Marty Stuart Presents Roger McGuinn

"An Evening of Music and Dialogue"

May 10, 2017
Packard Campus Theater
Library Of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center
Culpeper, VA
USA

Lostbrook 2.0 Volume 201

Source: Church Audio CAFS>SPSB-12>Sony M10(24/48)
Location: 20' from stage, dead center

Transfer: Sony M10>Micro SDHC>PC>Sound Forge 10>WAV 16/44.1>
Trader's Little Helper>FLAC(level 8)

Taper/Transfer: Lostbrook
Covers: ethiessen1

Disc 1:

01 Intro (2:02)
02 Marty introduces Roger (1:21)
03 Marty interviews Roger * (25:48)
04 Audience questions # (13:28)

Disc 2:

05 Lover Of The Bayou (2:49) (McGuinn/Levy)
06 You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (3:31) (Dylan)
07 Old Blue (4:23)
08 Chestnut Mare (5:24) (McGuinn/Levy)
09 He Was A Friend Of Mine (2:47) (trad./McGuinn)
10 My Back Pages (6:08) (Dylan)
11 Mr. Tambourine Man (4:46) (Dylan)
12 Turn! Turn! Turn! (4:11) (Seeger)
13 Silver Dagger (3:16) (trad./Baez cover)
14 Byrdgrass (2:40) (Gene Parsons/Clarence White)
15 So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star (4:28) (McGuinn/Hillman)

Encore:

16 May The Road Rise To Meet You (2:58) (Roger and Camilla McGuinn)


* Includes Roger playing snippets of "Heartbreak Hotel" (Presley, Durden, Boren Axton), "Joy, Joy" and "Well Well Well" (Bob Gibson), and Beach Ball (McGuinn/Gari)

# Includes Roger playing a snippet of Mr. Tambourine Man (Dylan)

Roger McGuinn: Martin 7-string acoustic guitar and Rickenbacker 12-string electric guitar, vocals
Marty Stuart: electric guitar (Clarence White's B-Bender), acoustic guitar, backing vocals

Marty accompanies Roger on all songs on Disc 2

The building which houses the Packard Campus Theater is an odd-looking architectural structure at the junction of VA SR 3/US 522 in Culpeper, VA. I've passed it many times without knowing what it was and you can't help but notice the unusual building perched atop Mount Pony. Turns out there's a lot more than meets the eye. During the cold war, the U.S. government built a bunker deep into the mountain to serve as a repository for currency and as a "continuity of government" facility in the event of a nuclear strike. In 1997, it was purchased by the Packard Foundation and The Library Of Congress to house the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center's collection of rare film, television, audio, and video recordings as well as manuscripts, posters, and screenplays. It's no wonder that security was so tight. I was already worried about the advertised metal detectors, but was shocked to see baggage scanners for the items we had to take out of our pockets. It felt a lot like being at the airport. A few gray hairs later, I emerged unscathed, but with no access to a restroom without running the gauntlet again, I had to wire up my shirt while sitting in my seat - a delicate task in this age of "if you see something, say something".

The theater is tiny and the tickets were free. With only 206 seats, it's a good thing I logged in immediately since it "sold out" in 36 minutes. With the venue an hour and a half from my house, my friend and I decided to make a day of it, beginning with golf 20 miles north of Culpeper. After my usual losing round, we hopped in the car with the intention of hanging around Culpeper and having a leisurely dinner before the show. Unfortunately, my car refused to start. I had been having intermittent ignition problems but the car had always started up on the second try. This time it took 20 minutes before it would start and then it stalled several times before we even made it back to the main road. Once it was running "reliably" again, we decided it was too risky to take the car further from home. Fortunately, we had finished our round of golf early and there was enough time to drive my car back home and exchange it for another vehicle. All the way home we debated whether we should just blow off the show - the tickets didn't cost anything, I really wasn't relishing two extra hours in the car, and we were tempted to stay home and watch Game 7 of the Washington Capitals vs. the Pittsburgh Penguins. Obviously, we picked music over hockey - a wise choice since the Caps lost AGAIN! Turns out it was a really smart move. It was an excellent show, the "music and dialogue" format was very interesting, and Marty and Roger played well together. I'm glad it all worked out in the end. I suppose it would have been quite ironic if I had been thwarted in my attempt to document an event at an "audio-visual" conservation center".







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