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Peelander Z- Hole in the Wall, Austin Tx 3/14/18 Multicam

I took a quick trip to Austin in March to see Grand Champeen at sxsw. I was only there overnight, but I had some time to kill before my flight the next day so I headed to Hole in the Wall and saw Peelander-Z. I had seen them at Riot Fest and knew that they would be entertaining, and I am glad I did. I love hole in the wall, what a great venue. You need to watch this video at about the 23 minute mark to see how (not) excited that teenage kid is, to be dancing with peelander-z. Classic!

Equipment used: Canon HFG40 & Rode Video Pro Stereo Mic, Canon HFG30 on Tripod, and 2 Gopro Hero 4 silvers. The last ~10min of the set is just 2 camera, after the gopros get knocked down for the crowd/bowling song.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Edit: Tromster

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Lil Capn Travis- Hole in the Wall, Austin Tx. 3/13/18 Multicam Live Rode Audio

Last year’s Grand Champeen show was a dream bill for me- Mike Nicolai opened and one of my favorite bands of the 2000’s played second on the bill. L’il Cap’n Travis is more on the country side of the alt.country spectrum, and they write some amazing pop songs with pedal steel frequently laid over the top. I never thought I would be able to see this band, so I was probably a little too excited to see the band. I got a little teary eyed when they played my favorite song “My Ship is Coming In”. Such a great night.
Thanks need to go out to Philip Garcia for letting me crash at his place at the last minute, and to Liam Dennis & Charlie Passarell for the edit.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Canon HFG40, Canon HFG30, Canon HFG10, Rode Videomic Pro Stereo.

 

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Prescott Curlywolf- Hole in the Wall, Austin Tx. 3/13/18 Multicam with Rode Audio Grand Champeen

Here is Prescott Curlywolf’s set, opening for Grand Champeen last year during sxsw. They brought the energy- I really wish I knew more of their material going in… it really helps to film when you know what’s going to happen. It sounds great, even though they were louder than hell. You can see that the G10 angle on the stage is vibrating pretty heavily due to volume.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Canon HFG40, HFG30, HFG10
Audio: Rode Videomic Pro Stereo
Edit: Tromster. Extra special thanks to Tromster as we discovered an issue with this one and he had to completely re-do it!

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Drams- Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios, Denton Tx 12/9/06 xfer from master-CDR Slobberbone Big Star

I pulled this one for today’s On This Date in History because there isn’t enough Drams out there- they were such a great band. For those who missed it, the Drams were 3/4 of Slobberbone(everyone except Brian) along with Chad Stockslager and Keith Killoren from Budapest one. One excellent album in the mid-2000’s and then done.

The band does pretty much the entire album and covers by Slobberbone, Buffalo Springfield, and Chris Bell(Big Star).

Also, Adam Richards (the taper here) deserves some recognition for all of his Dallas area recordings, going way back to the late 90s I believe. Adam, are you still recording stuff?

Man, these sound professional mics sound great. Maybe I should have bought these and saved myself a couple grand. haha.

Recorded by adam richards
Mics used: Sound Professionals SP-CMC-8
Extract and prep by Shayne

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Grand Champeen, Li’l Cap’n Travis, Moonlight Towers- Covers Night 2, Parish, Austin Tx 4/23/05 digit

Late posts today because everything has been more work than it has seemed.. all day long.

Here is a classic show of 3 great Austin bands- 2 of which are some of my all time favorites, playing mostly covers for On This Date in History.

I could not figure out where one band ends and another one begins for this show. There is one clear set change at about 30min, and I hear Grand Champeen doing Ace of Spades at about 85min, but otherwise I don’t know. The fact that they are doing covers, although it makes for a fun/unique show, isn’t helping with the splits. So you get it ALL. Enjoy Austin’s finest doing covers of their favorite bands.

The board mix was heavy on vocals and light on everything else, so I rebalanced it in Izotope. That’s why it is so late- it took 2 hours to process!

The “digit” at the end of this is supposed to be “digital clone” as it bounced from DAT to CDR etc.

Recorded by: ? (I would not be surprised if the taper was Lance Davis)
CD rip/prep and rebalance by Shayne Stacy
Izotope settings: Bass/drums +3, Guitar +6.

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South San Gabriel- SXSW Bigsby’s, Austin Tx 3/20/04 xfer f/ DAT Soundboard Centro-Matic Will Johnson

I spent a ton of time working up this one for today’s On This Day in History. Not because a lot of people will listen, but because I love this band. They also play 5 of my favorite SSG songs ever.
South San Gabriel were a side project of Centro-Matic. My personal favorite release is their 2003 “Welcome Convalescence” CD, which is why this set hits just perfect. My only complaint is that it is too short.
I worked to rebalance the set since vocals and drums were buried and bass was a bit prominent. I like it a lot now.
Everyone should listen to this.

Recorded by: Berkeley Mike Mayer
CD Rip and Rebalance by Shayne in Izotope Rx8: Vocal +5, Drum +4, Guitar +2

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Brent Best- Continental Club, Austin Tx 12/15/03 xfer from DAT Clone Soundboard Slobberbone Danbom

Here is the first of THREE audio posts today. Wow, am I glad I picked this one for on This Date in History. Brent opens with Robert Cole which is probably my favorite solo song of his. Looks like I am listening to the entire thing…

Brent is opening for Pernice Brothers here, so it is a short 47 minute set. He is joined by Multi-Instrumentalist Scott Danbom from Centro-Matic and Static Diary.

This is great- highly recommended.

Recorded by: Marcus Winfree I think
Transfer by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Sony PCM-R500 and M-Audio Audiophile 2496 card

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Grand Champeen- Parish, Austin Tx 10/4/03 DAT Soundboard to CDR The One That Brought You CD Release

The On This Day in History project has helped me rediscover and enjoy a bunch of stuff in my own collection. This one is a good example- I don’t think I ever realized that this was the CD Release party for my favorite album of theirs. Fun, loose (in a good way) show.

I don’t know who taped this one. I’m willing to bet it was either Lance Davis or Marcus Winfree. So grateful to both of them for capturing so many amazing bands during this era.
Mix gets better about 15-20min in.

Recorded by: ?
CD Rip and rebalance by: Shayne Stacy
Rebalance in Izotope Rx8: Vocal +2, Drums +1, Guitar +5

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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- 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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