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Slobberbone- Dan’s Silverleaf, Denton Tx. 6/26/22 4K UHD 5 Camera Multicam Dan’s 20th Anniversary

I’m late today, but it is a good one. It’s another multicam from the June Texas trip. A rare Slobberbone show! I just realized that I probably filmed more sets in Texas this year (6 sets in June and 11 last week) than at home! That’s kinda crazy. I truly love Denton and Austin, and San Antonio is pretty cool- I could take or leave the rest of the state…. and don’t even get me started on Houston. Huge thanks to Anonymous for the matrix work- he went home early so we only had my Rode mic and a board mix, and he made it sound good.
After the show, Brent told me his legendary story about collaborating with Dave Pirner. Funniest thing I have heard in a long time.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used:
Canon HF G50 (Pole mount)
Panasonic Lumix GH5S w/ Lumix G Vario 14-140mm, F3.5-5.6 Power O.I.S. Lens
3x Gopro Hero 7 Black
Audio Recorded by: Shayne Stacy (board)/Rode Videomic Pro Stereo
Audio Matrix by Anonymous
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Slobberbone- Dan’s Silverleaf, Denton Tx. 6/22/19 Live Multicam w/ Matrix Audio

Me and my friend “Anonymous” flew to Texas to see a weekend’s worth of shows last month. Out of all the video I shot, this one came out the best by far. It’s rare when you do 8 sources (6 cameras + audience + soundboard) and nothing goes wrong. It was really nice seeing Brent and Slobberbone again- great set with great selection of covers.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy (Video + sbd) & Anonymous(Aud)
Equipment used:
Video: Canon HFG40 (x2), Canon HFG30, Gopro Hero 4 silver (x3).
Audio: Sony PCM-M10(sbd), Schoeps MK4 mics (Aud) into some fancy new recorder.
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Slobberbone- LaSalle’s, Chico Ca. 1/22/03 xfer from master tape!

Happy Friday everyone. I am posting 2 videos today, and neither one is a local band or local venue. I have more coming next week from Cattle Club, Spankys (!) and more. This is one of my 3 favorite alt-country bands. Slobberbone skipped Sacramento and only played the bay area and Chico, so I hoofed it to Chico to see them. The video cuts in on a great cover of “Don’t Cry No Tears”, as I was having some trouble with the DAT machine at the soundboard (meaning, I FORGOT A TAPEW. DUH.). Audio is choppy for the first 45 seconds and then cleans up. I start zooming with the camera about 8min in. Filmed with the JVC DV camcorder and stock mic.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy

Equipment Used:JVC DV Camcorder

 

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Slobberbone- Barley House, Dallas Tx 12/31/02 Set 1 DAT Master Soundboard Clone rebalanced R.I.P. Jess Barr

Jess Barr, Slobberbone guitarist, passed away Monday night at the age of 46. To say that this is devastating doesn’t seem to be enough.
I got to see Slobberbone play w/Jess 7 times from 2000-2003- in Berkeley, Sacramento and Chico. If they came within 2 hours of Sacramento, I was there. I even got to help bring them to Sacramento (thanks to Chalres Twilling) a couple of times. He was a force on the guitar and was a great showman- he even endured the beat to hell banjo that he would need to play every night.
After Jess left slobberbone, I did not hear much about him. I know that he opened up a bar and had a family, but not much more than that. It was comforting knowing that such a great talented guy seemed to be doing what he wanted, on his terms. It is such a shock to lose him so young.
I wanted to get a video ready today, but it isn’t cooperating so I’ll pull from the 71(!) live audio concerts I have. Let’s make this Jess week- I’ll post a week of slobberbone and Drams stuff in honor of the man.

Recorded by: Marcus Winfree (I think- I know I got it from the guy who taped it)
Equipment used: DAT recorder in soundboard
Rebalance by Shayne in Izotope Rx8 (Bass +5, Drums +1, Guitar +6)
Photo by Allan Hayslip

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Slobberbone- Barley House, Dallas Tx 12/31/02 Set 2 DAT Master Soundboard Clone rebalanced RIP Jess

In tape nerd circles, they sometimes do a thing called a flood, where people post a bunch of stuff by 1 artist in honor of them. I don’t have the bandwidth to do a flood, but it will be a more of a light shower, with (hopefully) more than 1 post per day. I’ll do as many as I can in this week.

Here is the late set of the show I posted yesterday. I had planned to post both of these together but the mix on this one changes so much that I could not use the same settings. The guitar gets REAL loud for the 2nd half of the set. I tried to adjust it so you could hear guitar for the 1st 25min but also hear anything other than guitar for the last 25.

Really cool set with a bunch of covers- I just randomly clicked in to make sure the upload worked and they were doing The Long Ryders’ “Looking for Lewis and Clark”. Wow.

