2004-07-22 | Benevento Russo Duo

2:47:12
Taper:
Scott Bernstein
Transferrer:
Scott Bernstein
SHNID:
duo-buggin2004-07-22.tlm170.flac16
Source:
Onstage Audience
Lineage:
Original recording: Neumann TLM170 (subcards, split hung from boat rafters over band) -> Apogee AD1000 -> Teac DAP20 (16 bit/48khz) DAT playback: Sony R-500 -> Sound Devices 722 digital input (@24/48) Mastered: Soundforge Pro 11.0 - *All file manipulation in Soundforge done at 24 bits*. Volume normalization, Sample rate conversion 48khz to 44.1khz using iZotope 64-Bit SRC set higher than "Highest Quality" setting w/anti-alias filter. Then dithered to 16 bits using using iZotope MBIT+ with Ultra noise shaping, with high dither settings, clap/whistle scrubbing. Tracked in CDWav. Tagged in Tag&Rename 3.8
Taper Notes:
View Notes* = w/"Happy Birthday To You" tease at beg
^ = w/Tom Sawyer (Rush) tease @3:25
% = Led Zeppelin cover
# = KJ-52 cover, impovised lyrics w/"Fuck Bush" chant
& = Bad Brains cover

I scrubbed loud local claps from S1T2(3 claps), S1T4(1 clap), S1T5(3 claps), S1T6(8 claps), S1T9(6 claps), S1T13(6 LOUD whistles), S2T2(13 claps), S3T12(18 claps), S3T14(4 claps)

Note this was a concert cruise that never left the dock because there were engine problems.  The band just played a party on a boat, for 3 sets!

The band:
Marco Benevento - keyboards
Joe Russo - drums
Skerik - sax, vocals
Mike Dillon - percussion, vibraphone, triangle, vocals

Taper notes:
I have been pulling out recordings from my vast archives and transferring and posting them for all sorts of reasons -- requests, random whims of shows/bands that popped into my head for whatever reason, favorite shows of all time, etc.  Well, BARN167 comes to you for, among many reasons, being a LIFE CHANGING night for me personally.  This was the concert that I attended and recorded and was fated to meet my future wife Jen Wysmuller at!  Today, 7/1/2014, is our 7th wedding anniversary so it felt like an opportune time to unleash this BEAST of a show on the world that has not been heard by anyone who wasn't there since the night it happened.

First off, let's talk about the setting -- a tiny boat, one of Jake Szufnarowski's Rocks Off Cruises -- a GENIUS idea that he started booking in the summertime not long before this concert, but after Wetlands (where he was one of the concert bookers) closed.  What could be bad about getting off this HOT island and onto a boat on the river in the middle of the summer?  Though, this was a particularly memorable night as (and as far as I can tell the only time this happened) the boat was having engine problems and was unable to leave the docks -- resulting in essentially a "party on a boat".  This lead to a few other unique things about this cruise -- people could actually come and go from the show as they pleased...and the boat was not strictly limited to its strict 3 hour timeframe.  Also, if I recall correctly we had a visit from the coast guard due to the noise/volume level of the performance.

Now to the music -- this was a relatively unique pairing of Marco Benevento & Joe Russo ("The Duo") with eclectic musicians Skerik (sax, alumnus of Critters Buggin [side project of The New Bohemians], Tuatara [Peter Buck of REM's world music project], Garage A Trois [w/Stanton Moore & Charlie Hunter], Les Claypool's band) and Mike Dillon (also of Critters Buggin and sideman to "everyone"]), leading us to call this show "The Duo/Buggin'".  Combining highlights of The Duo's repertoire with very varied covers, and songs that to this day I cannot tell if they were improvised on the spot, more covers or originals -- this band played soft, it played loud, and it played "balls out" (see Set 2 Track 3) with punk-like abandon -- some of the songs were melodic, and some of them not so much.  All of these musicians (especially Joe Russo!) have since gone onto other things, but this is a snapshot of one crazy night.  It also happened to be Marco Benevento's birthday.

