Seldom Scene
Fox Theater
Boulder, CO
1994-01-14

Source: SBD (stage mics?) > DAT by John Adams TAPE MARKED MASTER
Transfer: MDAT > Fostex D-15 > Tascam DA-3000 > WAV @ 16/48
Master: Wavelab 11 (tracking, levels, fades, remove DC offset, glitch removal/repair) > FLAC 1648

Thanks to John Adams for taping and Mitch Wittenberg for help with song titles

01. Big Train (From Memphis)
02. This Morning At Nine
03. Don't This Road Look Rough And Rocky
04. band intros
05. The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
06. Wait A Minute
07. Working On A Building
08. Old Train
09. Lorena
10. Red Georgia Clay
11. How Mountain Girls Can Love
12. Midnight Hour
13. Through The Bottom Of The Glass
14. Like I Used To Do
15. Lord Have Mercy On My Soul
16. Little Georgia Rose
17. Muddy Water
18. House Of The Rising Sun
19. Treasures Untold
20. Blue Ridge
21. I Know You Rider

Encore 1:
22. crowd - banter
23. West Texas Wind
24. crowd - banter

Encore 2:
25. Long Black Veil

Mike Auldridge - dorbo
T. Michael Coleman - electric bass
John Duffy - mandolin, vocals
Ben Eldridge - banjo
Moondi Klein - guitar, vocals

This is a pristine recording, but its venue and date are uncertain. The venue was not listed. Choices in Boulder include Fiddler's Green Ampthitheater (too cold), the University of Colorado Balch Fieldhouse (too big; maybe unheated); the Boulder Theater, and the Fox Theater. The Fox seems most likely but is not certain.

The date is also uncertain. Although the DAT was dated January 14, 1994, the January 14 Santa Cruz Sentinel says that the band was at the Great American Music Hall on "Friday" which, based on the other listings in the paper, meant on the 14th. But the newspaper may have meant the 21st. Whatever the date, this was Moondi Klein's 2nd show as a member of the band (he made a guest appearance the year before) and from the banter it's clearly early in 1994, even if it's not the 14th.

The source for this recording was not stated, either. It sounds like a SBD, and the vocals are very clear and distinct, more so than is usual for a stage recording. Also, it was often possible to get a board patch at the Fox just for asking, which is another point in favor of that venue.

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 2022-09-09