Merl Saunders and the Rainforest Band
Thursday, September, 20th, 1994
The Bottleneck, Lawrence
Kansas

Source: Audience, unknown microphones AUD > C(0) > C(1)
Transfer: C(1) > H/K TD4200 > Edirol UA-5 > optical > Nomad JB3 > USB > wav >
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Taped by Chris Basnett
Transferred by Coryphaena - whoisstevekimock at hotmail dot com - 2/11/2005
Edited and mastered by T. Mullinix

Disc 1: (72:47)
~Set 1~
01.) (13:04) Finders Keepers
02.) (7:09) Who's Been Talkin'
03.) (7:48) The Harder They Come
04.) (8:59) That Pleases Me
05.) (9:28) It's In The Air
06.) (8:05) We Want To Boogie
07.) (2:39) talking/rainforest chat
08.) (15:29) Blues From The Rainforest

Disc 2: (71:25)
~Set 1 cont'd~
01.) (1:32) Space >
02.) (13:37) Fire On The Mountain
03.) (0:41) setbreak chat
~Set 2~
04.) (9:48) Dance With Me
05.) (9:17) Fever
06.) (9:47) Save Mother Earth
07.) (7:57) Sugaree
08.) (1:29) volcano chat
09.) (5:29) Sunrise Over Haleakala
10.) (2:38) band introduction jam >
11.) (9:02) I Feel Like Dynamite > Thank You Falettin Me Be Mice Elf > I Feel Like Dynamite


Lineup:
-Merl Saunders - keyboards, vocals
-Michael Warren - bass
-Vince Littleton - drums
-Ferris Lawrence - guitar
-Jeremy Drexler - percussion

Show Notes:
-Merl passed out "rainforest noisemakers" to the crowd before "Blues From the Rainforest".
-This is a very high energy show. Merl was in great spirits....dancing and smiling all
night. The crowd was very enthusiastic throughout. A group in the back can be heard
shouting "Dynamite!!" between songs. Merl finally appeased them for the final song of
the night. This is a nice, warm recording that truly makes you feel as though you are
sitting in the Bottleneck and are part of the crowd singing "I Feel Like Dynamite" back
to Merl.

Editing Notes:
-Originally there were tape flips after It's in the Air (d1t05) and after
Sunrise Over Haleakala (d2t09). Set 1 was on tape 1, and Set 2 was tape 2.
These were edited out in Cool Edit Pro.

FLAC File Size: 805 MB

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Flac Fingerprints
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Shntool Output
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