Getting back to the reason I've pulled this recording out NOW, I was at this show, taping in conjunction with all around good guy and taper buddy Curtis Claymont.  For shows like this I would bring some long cables, clamp my mics to the overhang above the band and run the cables to the side of the boat, where I would camp out my gear in a little area on the side of the dancefloor, near the PA speaker on the left.  Well, during the show, some young woman kept scooting her way past my gear, near the PA speaker to take pictures of Marco with her digital camera.  Usually, I woudn't trust anyone getting so close to my gear (especially back then as my stuff was much more fragile than the gear I have now).  Apparently her friend that had come to the show with Jen had taken off mid-set (since, well, you could with the boat in the docks), which left Jen free to shoot a lot of pictures.  Well, anyway, come the end of the show she sits down in a chair nearby.  I'm breaking down my stuff, unhanging the cables, etc., when Curtis and I start discussing our plans for my birthday show the next night -- my favorite band moe. in Atlantic City, NJ!  So Jen gets up, and says she's going to the show as well, and we start talking about how moe. is her favorite band too.  And then the conversation shifts to "I'm a huge moe. fan"...."I'm a huge moe. fan too"..."Oh yeah, I bet I'm a bigger moe. fan than you..." and so on.  To this day, I think that question have never been settled as we are both huge moe.rons!

Anyway, fast forward just about a day, and Jen managed to track me down in the tapers' section at the Borgata Casino Ballroom the following night, give me an "I (heart) moe." pin, and exchange phone numbers.  So the story begins and continues to this day!  I always say that Jen was the best Birthday gift I've ever gotten.  :)  And thanks to Curtis Claymont for driving down to Atlantic City the next day!!!  Special thanks to Jake for coming up with the idea of the Rocks Off concert cruises and booking this show...

I dedicate BARN167 to my beautiful, wonderful, exciting wife Jennifer!

P.S. -- I could use a LOT of help with some song titles!

Enjoy!!!

Recorded, transferred, mastered, tracked, tagged, and posted by Scott Bernstein

DAT Transfer: 12/6/2011
Mastering/tracking: 10/12-29/2013
Clap/whistle scrubbing 6/30/2014
Tagged & Posted 7/1/2014


