Mary Chapin Carpenter
Calvin Theater - Northampton, MA
2014-10-24 (Friday, October 24, 2014)

AT943 cardioid > Church Audio 9100 > Sony PCM-M10
front row orchestra extreme side directly in front of floor stack

Mary Chapin Carpenter - vocals, guitar
Jon Carroll - piano, keyboards, accordian, vocals
John Doyle - guitar, bouzouki, vocals

Special guest
Tift Merritt - guitar and vocals (opened the show)

An interesting acoustic evening with Chapin. Another very quiet show. You can clearly
pick out foot taps from the artists on stage at times and from audience members on occasion.
The stack was a giant bass cabinet in my face and then the usual array stacked above it.
Thankfully there was no bass at this show but the active speakers were flying over me a bit.
In light of how quiet it was, I think my spot was still better than front row balcony or DFC FOB and
I'm pretty happy with the results.

Volume raised with audacity, this one was easier than the Hornsby show I recently posted.
I recorded Tift's opening set, but that was insanely low volume in the house and will require more work.
Will try to post it at some point.


01. Shut up and Kiss Me
02. Chasing What's Already Gone
03. This Shirt
04. Rhythm of the Blues
05. Passionate Kisses (slow)
06. Touring with Lucinda and Rosanne Cash
07. Intro to. . .
08. Transcendental Reunion
09. What if We Went to Italy
10. Only a Dream
11. I Have a Need for Solitude
12. Why Walk When You Can Fly
13. Stones in the Road
14. Intro to. . .
15. John Doe No. 24
16. I Take My Chances
17. He Thinks He'll Keep Her (with Tift Merritt)
18. I Feel Lucky (with Tift Merritt)
19. The Hard Way (with Tift Merritt)
20. Only in Songs (Tift Merritt lead vocal)