Joe Ely
Don the Beachcombers
Huntington Beach, California
October 5, 2015

Joe Ely - vocals and guitars
Joel Guzman - accordion, vocals


first set

(missing, "I'll bet Joe hasn't played too" and the recording starts with "many Tiki venues")
01. Introduction
02. The Highway Is My Home
03. Story of Joe's first trip to Los Angeles
04. Not That Much Has Changed
05. Joe talks about Texas
06. Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown
07. All Just To Get To You
08. Wounded Creek
09. Magdalene
10. She Never Spoke Spanish to Me
11. She Finally Spoke Spanish to Me
12. Hard Livin'
13. Upcoming shows
[41:18]

second set

01. Story about playing Carnegie Hall
02. Silver City
03. Story of the Convicts on Death Row
04. Wishing For a Rainbow
05. Queen of Heaven
06. If You Were a Bluebird
07. Letter to Laredo
08. Dallas
09. Cold Black Hammer
10. Early In the Morning
11. Joe tunes up and talks about his dream
12. The Road Goes On Forever
encore
13. You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
[58:58]


Recorded by Mike Martin

Source:
Sony ECM-MS957 stereo microphone > Sony PCM-M10 @ 24-48

Mastering:
Adobe Audition 3.0 & iZotope RX4 advanced (prep) > AudioGate (16-44) > TLH (flac level 8)
Song information embedded with Stamp ID3 tag editor



Met Joe in the parking lot and received permission to record.
One request was that he wanted me to send him a copy....you bet Joe!

Our table was about 15 feet in front of the PA on the left side of the room.
Was surprised when Joe came on that the PA wasn't used-it had been for the opening act.
Someone mentioned it during the break and the PA was turned up for the second set.
Some waitress chatter in a few places but otherwise a pretty quiet crowd.

After the show I met Joe's daughter at the merchandise table.
Had seen her once before in the middle 1980's at a show in Hollywood.
She was the baby in his wife's arms backstage.

Thank you Joe for allowing this recording and for entertaining us all these years.

For historical reference only and not intended for resale or any commercial use.

enjoy
-M- (October 2015)
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