D.I. finally made it back to Sacramento- first time since 2017 if I recall correctly. Big Jay was the man to bring the band to town back then, and they had not been back after he passed (RIP my friend).
The funny thing is that during that last Sacramento show at the Cafe Colonial, I called Trevor a fill in guitar player. Little did I know that he was permanent and he kicks ass. Now you sometimes have Clinton, sometimes Trevor, and sometimes both if you are lucky. The band has a new drummer as well- long time drummer Joe Tatar retired from drumming and Eddie’s nephew (Joe’s son? not clear) now drums for the band- keeping it in the family! He also kicks ass.
The club was totally cool with me rolling in late, getting a soundboard patch, and setting up the 4 cameras. Thanks to the staff- it’s nice when it is smooth.
My only complaints were with the vocals both in the club and in the board mix. No matter what I did, I could not get vocal clarity, which is important for a D.I. gig. The other minor complaint is the length of set- the band has literally dozens of great songs- they could play 70 minutes easy and I would be happy. Maybe the set was short (and almost the same from 7 years ago) due to the new drummer. Not a huge deal- it was a great time. Crowd wasn’t bad either, considering that the N-Men party was happening at the same time across town.

Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens; 3x gopro hero 7 black
Audio from Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder matrixed with a rebalanced soundboard recording (bass and drums +.2, guitar +8)
Audio rebalance in Izotope Rx8 – boost guitar and vocals
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