounding, but I played around
with the filters in CoolEdit and got it sounding much clearer.

Again though, I got a lot of audience chatter. I didn't
realize it at the time, because as soon as I got my recorder
set up, I moved up to the stage to take photos and watch the
band. After the set I came back to my seat and found that
someone (no longer there) had planted their chairs directly
in front of mine. Apparently they sat there and talked through
most of the set.


About ProgDay:

ProgDay is an outdoor festival of progressive rock
that has been held annually since 1995. In 1996 it
was expanded from one day to two and has been featuring
anywhere from eight to eleven progressive rock bands
each year since, with a few more prog bands usually
hosting their own Friday and/or Saturday night events
at nearby venues. It's definitely worth the trip if
you're a prog fan and don't mind a little heat and
humidity and a little driving around. I first went in
1997 and was so impressed that I've been back every year.

The main event takes place at beautiful Storybook Farm,
unless rain forces it indoors (which has fortunately only
happened a couple times in the festival's history). It's
a relaxed atmosphere, where you can listen and watch from
anywhere you want - if you really like a particular band,
you can sit right up against the stage. Some people listen
to the bands while shopping for CDs and merchandise in the
vendor tent or getting food in the pavilion or playing
frisbee in the field behind the audience or just sharing
a beer or two with friends.

The people are friendly, and the band members often hang out
all weekend taking in the show, selling merchandise and
chatting with fans when they're not on stage. If you're a
prog rock fan and can possibly attend, make every effort to
be there next year. The festival often barely breaks even,
so every ticket sold really helps.

If you'd like to make a donation via PayPal to help keep
the festival afloat (and ensure more of these ProgDay torrents
in the future), please visit:

http://www.progday.net/ProgDay-Support.html

Galactic Cowboy Orchestra links:

http://www.galacticcowboyorchestra.com
https://www.youtube.com/user/GalacticCowboyOrch
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Galactic-Cowboy-Orchestra/173683051059

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