Collections post time. Just like we finished up Rodney Parker’s collections yesterday, we are now getting to the end of Neil Werries’ tapes… EXCEPT for the multicamera videos of big bands (Like Old 97s, Gourds etc) that need some time alignment help. If you have the skills to align multiple angled filmed with analog equipment, please let me know. You get $41/hour of volunteer credit to give your tax man!
Recorded by: Neil Werries Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Sony DCR-TRV340 firewire into Dell Workstation
One from the collections here- this is from Neil Werries’ Hi8 master tapes that he sent a few years back. His band Elsah was pretty popular in New Orleans in the mid-2000’s. The Varsity Theatre holds 800, so playing that size room is no small feat. The tape was marked “CD Release”, but I don’t see any CD’s listed on discogs so I have no idea which one it is. There is a CD just called “EP” on Apple Music.
Here is a little info on the band: here is some info about the band: “Elsah formed around singer-songwriter Neil Werries in St. Louis in 1997. Stories of growing up in rural and small town central Illinois along with a love of bands like Uncle Tupelo, the Meat Puppets and Blue Mountain inspire Elsah’s blend of punk, rock and old time country music. Werries relocated to Baton Rouge in 2001, continuing to write and perform with likeminded musicians. Elsah’s three-guitar front – Werries on acoustic, Sam “Boykin” Short and Glenn Harris on lead – is rounded out by Nick Butitta (bass) and Chad Townsend (drums). Elsah has remained as a standard bearer of Alt-country music throughout the Gulf South for over 20 years
Oh, and another PSA. If you can time align multiple analog video angles for edit, please hit me up! We have these shows from Neil that need alignment so we can edit: old 97s barleypalooza 6/1/97 Gourds barleypalooza 6/1/97 (one angle is already up on the channel) Old 97s- fitzgeralds 7/4/97 (2 angles) Silos- lexington ky 7/26/97 Silos- Louisville Ky 7/25/97
Recorded by: Neil Werries Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment Used: Sony DCR-TRV460 firewire into Dell workstation Enhanced (degrain) in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
In case you missed it on the first Elsah post, here is some info about the band: “Elsah formed around singer-songwriter Neil Werries in St. Louis in 1997. Stories of growing up in rural and small town central Illinois along with a love of bands like Uncle Tupelo, the Meat Puppets and Blue Mountain inspire Elsah’s blend of punk, rock and old time country music. Werries relocated to Baton Rouge in 2001, continuing to write and perform with likeminded musicians. Elsah’s three-guitar front – Werries on acoustic, Sam “Boykin” Short and Glenn Harris on lead – is rounded out by Nick Butitta (bass) and Chad Townsend (drums). Elsah has remained as a standard bearer of Alt-country music throughout the Gulf South for over 20 years.”
Recorded by: Neil Werries Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment Used: Cony DCR-TRV460 firewire into Dell workstation Enhanced (degrain) in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
This one, from Neil Werries’ collection, was an absolute pain to deal with. It was super dark on stage, but when I tried to perform a full brightness/contrast enhancement, the screen would flash dark and light to the point of annoyance. This was the best I could do with it. At least it sounds good, so you can treat it as an audio post if you’d like. The acoustic set highlights the quality of the songs here.
Recorded by: Neil Werries Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Sony DCR-TRV340 firewire into Dell workstation Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
Another late post, but keeping the “one post per day” streak alive for 2023. I had planned to synch this one with a really nice soundboard tape which I think is from the same show, but pluraleyes wasn’t having it. So, here is the raw video. It still sounds pretty good. Video is distant- I tried cropping it and it just looked weird.
Recorded by: Neil Werries Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Sont DCR-TRV560 firewire into Dell workstation
After a pretty insane schedule (Work, Kids, Sports, etc) over the past few months, things seem to be settling back down. Well, at least I had some time to organize my desk (it was embarrassing) and I found a bunch of videos I had not posted yet. This tape is labeled “Elsah Magnolia w/Chuck Prophet”. I don’t recognize Chuck in this video, so maybe Neil Werries means that they opened for Chuck? Don’t know, but this one sounds nice.
Recorded by: Neil Werries Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment Used: Cony DCR-TRV460 firewire into Dell workstation Enhanced (degrain) in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
Collections post time- this is one of the last if not THE last one from Neil Werries’ collection EXCEPT for the multicamera videos that I have been begging people to help me with, haha. Maybe one day.
This is his band Elsah doing a full band set at an unknown venue. The tape just said “Elsah/Poor Harvey LA” and I thought that Poor Harvey might be a venue. No, they were a Baton Rouge based band in the mid 2000’s, right when Elsah was active. If anyone has more info (like Neil maybe), please let me know.
Recorded by: Neil Werries Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Sony DCR-TRV340 firewire into Dell workstation Enhance (lighting and denoise) in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
Happy Sunday everyone! While we try to get Neil Werries’ multicamera angles of The Gourds to work together for edits (it has been a long painful process), let’s post a video of his band. I think this is the longest set that he had- almost 2 hours. There is a 5-10 minute part of the video where the camera gets bumped and is pointed at the ceiling, but that gets corrected2. Sounds pretty good.
Recorded by: Neil Werries Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Sony DCR-TRV340 firewire into Dell Workstation Enhanced (degrain) in adobe premiere elements/neat video
Here’s a surprise mid-week video instead of the typical audio. It’s a band that my friend Neil Werries is in called Elsah. Here’s a quick bio of the band:
“Elsah formed around singer-songwriter Neil Werries in St. Louis in 1997. Stories of growing up in rural and small town central Illinois along with a love of bands like Uncle Tupelo, the Meat Puppets and Blue Mountain inspire Elsah’s blend of punk, rock and old time country music. Werries relocated to Baton Rouge in 2001, continuing to write and perform with likeminded musicians. Elsah’s three-guitar front – Werries on acoustic, Sam “Boykin” Short and Glenn Harris on lead – is rounded out by Nick Butitta (bass) and Chad Townsend (drums). Elsah has remained as a standard bearer of Alt-country music throughout the Gulf South for over 20 years.”
They sound good- expect more posts about these guys in the future.
Recorded by: Neil Werries Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment used: Sony DCR-TRV460 Firewire into Workstation Enhanced(degrain) in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
Here’s another Neil Werries creation- a 2+ hour show from the Spanish Moon in Baton Rouge. They must have had a pretty good following to headline that size venue- touring acts such as Redd Kross w/ The Melvins have played there. The date on the tape said 4/14. I am not sure if that meant April of 2014, or April 14 of an unidentified year. The denoise cleaned this one up really well.
Ah, Neil provided some more info about this show: 2004 best I can figure. One of the first shows after relocating to Louisiana. Paul Johnson – Guitar Damen Williams – Bass Brian Debate – Drums
Anna Byars Band plays from 1:18:17
Recorded by: Neil Werries Transfer by: Shayne Stacy Equipment Used: Cony DCR-TRV460 firewire into Dell workstation Enhanced (degrain) in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
