The Bottom Half | 2005-04-26 | Umphrey's McGee

2:56:04

Taper:

Scott Bernstein

Transferrer:

Scott Bernstein

SHNID:

um2005-04-26.fob.tlm170.flac16

Source:

FOB Audience -> DAT

Lineage:

Original master DAT recording: Neumann TLM170s(cardoid, FOB)-> Apogee AD1000 (16 bit/48khz) -> Teac DAP20 (master tape) DAT playback: Sony R500 -> Sound Devices 722 digital input (@24/48) Mastered: Soundforge Pro 12.1 - *All file manipulation in Soundforge done at 24 bits*. File processed in Soundforge for clap/whistle/yell scrubbing; volume normalization; 24 -> 16 bit dither using POW-r Dither with POW-r #3 noise shaping; resample to 44.1 interpolation accuracy 4 w/anti-alias filter. Tracked in CDWav. Tagged in Tag&Rename 3.9.15

Taper Notes:

View NotesI spent an indordinate amount of time scrubbing an absurd amount of loud local claps, whistles, yells, etc. from this recording for all of our listening pleasure -- approximately 379 from the first set and 162 from the 2nd set.

* = w/Huey Lewis on harmonica
+ = w/Huey Lewis on vocals
^ = Marc Brownstein replaces Ryan Sastik on bass, Aron Magner joins on additional keys
# = Joe Russo replaces Kris on drums
~ = w/"Circus Music" tease at 3:03
% = w/Nelly McKay on vocals

This was a late night post-Jammies performance, hence all of the special guests

Recorded, transferred (6/12/2012), tracked (6/4-9/2015), and mastered (5/30-6/4/2015,11/6/2015,10/25-11/3/2019), and posted (11/26/2019) by Scott Bernstein
Special thanks to Jeremy Welsh for validating my tracking/setlist

Taper notes:
Interestingly enough, I started working on this BARN series (now #197) back in June of 2015.  Apparently I got a portion of the way through, but then got distracted by a couple of things -- a new job that I started in Dec 2015, and the birth of Evie in November 2015 (the last date of one of these files that I had worked on was 11/6/2015, and Evie was born on 11/12!).  So, somehow the fact that I had started working on this one had gotten lost in the shuffle until I was searching around for some files on a drive with a bunch of my archival transfers.  When I picked this one back up 4 years later in 2019, it was no "walk in the park" -- this recording was riddled with a TON of nearby loud clappers, yellers, whistlers, "woo"-ers, etc.  It took a week of toiling away at these files to get them up to my standards.  I hope you appreciate what I've done.

Onto the show -- what a performance this was!  It was a very late night show after The Jammy Awards (I skipped the actual Jammies and went straight to this show), and as one might expect, the band brought a few of their friends down to the show with them.  2 Disco Biscuits, Joe Russo, quirky singer-songwriter Nelly McKay, and HUEY LEWIS!  I was a pretty big fan of his in 1983/1984 (though I can't say I'd thought about him often since then -- unless I'm watching a Back To The Future movie...), but there was something about his sit-in that got me REALLY excited, and I can vividly remember how much nostalgic fun I had while the band was covering his songs "Bad Is Bad" and "Heart and Soul".  Amazing stuff!

Other notes that I can recall -- this was my first time hearing "Women Wine And Song" and I was 100% sure it was a Little Feat song I'd just never heard before.  Not all sit-ins are magical.  This band was a lot looser back then.  Then again, this was a really late night show...and I'm sure everyone had a few drinks by this point.

What a night...

Enjoy!

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