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Here's a rundown of all of my previous BARN archival releases (all can be found on archive.org except as noted):
BARN1 - Col Bruce Hampton and the Code Talkers at Bret & Joyce's wedding 9/17/2005
BARN2 - Col Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit (w/guest Warren Haynes for all of set 2) Wetlands 11/20/1993
BARN3 - moe. Wetlands 7/8/1995
BARN4 - Dan Bern Bottom Line 7/31/1998 (late show)
BARN5 - moe. Birch Hill 10/31/1996
BARN6 - moe. Maxwells 1/20/1996
BARN7 - Dan Bern Central Park Summerstage 9/19/1997
BARN8 - Dan Bern, Bottom Line 8/1/1998
BARN9 - moe. Bayou 4/5/1997
BARN10 - moe. Irving Plaza 4/4/1997
BARN11 - moe. AKA 9/7/1995
BARN12 - Yolk AKA 9/7/1995
BARN13 - Robert Walter/Johnny Vidacovich/James Singleton/Donald Harrison Preservation Hall 4/30/08
BARN14 - Phish Las Vegas, NV 10/31/1998 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN15 - Phish Great Went @ Loring AFB, Limestone, ME 8/16/1997 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN16 - Phish Great Went @ Loring AFB, Limestone, ME 8/17/1997 (on bt.etree.org), includes orchestra set - by request
BARN17 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/4/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN18 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/6/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN19 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/7/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN20 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/5/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN21 - God Street Wine, Irving Plaza, NYC 6/24/1993
BARN22 - Leftover Salmon, Wetlands, NYC 10/1/1994
BARN23 - Anders Osborne, Manny's Carwash, NYC 11/5/1997
BARN24 - Anders Osborne, Manny's Carwash, NYC 11/6/1997
BARN25 - moe. Pool Party, Morganville, NJ 6/2/1996
BARN26 - Widespread Panic, Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 11/7/1992 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN27 - Stew ["Passing Strange"], The Turning Point, Piermont, NY 4/6/2003 (on bt.etree.org. dimeadozen.org)
BARN28 - Stew ["Passing Strange"], Joe's Pub, New York, NY 5/22/2003 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN29 - Percy Hill, Lion's Den, NYC 3/16/1996
BARN30 - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Irving Plaza, 8/3/1995
BARN31 - Percy Hill, Wetlands, NYC 6/8/1996
BARN32 - Bad Livers, Mercury Lounge, NYC, 11/15/1999 (opening for Leftover Salmon)
BARN33 - Bad Livers, Mercury Lounge, NYC, 11/16/1999 (opening for Leftover Salmon)
BARN34 - G. Love And Special Sauce, Central Park Summerstage, NYC 6/18/1995
BARN35 - The Band, The Great Lawn, Central Park, NYC 5/16/1993 (on dimeadozen.org)
BARN36 - The Band, Mountain Stage Radio broadcast, Charleston, WV, recorded 4/4/1996 (on dimeadozen.org)
*** Start of New Orleans Jazzfest Appreciation mini-series (note that BARN13 technically belongs in this series) ***
BARN37 - Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, 5/5/2008
BARN38 - Steve Kimock Band, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, 5/6/2001 (2AM show)
BARN39 - The Funky Meters, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, 5/6/2001 (11PM show) (on bt.etree.org)
BARN40 - Anders Osborne, Tower Records instore, New Orleans, LA, 5/7/2001 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN41 - Joe Krown Trio w/Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Russell Batiste + special guest Mike Gordon, Tipitina's, New Orleans, 5/5/2008
BARN42 - Russell Batiste and Friends, The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, 5/1/2008 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN43 - Global Noize, The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, 5/1/2008 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN44 - Deep Banana Blackout, The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, LA 5/6/2000
BARN45 - Bela Fleck And The Flecktones, The Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA 5/5/2000
BARN46 - Medeski Martin And Wood, The Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA 5/6/2000 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN47 - String Cheese Incident, The Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA 5/5/2000
BARN48 - Soulive, House Of Blues Parish, New Orleans, LA 5/5/2001
BARN49 - String Cheese Incident, Cajun Queen Riverboat, New Orleans, LA 5/3/2000
BARN50 - New Mastersounds, House Of Blues Parish, New Orleans, LA 5/2/2008
BARN51 - Funky Meters, Bonnaroo, Manchester, TN 6/13/2003 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN52 - George Porter And The Runnin' Pardners, Village Underground, NYC, 5/19/2001
