Russell Batiste and Friends
The Howlin' Wolf
New Orleans, LA
5/1/2008
Original master recording: Neumann TLM-170 (cardoid, just in front of the SBD) -> Apogee AD1000 -> Teac DAP20 (@16 bit/48 khz)
Transfer: Sony R500->Sound Devices 722
Mastered: Soundforge Pro 10.0b - *All file manipulation in Soundforge done at 24 bits*. "Clipped Peak Restoration" applied to 1st 5 minutes, 15 seconds of show. Volume normalization, sample rate conversion 48khz to 44.1khz using iZotope 64-Bit SRC set higher than "Highest Quality" setting w/anti-alias filter, then dithered back to 16 bits using using iZotope MBIT+ with Ultra noise shaping, High dither settings. Tracked in CDWav.
1. ? ->
2. ?
3. Fire On The Bayou -> *^
4. ? ->
5. Smokin' (?)
6. Cars [Gary Numan cover] +
7. Pull Up To My Bumper Baby ->
8. Lady Marmelade
9. banter - check this
10. Mother Funk Ya
11. banter - give it up for Oteil
12. (The Hype And The Hoopla?) ^
13. Ain't No Use *^
14. Cissy Strut ^%#
15. banter - band intros
16. ? %$
17. banter - bringing up Willie Soul (?)
18. The World Is So Crazy (?) -
19. Jam With Me (?) -
20. Most Events Are Planned +=
21. outro
Special guests:
* = w/Jason Neville on vocals
+ = vocals by Page McConnell
& = w/Oteil Burbridge on bass
^ = w/Leo Nocentelli on guitar
% = w/Mike Gordon on bass
# = w/DJ Logic on turntables
$ = w/Bernie Worrell on keys
- = w/Willie Soul (?) on vocals
= = w/Eric Krasno - guitar
*** Note that the guest sit-ins I've noted above are best guesses based upon my listening and Russell's onstage banter. It's pretty likely that Eric Krasno sat in on some other songs. And how many songs Oteil played on is somewhat unclear to me.
There are some bad problems with Jason's vocal mic on track 13
The first 5:15 of this show is slightly distorted. For some reason I had my mic levels too hot and they were distorting. I can't remember sure why this happened. I did my best to repair it with Sound Forge's "Clipped Peak Restoration" tool, so it's very listeable; but once you get past the 1st 5 minutes, it's generally clean sounding (except for occasional on-stage audio/mix glitches that were ouside of my control).
The band, as introduced by Russell:
Kenny Kane - bass
Tom Fitzpatrick - tenor sax
MC - trumpet
909 - tenor
Kako - keyboards
Page McConnell - keyboards
KC Jr Ian - guitar
Rita Batiste, Tiffany Jackson - vocals
Transferred, Mastered, and Tracked by Scott Bernstein (5/15-20/2010).
Taper notes:
OK, for my next installment in my BARN "New Orleans Jazzfest Appreciation" mini-series -- #42, I present this nice set from Russell Batiste and Friends for you. This was an interesting night at the Howlin' Wolf -- lots of special guests rotating in and out. Frankly, we went to this show for the Global Noize set (which they promoted by announcing Billy Martin, DJ Logic, Oteil Burbridge, Karl Denson, Topaz, and others -- a set with a lot of potential, having an A-List set of musicians all playing outside of their elements), but the opener wound up being this Russell and Friends set, which had some of the same guests but many others. Frankly, I felt completely satisifed that I had seen a great show after this set, and the Global Noize set was gravy. In fact, I think I even enjoyed this set more than the Global Noize set, as it was a lot funkier, whereas the GN set was more jazzy. Either way you'll get to decide for yourself as I'm going to post both for you to listen to.
The night is a little tiny bit of a blur for me, so I can't recall why I let the levels overload for the 1st 5 minutes, and I also can't recall exactly which guests sat in on which songs (though I've made a good stab at it), so if your memories are better than mine, please help out.
Enjoy!
Scott
A rundown of my previous BARN archival releases (all can be found on archive.org except as noted):
BARN1 - Col Bruce Hampton and the Code Talkers at Bret & Joyce's wedding 9/17/2005
BARN2 - Col Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit (w/guest Warren Haynes for all of set 2) Wetlands 11/20/1993
BARN3 - moe. Wetlands 7/8/1995
BARN4 - Dan Bern Bottom Line 7/31/1998 (late show)
BARN5 - moe. Birch Hill 10/31/1996
BARN6 - moe. Maxwells 1/20/1996
BARN7 - Dan Bern Central Park Summerstage 9/19/1997
BARN8 - Dan Bern, Bottom Line 8/1/1998
BARN9 - moe. Bayou 4/5/1997
BARN10 - moe. Irving Plaza 4/4/1997
BARN11 - moe. AKA 9/7/1995
BARN12 - Yolk AKA 9/7/1995
BARN13 - Robert Walter/Johnny Vidacovich/James Singleton/Donald Harrison Preservation Hall 4/30/08
BARN14 - Phish Las Vegas, NV 10/31/1998 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN15 - Phish Great Went @ Loring AFB, Limestone, ME 8/16/1997 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN16 - Phish Great Went @ Loring AFB, Limestone, ME 8/17/1997 (on bt.etree.org), includes orchestra set - by request
BARN17 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/4/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN18 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/6/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN19 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/7/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN20 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/5/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN21 - God Street Wine, Irving Plaza, NYC 6/24/1993
BARN22 - Leftover Salmon, Wetlands, NYC 10/1/1994
BARN23 - Anders Osborne, Manny's Carwash, NYC 11/5/1997
BARN24 - Anders Osborne, Manny's Carwash, NYC 11/6/1997
BARN25 - moe. Pool Party, Morganville, NJ 6/2/1996
BARN26 - Widespread Panic, Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 11/7/1992 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN27 - Stew, The Turning Point, Piermont, NY 4/6/2003 (on bt.etree.org. dimeadozen.net)
BARN28 - Stew, Joe's Pub, New York, NY 5/22/2003 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN29 - Percy Hill, Lion's Den, NYC 3/16/1996
BARN30 - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Irving Plaza, 8/3/1995
BARN31 - Percy Hill, Wetlands, NYC 6/8/1996
BARN32 - Bad Livers, Mercury Lounge, NYC, 11/15/1999 (opening for Leftover Salmon)
BARN33 - Bad Livers, Mercury Lounge, NYC, 11/16/1999 (opening for Leftover Salmon)
BARN34 - G. Love And Special Sauce, Central Park Summerstage, NYC 6/18/1995
BARN35 - The Band, The Great Lawn, Central Park, NYC 5/16/1993
BARN36 - The Band, Mountain Stage Radio broadcast, Charleston, WV, recorded 4/4/1996
*** Start of New Orelans Jazzfest Appreciation mini-series (note that BARN13 technically belongs in this series) ***
BARN37 - Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, 5/5/2008
BARN38 - Steve Kimock Band, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, 5/6/2001 (2AM show)
BARN39 - The Funky Meters, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, 5/6/2001 (11PM show) (on bt.etree.org)
BARN40 - Anders Osborne, Tower Records instore, New Orleans, LA, 5/7/2001 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN41 - Joe Krown Trio w/Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Russell Batiste + special guest Mike Gordon, Tipitina's, New Orleans, 5/5/2008
BARN42 - Russell Batiste and Friends, The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, 5/1/2008 (on bt.etree.org)