Pinetop Perkins' Surprise 96th Birthday Party
August 20, 2009
Rosa's Lounge
Chicago, IL

Recorded from the bar, using a set of Core Sound cartioid mics plugged into a Zoom H2 recorder.
Recorded in 48kHz/32-bit.
Downsampled to 44.1kHz/16-bit using Audacity.
Misc. fades and normalization to 95% using Cool Edit Pro. No EQing or other manipulation done. Salt & pepper to taste.
Chopped up into individual tracks using CD Wave Editor.
SBEs fixed using Trader's Little Helper ('-fixed' removed from the filenames)
Encoded to FLAC (Level 8) using Trader's Little Helper.

The first set was 94 minutes and requires 2 CDs. The second set requires only 1 CD. This is the complete evening. Nothing is missing.

d1 & d2 = first set
d3 = second set

Disc One
01. Woke Up This Morning (v: James Wheeler)
02. How Long (v: James Wheeler)
03. I'm Tired (v: James Wheeler)
04. Don't Lie To Me (v: Bob Stroger)
05. Key To The Highway (v: Bob Stroger)
06. Juke (harp: Willie Smith)
07. Long Distance Call (v: Willie Smith)
08. Sloppy Drunk (v: Willie Smith)

Disc Two
01. Eyesight To The Blind (v: Willie Smith)
02. Rub My Back (v: Willie Smith)
03. Last Night (v: Willie Smith)
04. Chicken Shack (v: Pinetop Perkins)
05. They Call Me Pinetop (v: Pinetop Perkins)
06. Down In Mississippi (v: Pinetop Perkins)
07: How Long (v: Pinetop Perkins)
08: Got My Mojo Workin' (v: Pinetop Perkins)

Disc Three
01. chat & tuning
02. Take You Downtown (v: Billy Branch)
03. ? (v: Pinetop Perkins)
04. How Long (v: Pinetop Perkins)
05. Down In Mississippi (v: Pinetop Perkins)
06. They Call Me Pinetop (v: Pinetop Perkins)
07. Extension 309 (v: James Wheeler)
08. Early In The Morning (v: James Wheeler)
09. ? (quickly aborted cause no one knew what song James was trying to play)
10. Everyday I Have The Blues (v: James Wheeler)
11. Happy Birthday > Birthday (harp: Billy Branch)
12. Georgia On My Mind (vocal: James Wheeler)


The performers:

d1t1-d1t5:
James Wheeler (guitar, vocal)
Ariyo (piano)
Bob Stroger (bass, vocal)
Tony Mangiullo (drums)

d1t6-t8 & d2t1-t3:
same as above, but including:
Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith (harmonica, vocals)

d2t4-d2t8:
same as above but substitute for Ariyo:
Pinetop Perkins (piano, vocal)

d3t1-d3t2:
James Wheeler (guitar, vocal)
Kate Moss (bass)
Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith (drums)
possibly Phil Baron (piano)
Billy Branch (harmonica, vocal)

d3t3-d3t6:
same as above but include:
Pinetop Perkins (piano, vocal)

d3t7-d3t12:
James Wheeler (guitar, vocal)
Phil Baron (piano)
Kate Moss (bass)
Billy Branch (harmonica, vocal)
Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith (drums)

A big thanks to David (Chicagoblues) for providing camaraderie.

SUPPORT THE ARTISTS! Attend their live performances and buy their CDs (preferably from the bandstand)!

http://www.pinetopperkins.com/
http://www.myspace.com/pinetopperkins
http://www.bobstroger.com/
http://www.myspace.com/bobstroger
http://www.williebigeyessmith.com/
http://www.myspace.com/williebigeyessmith
http://www.billybranch.com/
http://www.myspace.com/billybranch
http://www.redheadpianobar.com/?phil
http://www.myspace.com/126190072

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