BARN53 - Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Tramps, NYC 10/29/1993 late show
BARN54 - The Meters, Tramps, NYC 5/15/93 late show (on dimeadozen)
BARN55 - The Meters, Tramps, NYC 10/29/93 late show (on dimeadozen)
BARN56 - Wild Magnolias, Wetlands, NYC 2/10/2000 (on bt.etree.org)
*** end of New Orleans Jazzfest Appreciation mini-series ***
BARN57 - Blues Traveler, Livingston Gym @ Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 4/17/1993
BARN58 - Phish, Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 10/29/1998 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN59 - Jazz Is Dead, Bottom Line, NYC 2/7/1998 (late show only) (on bt.etree.org)
BARN60 - Grateful Dead, Cal Expo Amphitheatre, Sacramento, CA 5/27/1993
BARN61 - The Dude Of Life (w/Trey Anastasio and Jon Fishman for entire show, plus Page McConnell for a bunch), Wetlands, NYC 2/5/1994 - on bt.etree.org
BARN62 - ALO, High Sierra Music Festival Main Stage, Quincy, CA 7/3/2005
BARN63 - Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon, High Sierra Music Festival Main Stage, Quincy, CA 7/3/2005 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN64 - Dan Bern, The Bottom Line, NYC 11/11/1998
BARN65 - Galactic, Knitting Factory, NYC 10/18/1997 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN66 - Bruce Hornsby, Paramount Theater, NYC 12/7/1993 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN67 - God Street Wine, Irving Plaza, NYC 8/26/1993
BARN68 - Warren Haynes Midnight Southern Jam - Wetlands, NYC 8/5/1993 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN69 - Dave Matthews And Friends (Trey Anastasio, Tim Reynolds, Tony Hall, Brady Blade, Ray Paczkowski) Bonnaroo 6/11/2004 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN70 - Rana at Bret & Joyce's wedding, Whitehall, NY 9/17/2005
BARN71 - Soulive - Baby Jupiter, NYC 6/11/1999
BARN72 - Chris Barron, Nightingale Bar, NYC 7/14/1997
BARN73 - Chris Barron, Nightingale Bar, NYC 11/17/1997
BARN74 - George Porter's 60th Birthday w/PBS and friends, Blender Theater, NYC 12/29/2007
BARN75 - Jennifer Hartswick Band with special guest Trey Anastasio, Lion's Den, NYC 11/7/2003 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN76 - moe., Gathering Of The Vibes, Seaside Park, Bridgeport, CT 6/20/1999
BARN77 - Project Logic, Gathering Of The Vibes, Seaside Park, Bridgeport, CT 6/20/1999
BARN78 - Phish - Beacon Theater, NYC 4/13/1994 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN79 - Phish - Beacon Theater, NYC 4/14/1994 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN80 - Phish - Beacon Theater, NYC 4/15/1994 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN81 - The Recipe, Wetlands, NYC 11/12/1999
BARN82 - Ominous Seapods, Wetlands, NYC 6/4/1999
BARN83 - Coby Brown Group, Wetlands, NYC 11/12/1999 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN84 - The Big Wu, Wetlands, NYC 11/12/1999
BARN85 - Moon Boot Lover, Wetlands, NYC 6/5/1999
BARN86 - Percy Hill, Wetlands, NYC 6/5/1999
BARN87 - Miracle Orchestra, Wetlands Lounge, NYC 6/5/1999
BARN88 - Jiggle The Handle, Wetlands, NYC 6/5/1999
BARN89 - Jiggle The Handle, Wetlands, NYC 10/2/1998
BARN90 - Lake Trout, Wetlands Lounge, NYC 6/5/1999
BARN91 - Olu Dara, Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival, South Street Seaport Atrium, NYC 6/6/1999 (on bt.etree.org / www.dimeadozen.org)
BARN92 - Donna The Buffalo, Wetlands, NYC 11/12/1999
BARN93 - Radiators (w/Merl Saunders sit-in), Irving Plaza 10/8/1998
BARN94 - Tiny Lights, Wetlands, NYC 8/18/1993
BARN95 - Tiny Lights, Wetlands, NYC 1/5/1994
BARN96 - Radiators, Irving Plaza, NYC 11/14/1997
BARN97 - Radiators, Manny's Carwash, NYC 5/30/1998
BARN98 - The Wood Brothers (w/Medeski, Wolleson, and special guest Amos Lee), Bowery Ballroom, NYC 5/17/2008 - on bt.etree.org
BARN99 - Pieta Brown, Bowery Ballroom, NYC 5/17/2008 - on bt.etree.org
BARN100 - Jeff Buckley, CBGB's 313 Gallery, NYC 12/18/1993 - on dimeadozen
BARN101 - Tiny Lights, CBGB's 313 Gallery, NYC 12/18/1993
BARN102 - Tiny Lights, The Lion's Den, NYC 2/18/1994
BARN103 - Tiny Lights, Club Sine', NYC 2/3/1994
BARN104 - Ha Ha The Moose (moe. side project), BB Kings, NYC 11/23/2001
BARN105 - Medeski Martin & Wood, Hilton Hotel Ballroom, NYC, 4/29/2005 - on bt.etree.org
BARN106 - Tiny Lights, The Court Tavern, New Brunswick, NJ 11/24/1993
BARN107 - Tiny Lights, Knitting Factory, NYC 10/26/1994
BARN108 - Tiny Lights, Mercury Lounge, NYC 7/13/1994
BARN109 - All God's Children, The Lion's Den, NYC 2/18/1994
BARN110 - Dan Bern, Bottom Line, NYC 1/2/1999 (w/Moxy Fruvous guesting in the late show)
