Marsha McWilson as Etta James
7th Annual Blues Fest
Niagara Falls, NY
September 13, 2014

16 bit version

Two recording composite
Taper: D.F. (Dirty, Filthy) Stinkpickle
Gear tape 1 (SBD): DR-02
Gear tape 2 (AUD): CA14's > CA9100 > DR-07
Mastered by }{eywood
Lineage: DR-02 & DR-07 (wav @ 24/48) > USB > Adobe Audition 1.5 (multitrack synchronization, slight EQ to lift bass & reverb on SBD tape, EQ on aud tape to accentuate audience, mixing, normalization, splits & fades, conversion to 16/44.1, peak limiting) > TLH (SBE fix, flac 8)

I got lucky enough to get both a soundboard recording and an audience recording from this show. I brought the low end up a bit on the SBD tape, synced it with the AUD tape that I EQ'd to reduce overtones and accentuate the audience and did a mix. The AUD tape is very low in the mix (25%) during the songs because the SBD tape sounded pretty good. Bewtween tracks and anywhere there's interaction it's at about 75% to get the applause.


01 Intro
02 Don't Let The Devil Ride
03 Respect Yourself
04 (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
05 Something's Got a Hold On Me
06 Baby, What You Want Me to Do
07 All I Could Do Was Cry
08 Tell Mama
09 I'd Rather Go Blind
10 At Last

Below is the entire lineup. Pitbull of Blues Band played multiple times because Eddy Shaw, Saturday's intended headliner, cancelled. He had a suspected heart attack.

THURSDAY Pre-show (Sept. 11)

Aces and Eights*
The Thurman Brothers Band*
Mac Arnold and Plate Full O� Blues

FRIDAY (Sept. 12)

Dan Harper with the Magic Show
Peter D. Harper and Midwest Kind
Ray Fuller & the Blues Rockers
The Pitbull of Blues Band with Donnie Walsh

SATURDAY (Sept. 13)

Black Rock Zydeco
Marsha McWilson as Etta James
Pappy John�s Blues Band
The Electras with special guests
The Pitbull of Blues Band
The Cheryl Arena Band
The Kinsey Report

SUNDAY (Sept. 14)

Marsha McWilson
The Pitbull of Blues Band
Bill �The Sauce Boss� Wharton
Rockin' Jake Blues Band
Albert Castiglia

*these two acts (as well as a couple of bands playing in the beer tent) are the only ones not recorded due to the taper's late arrival.