Taj Mahal Trio
Yoshi's
Oakland, CA
Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2002
9 pm

1. Stage intro 1:30
2. When I Feel The Sea Beneath My Soul 4:14
3. Fishin' Blues 3:16
4. Music teachers chat 1:14
5. Freight Train 4:31
6. My Creole Belle 5:33
7. Queen Bee 5:50
8. 2:10 Train 3:15
9. Family chat 1:53
10. New Hula Blues 3:44
11. Corinna 5:08
12. banter 2:18
13. Sittin' On Top Of The World 6:03
14. New Year noisemakers 1:07
15. Annie Mae 6:13
16. Blues Ain't Nothin' > 8:36
Happy New Year >
The Blues Is Alright
17. encore break 2:08
18. Going Up To The Country and Paint My Mailbox Blue 3:56
19. You're Going To Need Somebody On Your Bond 3:54
20. Blackjack Davey 5:24
21. banter 1:21
22. Slow Drag 5:10
23. Credits/Lovin' In My Baby's Eyes// 2:30

Total: 88:58

Lineage: WWNO-FM broadcast > Onkyo TX-SV535 receiver > Audiomedia III soundcard > Macintosh G3 > Bias Peak 2.62 > aiff > Shorten for Mac 1.1a3 > shn > xACT > flac > Audacity 3.7.7 (normalized, DC offset corrected, tracked) > xACT 2.59b (tagged) > flac (16/44.1)

Notes
Recorded off the radio by Richard Russell on New Year's eve 2002.

There's a weird echo or reverb effect where the music and spoken words are repeated a split second later. It's more noticeable during spoken passages. The issue clears up about 30 seconds into the second song.

There is a 26-second sponsor ID from the studio that begins over the beginning of 2:10 Train.

The last track, Lovin' In My Baby's Eyes, begins while the stage emcee announces the broadcast credits. The broadcast ends shortly after all the credits are finished and before the end of the song.

This was broadcast as part of National Public Radio's annual "Toast of the Nation" live broadcast on New Year's eve at venues across the country.

Taj Mahal - vocals, guitar, banjo
Bill Rich - bass
Kester Smith - drums