BARN111 - Moxy Fruvous, Bottom Line, NYC 1/2/1999 (w/Dan Bern guesting in encore)
BARN112 - Peter Rownan's Reggaebilly!, High Sierra Music Festival, Quincy, CA 7/6/2002 (on The Trader's Den)
BARN113 - Conehead Buddha, Wetlands, NYC 10/2/1998
BARN114 - Conehead Buddha, Tramps, NYC, 2/12/1998
BARN115 - Conehead Buddha, The Lion's Den, NYC 7/2/1998
BARN116 - Frogwings (w/special guest Warren Haynes), Wetlands, NYC, 2/9/1999 on bt.etree.org
BARN117 - All God's Children, Jack's House Party, Long Valley, NJ 9/4/1994
BARN118 - God Street Wine, Irving Plaza, NYC 10/9/1993
BARN119 - David Bromberg, Tarrytown Music Hall, 10/15/1999 (on bt.etree.org / www.dimeadozen.org)
BARN120 - The Concept w/George Porter, ?uestlove, Ivan Neville, Eric Krasno, Bill Summers, Casey Benjamin, BB King's, NYC 9/26/02 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN121 - Percy Hill, The Lion's Den, NYC 7/13/1996
BARN122 - Spin Doctors, The Wetlands, 9/27/1995
BARN123 - Aquarium Rescue Unit, The Wetlands, NYC, 3/4/1994
BARN124 - Allman Brothers Band, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO 8/3/1996 (not publicly posted due to ABB trading policy)
BARN125 - Spin Doctors, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO 8/3/1996
BARN126 - Col. Bruce Hampton and the Fiji mariners, Wetlands, NYC 9/2/1994
BARN127 - Phil Lesh and Friends, Irving Plaza, New York, NY 5/21/2002
BARN128 - Merl Saunders and Friends, The Wetlands, New York, NY 5/10/1990 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN129 - God Street Wine, Wetlands, NYC 12/31/1993
BARN130 - Bernie Worrell And The Woo Warriors, Wetlands, NYC 12/28/2000
BARN131 - Bernie Worrell And The Woo Warriors, Knitting Factory, NYC 2/16/2002
BARN132 - Spin Doctors, Wetlands, NYC 2/2/1991
BARN133 - Bela Fleck And The Flecktones, Wetlands, NYC 11/10/1992
BARN134 - Indigo Girls, Central Park Summerstage, NYC 10/10/2003 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN135 - John Popper & Chan Kinchela acoustic, Irving Plaza, NYC 5/27/2008
BARN136 - Moonalice, Irving Plaza, NYC 5/27/2008
BARN137 - Spin Doctors, Irving Plaza, NYC 5/27/2008
BARN138 - Cowboy Junkies, Supper Club, NYC 3/2/1994 (early show only)
BARN139 - Wayne Horvitz & Zony Mash, High Sierra Music Hall, High Sierra Music Fest, Quincy, CA 7/5/2002
BARN140 - Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers, High Sierra Music Festival, Quincy, CA 7/5/2002 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN141 - Rickie Lee Jones, Town Hall, NYC 3/29/1994 (on dimeadozen)
BARN142 - Minor Swing (John Patton / John Zorn / Ed Cherry / Kenny Wollesen), CBGB 313 Gallery, NYC 11/22/1995 - "pure jazz" series
BARN143 - Minor Swing (John Patton / John Zorn / Ed Cherry / Kenny Wollesen), CBGB 313 Gallery, NYC 11/23/1995 - "pure jazz" series
BARN144 - Merl Saunders and the Rainforest Band with special guests Buddy Miles, Odetta, Oteil Burbridge, and Larry Hunter, Manny's Carwash, 10/22/1996 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN145 - Melvin Sparks, The Lion's Den, NYC 11/15/1997
BARN146 - Melvin Sparks, Wetlands Preserve, NYC 6/14/1998
BARN147 - Melvin Sparks, Wetlands Preserve, NYC 10/17/1998
BARN148 - Railroad Earth, High Sierra Music Hall late night, 7/6/2002
BARN149 - Joan Osborne, Roseland, NYC 9/14/1995 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN150 - Joan Osborne, The Beacon Theatre, NYC 10/20/1995 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN151 - (Done but not yet released)
BARN152 - Phish, Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ 7/19/1992 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN153 - The Replacements, LATE SHOW, Rutgers University, Cook Campus Center, New Brunswick, NJ 4/8/1989
BARN154 - God Street Wine, Irving Plaza, NYC, 4/30/1994
BARN155 - God Street Wine, City Gardens, Trenton, NJ 6/11/1994
BARN156 - Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Wetlands, NYC 6/14/1998
BARN157 - Dan Bern, High Sierra Music Fest solo tent show 7/6/2002
BARN158 - Dirty Dozen Brass Band (w/guest Chris Robinson), Irving Plaza, New York, NY 8/24/1996
BARN159 - TJ Kirk (Charlie Hunter/Will Bernard/John Schott/Scott Amendola), Knitting Factory, NYC 11/6/1996  - "pure jazz" series
BARN160 - Ryan Adams And The Pinkhearts - Battery Park, NYC 7/4/2003
BARN161 - The Headhunters w/George Porter - Knitting Factory, NYC 1/24/2006
BARN162 - Neil Young, Bonnaroo, Manchester, TN 6/13/2003 - on bt.etree.org
BARN163 - Tom Waits, The Beacon Theatre, NYC 9/25/1999 - on dimeadozen
BARN164 - Branford Marsalis Trio, Knitting Factory, NYC 3/22/1997 - on dimeadozen  - "pure jazz" series
BARN165 - "The Duo Buggin'":Marco Benevento/Joe Russo/Skerik/Mike Dillon, Rocks Off Boat Cruise, NYC 7/22/2004