Sugarland
Grandstand
Champlain Valley Exposition
Essex Junction, Vermont
September 4, 2011
Encore excerpt: "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You"
LINEAGE: iPhone 4 (built-in mic) > Griffin Technology iTalk Recorder app v1.0.4 > Aiff 44/16 Mono > Audacity v1.3.13-beta (for fadeout) > Flac
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Taper notes: I went to this concert reluctantly so as to keep the peace in my household. There was a 1.5-hour weather delay before the opening act (Sara Bareilles) took the stage for a delay-shortened set. My date and the near-sellout crowd loved the Sugarland show. I did not tape anything until just before the third song of the four-song Sugarland encore, when lead singer Jennifer Nettles announced that the band had been asked to submit a track for an upcoming Amnesty International Bob Dylan tribute/covers CD. I quickly broke out my iPhone and taped what turned out to be a rousing version of "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You."
The recording came out pretty well, all things considered, and I know there are a lot of Dylan fans on Dime, so I thought I would up this track just in case anyone is interested.
(The full Sugarland setlist is available at: http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/sugarland/2011/champlain-valley-exposition-essex-junction-vt-3bd0c0f0.html.)
It took us nearly an hour to get out of the Champlain Valley Exposition parking lot after the show. So, you have the chance to hear the best four minutes of a concert that it took me nearly five hours to travel to and from and attend!
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85f7a4ec4e4e110e8f970bffe2c5dbe5 [shntool] Sugarland - Tonight I'll be Staying Here with You.flac