Norton Buffalo
September 14, 1985
Santa Cruz County Fair
Watsonville, CA

Soundboard cassette master - very good to excellent sound quality - a bit of hum in the mix but it's only noticeable during quiet spots. This is Norton's entire short opening set for Bonnie Raitt.

01 [04:53] instrumental [with stage announcer - cuts in on first notes]
02 [04:47] One Kiss To Say Goodbye
03 [05:17] Nobody Wants Me
04 [06:28] Mercury Blues
05 [00:45] Norton's band intros
06 [04:46] Another Tender Heart
07 [03:27] HoldinŐ On Is The Only Thing I Can Do
08 [03:52] > 18 Wheels
09 [00:41] Norton talk, stage announcer and crowd
total: 34:56

with Michael Hinton - guitar
Austin DeLone - keyboards
David Brown - bass
James Preston - drums

Lineage: Soundboard > Dolby B encoded Maxell MX90 (metal tape cassettes) > Sony TCD5M.

Transfer[January, 2007]: Nakamichi Dragon (Dolby B decoded) > Macintosh with DigiDesign AudioMedia III card > Pro Tools (minor "nip & tuck" edits, normalization & tracking) > AIFF > xACT (FLAC level 8 files created with sector boundaries verified). md5 file created with checkSUM+.

Note: Norton Buffalo also appeared with Bonnie on some of her set (posted elsewhere).

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