LATE collections post tonight. It’s from my collection, so no harm done, haha. Ozomatli played in between Cracker and Camper van Beethoven at the fest. I was going to go sit and rest my old man bones, but Anonymous asked me to audiotape. I’m glad I did, because it sounds pretty damned good. I was also right next to the off-stage/audience drum jam at the end of the set, so you get a good sampling of that too.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder
TLDR version: Forward to 10 minutes in if you want to skip the soundcheck/mic check banter.
First off, if you all can do me a favor and NOT post this over on the Cracker crumbs facebook group, I would appreciate it. I got plonked by David on Sunday and was asked to not post there, so let’s play it safe and keep my stuff off of there completely. Yikes. Between that and Morst’s issues at The Fillmore, it seems that the ol’ “taper freindly” label is starting to peel off. haha.
I have to admit, I got a little emotional toward the end of this set- I kinda lost it during All Her Favorite Fruit. The band has been hinting that this run of 40th anniversary shows will likely be the final CVB shows ever. There was no way I could make Campout and I can’t get the Washington DC at this time, so this show was it. It’s been an awesome 36 year run of me taping the band. That’s why you see 10 minutes of them prepping at the beginning of the show. I was going to edit it out, but there is enough good stuff in there to include it. Soak it all in.
It’s also really cool that my best CVB recording is likely the last one I’ll ever do. Kudos to the soundman- amazing sound for the entire set.
First off, if you all can do me a favor and NOT post this over on the Cracker crumbs facebook group, I would appreciate it. I got plonked by David on Sunday and was asked to not post there, so let’s play it safe and keep my stuff off of there completely. Yikes. Between that and Morst’s issues at The Fillmore, it seems that the ol’ “taper freindly” label is starting to peel off. haha.
So this is the first of 2 that I am posting from last week’s voter’s choice. It took me over 3 HOURS to get to this fest from home. It’s about 100 miles. I thought I left in time to make it to see Cracker, but there was SO much traffic. So that’s why you see this one cut in and get filmed through the soundboard tent. I had to turn the camera off a couple times to get settings dialed in. It’s amazing it turned out as good as it did, given the circumstances. The CVB set is way better.
Since Halestorm is coming back to the area- I think they play Thunder Valley tomorrow- I worked this one up. I wasn’t planning on going to this show but I checked for tickets on day of show and someone was selling a luxury box seat for CHEAP so I figured what the heck. I am glad I did- this is probably my best ZS200/Schoeps video. It looks and sounds great! It takes me a couple of minutes to settle in to position, but it is pretty steady from then on. Mix improves a bit into the set.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Canon ZS200 and Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp, Sony A10 digital recorder. AEQ in Sony Soundforge 10 (drop bass, boost mids and highs) Audio/Video synch via Pluraleyes 4
Tonight is the night! We have Bastards of Young, The Blessing and Half Pint at Old Ironsides. I am going to try to make it, but my old body woke me up at 5am and my son has soccer until sundown. We’ll see.
Jim McLain posted the Blessing’s first show over on his channel, but no Half Pint has gone up yet. Here you go. Half Pint was Donny from Lightweight and a lady whose name I did not catch- they wrote these songs as a duo years ago, even before Lightweight was active. They then resurrected the project with a full band. Lys, if I got any of that wrong, please correct me.
Anyway, I think they are on first so hurry and check this out and head to Old I tonight.
Video equipment: Panasonic Lumix G9ii w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 ASPH lens Audio Equipment: Schoeps CCM4 mics, Naiant Tinybox preamp lined in to the G9ii.. which always sounds weird. I need to look into that.
Collections post from me today. Man, am I glad I got to see these guys. They disbanded in 1995 and got back together in 2023 and they ripped. Big thanks to Alex Botkin for helping arrange the multitrack recording- this one turned out nice.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix GH5S; G9ii monopod – both w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 3x Gopro Hero 7 Black Multitrack mix by Shayne (shout out to Patrick Hills) Edit by Punksnotdeadgr
This was a GREAT show at Gilman from earlier this year. Pegboy and Rhythm Collision. Glad I made it. It was made even better when everything came together for this video- band gave permission, Alex Botkin helped work behind the scenes to get a multitrack recording for me, and the lighting was great. The only downside is that Larry spends a lot of time in the crowd- I should have put a camera pointing in that area. Would have been perfect. Super cool of the band to honor Pierre Kezdy by playing Treason, and dedicating it to him.
Recorded by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix GH5S; G9ii monopod – both w/Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 12-60mm F/2.8-4 3x Gopro Hero 7 Black Multitrack mix by Shayne (shout out to Patrick Hills) Edit by Punksnotdeadgr
