'Lil Ed And The Blues Imperials at the Lowell Folk Festival, Boarding House Park, Lowell, MA, July 27, 2025, audience recording.

This was recorded with Zoom H2 with internal mics, on the low mic gain setting. H2 lined into computer by USB, wav sent to Magix Audio Cleaning Lab 12. Magix program was used for track markings, volume boost, and before and after set noise removal. Flac created with Trader's Little Helper, SBE and torrent work also done with TLH.

Track listing:
01 - unknown title in progress
02 - Shake, Rattle and Roll
03 - Raining In Paris
04 - unknown title
05 - Baby What You Want Me To Do
06 - Toothache - Sadie (medley)
07 - Come Back Baby
08 - stage chat
09 - unknown title

This came out nice. I was a little late, so I'm walking up to the stage as a song is in progress. You can hear me buy beads - it's a Lowell Folk Fest thing. I'm settled into my spot shortly after that. As with the Bullock Brothers earlier in the day, I recorded from behind the cable access camera guy, a little to his left. The set was a lot of fun. As great as the music was, you couldn't help but be inspired by 'Lil Ed himself. Seems cheerful. I'm always a sucker for a guitar solo that's played while the player is walking through the crowd (during "Baby What You Want Me To Do"). There are some great photos of those moments, along with the pile of phone photos included here. There is a point during "Come Back Baby" where he sings from the front of the stage with no microphone. Apologies for not knowing a few of the song titles - help is appreciated! Stay tuned for more Folk Fest fun.

Enjoy!

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