Tony Rice Unit
Mechanics Hall
Worcester, MA
April 8, 1990

Source: DSBD – AUD Matrix > DAT Recorded by Billy Wolf from Sean Hawkins
Transfer: Casio DA-7 > Tascam CD-RW 700 (pass through) >
M-Audio 24/96 > @ 24 Bit to Wavelab > to 16 bit CD WAVE > FLAC
Transfers and Seeded to bt.etree.net by Bill Koucky January 2007

Band:
Tony Rice –Guitar
Wyatt Rice – Guitar
Ronnie Simpkins – Bass
Ricky Simpkins – Fiddle, Banjo
Jimmy Gaudreau – Mandolin

Guests:
Bill Wolf - Piano
Alison Krauss – Fiddle
Dawn Brat - Vocal

Disc 1 59:24
1. Intro
2. Blue Railroad Train
3. Nine Pound Hammer
4. Shadows
5. Why You Been Gone So Long
6. Band Intros
7. Dusty Miller
8. Billy Grey
9. Little Sadie
10. Sixteen Miles
11. Sally Goodin /
- Intro Billy Wolf -
12. Four Strong Winds
13. Tony Introduces “The Bluegrass Unit” Exit Tony, Enter Alison Krauss
14. I’ll Sail My Ship Alone
15. Daybreak In Dixie
16. I’m Just A Used To Be To You

Disc 2 58:25
1. I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome
2. I Thought I Heard You Callin’ My Name
3. Blackberry Blossom
4. This Morning At Nine
- Enter Dawn Brat -
5. I’ll Never Grow Tired Of You
6. The Cookoo Bird
7. Lonesome Road Blues
- Tony Rice Returns – Exit Alison Krauss -
8. Clouds Of Love
9. Flint Hill Special
10. Little Maggie
11. Ain’t Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone
- Billy Wolf Returns -
12. Summer Wages
13. Cold On The Shoulder
14. White Dove


Notes: Afternoon show. AKUS Opened. Tony mentioned Mechanics Hall as being
his favorite venue America to play in. Sources in the data base list this
show as AUD, DSBD and Matrix. After a close listen it seems most likely to
be a Matrix recorded by the band. It is mentioned by Jimmy that the band
was recording the show, this must be the tape. This is fantastic recording.
There is a cut during Sally Goodin that was faded out and crossfaded with
the crowd at the end. This was in the 43rd minute of the first set which
may lead one to believe that the master was a cassette. There is no hiss
in the recording; the master tape must have been a DAT.