Rick Danko
Cubby Bear
Chicago, Illinois
December 9, 1989

Lineage: Soundboard => Sony D-5 => Master analog => cassette => CDR => EAC => Magix Audio Cleaning Lab * => WAV => FLAC frontend (level 8)

* Audio Cleaning Lab was used to split tracks, apply light de-hissing, raise the levels of track 12-20 by 1.8 db to normalize the recording, and raise the 13 khz band slightly. Furthermore, the pitch was adjusted slightly (slower) on cassette playback.

Track Listing (79:42):
(1) Set-up (0:31)
(2) Mystery Train (3:56)
(3) Twilight (3:41)
(4) Crazy Mama (4:59)
(5) I Shall Be Released (3:42)
(6) Walkin' Blues (4:23)
(7) It Makes No Difference (6:20)
(8) Stage Fright (3:42)
(9) The Weight (5:17)
(10) Little Red Rooster (5:58)
(11) Long Black Veil (5:09)
(12) Raining In My Heart (4:13)
(13) Sip Some Wine (2:38)
(14) C.C. Rider (4:46)
(15) Spoonful (3:55)
(16) Days of Glory (2:25)
(17) Java Blues (4:10)
(18) The Shape I'm In (4:24)
(19) Just In Case (2:47)
(20) The Rivers of Babylon (2:38)

Notes: Nice soundboard of Rick Danko with an additional guest musician (can anyone help with this?) from a small club in Chicago. I've always liked this show a lot; the setlist is great and Danko gives the most soulful "Long Black Veil" I've heard. The mix is pretty raw, but the overall sound is very nice.

The taper managed to convince Danko into allowing him to tape with the help of some "herbs". . . this may explain Rick's odd mood throughout the show as well as the very abrupt end -- he literally leaves the stage in the end of a verse and the puzzled crowd stood around for awhile wondering if he was finished.

For some reason, the levels were lower on side B of the master tape, which caused the hiss to be greater on tracks 12-20 upon normalization.

A very mellow show, but really enjoyable. I got this while I was in college, and used to listen to it while studying a lot.