Recorded by: Marcus Winfree (I think- I know I got it from the guy who taped it)
Equipment used: DAT recorder in soundboard
Rebalance by Shayne in Izotope Rx8 (Bass +,4 Drums +1, Guitar +2)
Photo by Allan Hayslip

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Slobberbone- Starry Plough, Berkeley Ca. 2/15/01 xfer from DV Master w/DAT Soundboard Audio Enhanced

Here is the last Slobberbone video I shot, and the last of the Jess tributes for a bit. I do have a lot more Slobberbone, so let me know if you want to see/hear it. I’m still so sad about this, he was so young. He was in his early 20’s in this video. Damn.
I had never posted this one because I knew that there was a bunch of work that needed to be done to make it good. Even with this, there is still another Schoeps audience source I could have brought in but I was having trouble getting it to synch as it was. Big thanks to Derek Purtell for the help in synching the audio to video.
I had this DV camera that had a really powerful zoom feature, so I overused it to the point of irritation. I hope it doesn’t bother you as much as it bothers me.
Lots of great shots of Jess shredding.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: JVC DV Camera, Sony TCD-D7 through Soundboard
Video Enhanced (degrain) in Adobe Premiere Elements/Neat Video
Audio Rebalance in Izotope Rx8 (bass +,2 Drums +3, Guitar +2.5)
Audio/Video Synch by Derek Purtell

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Slobberbone- Old Ironsides, Sacramento Ca 2/13/01 xfer from DAT Master Roland MX5 Multitrack Mix

Here’s another classic Old Ironsides show. I will try to get one more up tomorrow as well. Let’s hope the new owners keep the same community/locals vibe there, while bringing in cool bands like Slobberbone.
I think this was the last time that Slobberbone came to town. At this point, I can’t remember how this show came to be- I don’t recall being involved with this booking. Maybe Charles hooked them up, post Cap Garage.
You might be wondering why there is a photo of a Roland MX5 mixer as the video thumbnail. Well, before you could plug a USB stick into a soundboard and get a multitrack recording, we had this goofy contraption. We would take cables and plug them into the inserts of the board, and then I would take that signal and try to mix it live in the club, using headphones and a headphone amplifier. It was not easy- the board mix was changing constantly, and I would be trying to keep up with the changes on the mixer to keep things stable. As you can hear, this one slides around quite a bit at the beginning. The first song is hilarious with me trying to get a mix started- skip past if you want. It gets good about 10min in , and really good about 15min in.
I wish I had a picture of video of that setup.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Roland MX5 Soundboard into Sony TCD-D7
Transfer Equipment: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Slobberbone- Starry Plough, Berkeley Ca 11/5/00 xfer from DAT Master soundboard rebalanced

Here is one from the glory days of alt.country- when you could see bands like Slobberbone and Old 97s play every 3-6 months around here. I don’t know why I didn’t videotape this show- my camera might have been in the shop- but this DAT Soundboard sounds amazing. All I did to rebalance it was boost the snare a little bit, as it disappears from the mix for a while about midway through. I probably should have boosted the guitar a touch, but I like the full bassy sound.
If you are unfamiliar with the band, this is a good way to get acquainted. Awesome cover of Neil’s “Big Time” for the encore.
PS: I did video the show 3 months after this, plus DAT soundboard and schoeps audience. It’s on the (endless) to do list.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D8 into soundboard

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Slobberbone- Capitol Garage, Sacramento Ca 10/4/00 xfer from DAT Master Coresound Mics

About 22 years ago, I blind emailed Slobberbone’s tour booking agency, Hello! Booking, with hopes of bringing Slobberbone to Sacramento. I hooked Hello up with Charles Twilling from Cap Garage and they made it happen- thanks to both of them for bringing one of my favorite bands to town.
I introduced myself to the band and asked if they would play one of my favorite songs, 16 Days. They were clearly not on board with the idea, but they did it for me. Thanks!
I had thought that my recording sounded lousy at the time, but it doesn’t sound too bad given the circumstances. It’s a mystery as to why I didn’t use my Roland MX5 mixer through the board. I must have had an issue with cables or instruments weren’t mic’d. I can’t remember.
Charles brought Slobberbone back to Sac 2 more times. Forever appreciative for that.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony TCD-D7 DAT and Coresound Mics with battery Box Bass Rolloff

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Slobberbone- Beverungen, Germany 6/11/00 DAT to CDR to you. R.I.P. Jan De Bever

Before the internet and youtube changed everything, people who taped shows would network together and mail tapes and CDRs of live concerts to each other. In the mid 90s, I was trading with about 50 people. It was crazy. I went from 1200 cassettes in 1988, to 4,000 cassettes in 1995 and then moved to DAT, CDR and DVD trading.
When you would send something off, you would typically write a letter with tape details, tape requests in return, and any personal stuff that’s happening. You would become friends with people that you traded with over time. I can’t remember how I started trading with Jan- it was in the late 90s or early 2000 and we bonded over love of the alt country band Slobberbone. He was based in Holland, and he (along with his friend Michiel) would follow the band around to multiple countries to tape the band. He taped at least 9 Slobberbone shows in June of 2000 alone!
We just learned that Jan de Bever passed last summer. Thanks to Jan the Lazyman for letting me know. Pretty bummed out about this.

Recorded by: Jan De Bever and Michiel
Equipment used: Microtech Geffel M300 — Deneske PS1 — Zefiro Inbox — Sony D8

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