Joe Russo's Almost Dead 01/02/2016 The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY

Source 1: Schoeps mk41v (Right front corner of FOH, PAS) -> kc-5 -> cmc6xt -> Sonosax SX-M2 -> Sound Devices 788T -> WAV (@24/96);
Source 2: SBD (Digidesign/Avid Profile) -> Sound Devices 788T (via XLR) -> WAV (@24/96);

Transfer: WAVs -> SoundForge Pro 11.0 (Time Align, normalize) -> Vegas Pro 13.0 (mix/render) -> SoundForge Pro 11.0 (EQ, normalize, fades, 96->44.1 iZotope 64-Bit SRC; 24->16 bit iZotope MBIT+ Dither) -> CDWav -> FLAC

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Eric McRoberts 01/31/2016 to 02/01/2016 - FOH mix by Peter Costello - Thanks to Scott Metzger for the comp and hospitality

Set One: (9:02PM - 10:08PM ish)
01. intro/crowd
02. Alligator (SM) ->
03. Bertha (TH) >
04. Throwing Stones @ (SM)
05. Alabama Getaway (DD)
06. Cumberland Blues (All)
07. Brown Eyed Women (TH)
08. One More Saturday Night ^^ (SM)
09. banter - band intros / Happy Birthday

Set Two: (10:43PM - 12:16AM)
01. intro/crowd
02. Jam ->
03. The Wheel (All) ->
04. Jack Straw (SM & TH)
05. St Stephen $(All) ->
06. Space ->
07. St Stephen % (All) ->
08. GDTRFB Jam ->
09. Jam ^ ->
10. St Stephen Reprise (All) ->
11. Viola Lee Blues (All) & ->
12. Duo Jam / Big Whopper * ->
13. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy + ->
14. Viola Lee Blues Reprise (All) >
15. Candyman @@ (TH)
16. Uncle Johns Band ## (All)
17. encore break/crowd
Encore:
18. The Weight (All)

Costello's Notes:
@ - With a Scarlet Begonias Tease (TH) & a jam that paid tribute to the late Ian Fraser "Lemmy" Kilmister of Motorhead, in that it sounded exactly like Motorhead
# - With a �Mountain Jam� (Donavon // The Allmans Brothers) tease & another tease I can�t ID, both from MB & a �When the Saints Go Marching In� (Louis Armstrong) Tease (SM)
^^ - Followed by Happy Birthday to Dave & a cake presentation
$ - Joe sampled Speakeasy Jazz Babies as he was sitting in on �When The Saints Go Marching In�. Subsequently, he used the sample to begin tonight�s version of St. Stephen.
% - With a Throwin� Stones Tease (Band)
^ - With multiple Moby Dick (Led Zeppelin) Teases (Band) & maybe some other teases
& - With a Moby Dick (Led Zeppelin) Tease (Band)
* - Benevento Russo Duo original, first time played, just the �A� section.
+ - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky cover, first time played
@@ - With SM on Pedal Steel
## - With a �No Quarter� (Led Zeppelin) Tease

Joe Russo - Drums, Vocals
Tommy Hamilton - Guitar, Vocals
Scott Metzger - Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar, Vocals
Marco Benevento - Keyboards, Vocals
Dave Dreiwitz - Bass

DD50: A celebration of Dave Dreiwitz�s 50th Birthday. The Speakeasy Jazz Babies including Dave�s Mom, Barbara & Dad, Richard, opened. Joe & Dave sat in with the Jazz Babies on �Sweet Georgia Brown.� Joe, Dave, Marco & Scott sat in on their set closing �When The Saints Go Marching In."

This was the third night of a 3 night New Years run by Joe Russo's Almost Dead which took the band to the The Fillmore in Philadelphia, PA on New Year's Eve and concluded with two shows at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY on Friday and Saturday 01/01-02/2016.

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