Hot Rize w/ Red Knuckles & The Trailblazers
Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver's Bluegrass Festival
Denton, NC
1986-07-11

Source: FOB Neumann KM84 > Sony D5 Pro by Charles Odell
Transfer: MC (2x ZX-C90) > Nak Dragon > Tascam DA-3000 (DSF 1-bit/5.6 MHz) > Tascam HRE > PCM @ 2496
Master: Wavelab 12 (tracking, fades, resample, Lin dither) > FLAC 1644

Thanks to Charles for taping, JC Mahoney and Ted Mattes for facilitating, and Mitch Wittenberg for knowing the name of every bluegrass song ever written

Afternoon Show:

01. Intro - afternoon show
02. Blue Night
03. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
04. band intros
05. Frank's Blues
06. Walk The Way The Wind Blows
07. Radio Boogie
08. Working On A Building
09. Wichita Lineman
10. Untold Stories
11. Standing In The Need Of Prayer
12. Lord Build Me A Cabin
13. Land Of Enchantment
14. I've Been All Around This World
15. John Henry

Evening Show:

16. MC Intro - evening show
17. Hard Pressed
18. Wild Ride
19. Midnight On The Highway
20. I've Lived A Lot In My Time
21. Footsteps So Near
22. Leather Britches
23. Red Knuckles Intro
24. In The Jailhouse Now
25. Happy Birthday + Band Intros
26. I Know My Baby Loves Me
27. banter
28. Oh Mona
29. Red Knuckles encore banter
30. The Window Up Above
31. Hot Rize intro
32. Land's End
33. Rank Strangers
34. Prayer Bells From Heaven
35. 99 Years (And One Dark Day)
36. Train 45

Hot Rize was:
Nick Forster - bass, vocals
Tim O'Brien - mandolin, fiddle, vocals
Pete Wernick - banjo, vocals
Charles Sawtelle - guitar, vocals

Red Knuckles & The Trailblazers were, supposedly:
Red Knuckles - guitar, vocals
Wendell Merchantile - electric guitar
Slade - bass
Waldo Otto - pedal steel

This is the usual arrangement of Hot Rize performing with interludes by Red Knuckles. It's a stellar recording, and a lot of fun, too. The following day's sets were also recorded and have been shared.

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 2025-05-21

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