Tom Russell
w/Thad Beckman
June 16, 2015
Fremont Theater
San Luis Obispo, CA

7th Row, Just Right Of Center:
Neumann AK-40s (ORTF In Hat) >LC3 >KM-100s >Beyer MV-100 >Tascam DR-100mkII (24 Bit/48khz)
WAV >Audacity (Track Splits, Amplify, Down Sample / Dither To 16 Bit/44.1khz)

Recorded, Transferred And Tagged By OldNeumanntapr

Set II
01. ‘The Sound Man’s Under The Bar!’
02. East Of Woodstock, West Of Vietnam
03. Talk
04. Guadalupe
05. Talk
06. Stealing Electricity
07. Talk
08. When Irish Girls Grow Up
09. Talk
10. Doin’ Hard Time In Texas
11. Talk / Thad Guitar Impressions
12. Blue Wing*
13. Talk
14. When The Sun Goes Down**
15. Talk
16. Midnight Wine
17. Talk
18. Gallo Del Cielo
19. Encore Break / Talk

Encore:
20. Navajo Rug

Tom Russell - Lead Vocals, Acoustic Six Sting Guitar (Rhythm)
Thad Beckman - Backing Vocals, Acoustic Six Sting Guitar (Lead)

*Duet With Thad Beckman
** Thad Beckman Lead Vocals (Beckman Tune)

The Historic Fremont (Movie) Theater Was Built In 1942


ONT Notes-

This is JUST the second set!

When I got home from taping Tom Russell at the Fremont Theater in SLO tonight and popped the CF card into my iMac I noticed that the first set came up as 'zero bytes'. There was nothing there. I checked levels a couple of times during the set and everything looked great. The recorder was running, and it didn't get left on pause. (The red record light was a constant red.) I even tried playing the file on the Tascam. It errors when I try to play that file.

Set two is fine. I shut off the recorder during the intermission to save battery power. I did a 'full format' on the card yesterday before the show. I had some trouble during the Bonnie Raitt set of the recent Avila Blues Festival where there were a couple of places on the recording that sounded like a CD skipping. I thought that maybe the card was getting used too much with only 'quick formats' being done between shows.

I've noticed that for the past year or so the recorder refuses to turn off when you press the power button when the recorder is running off of battery power. So to turn it off I have to remove the card first and then it will power down. That's what I did between sets tonight. Something must have happened during the power down cycle which erased the first set. Or, it never recorded in the first place. I don't understand. It's all very strange.

It's never done anything like this before.

It was a good show. The first set was all new material from the new release, and he ended the first set with 'Tonight We Ride'.

This is most distressing.

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