gazelle.etree.org beta test
| August 14th, 2008
I have been working hard on gazelle.etree.org. If you are one of my readers and would like to help out by being on our beta team I would be more that happy to invite you. leave a comment.
2008 Steamboat Summer Concert Torrents
| July 25th, 2008So, I’m getting caught up on seeding these concerts. If you have been waiting for me to share them wait no longer.
FLAC torrents:
Drew Emmitt Band 2008-06-27
The Devil Makes Three 2008-06-27
Michael Franti and Spearhead 2008-07-18
Equal Opportunity Employment 2008-07-18
Michael Franti and Spearhead Steamboat 2008
| July 24th, 2008
Here is the recording from last weekend, from the Steamboat Springs free summer concert series. You can download it in it’s entirety in V0 mp3s or FLAC torrent. enjoy.
Old School North Mississippi All-Stars torrents
| March 20th, 2008Two North Mississippi All-Stars shows from Steamboat Springs That I recorded quite a few years ago. I’m pretty sure I never got around to seeding these, at least the one from 2001. Old school, like this photo.
I think I nabbed this jpg from the nmas website about that time.
Skijam 2008 Torrents
| January 12th, 2008I’m gonna be adding the torrents to my recordings of ski jam here.
when ski jam is over I may come blogging but for now I just want to get these seeds out.
Ski jam Day 1
South Austin Jug Band 2008-01-11 torrent
Drew Emmitt Band 2008-01-11 torrent
First night has a damed chatty audience.. hopefully skijam fans will start to focus on the concert and not the conversation. IMO the bands failed to engage the audience.
Ski jam Day 2
New Monsoon 2008-01-12 torrent
North Mississippi All-Stars 2008-01-12 torrent
Recordings sound much better the second day. The bands were ripping and the tent was packed. A totally different feel from the previous evening.
Ski jam Day 3
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band 2008-01-13 torrent
Honkytonk Homeslice 2008-01-13 torrent
Solid performance from The Dirty Dozen with a very tight sound and some Mardi Gras flair. A great recording with some very nice audience participation. Honkytonk Homeslice.. well.. was better than last year.
Ski jam Day 4
Back Door Slam 2008-01-14 torrent
Tea Leaf Green 2008-01-14 torrent
Oh yea the day of Ski Jam that I have been waiting for, Back Door Slam and Tea Leaf Green! The tent was a bit empty at the beginning of the evening then Back Door Slam surprised everyone with some sick blues. Tea Leaf Green fallowed up with some sick ass jams.
Here are a few of my highlights.
New Monsoon - The Other Side - Skijam 2008 [7:43m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (449) North Mississippi All Stars - Skjam 2008 [7:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (411) Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Skijam 2008 [5:22m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (687) Back Door Slam - Ski Jam 2008 [5:26m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (452) Tea Leaf Green - Ski Jam 2008 [4:52m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (205)Please if you listen one of these, comment on it! Let me know what *you* think.
Punk Rockin’ the Boat
| December 21st, 2007
Here are some torrents of the rocking show last week at the Steamboat Mountain Theater.
Agent Orange 2007-12-13 torrent
And a track for the podcast, a new song by the Amputators.
Sam Bush Band - Howlers at Howelsen Hill
| August 10th, 2007Sam Bush and Band came through Steamboat Springs on Wednesday and lit up the hill with some awesome mandolin. It seemed everyone in town got a groove on for the performance. I had a great time.
However, I had a few beers and lost my jedi taper edge. I failed to notice some guy that was howling like a banshee on a roller coaster for the last twenty minutes. So he got away with it.. without the traditional duct tape ball chuck and evil look to shut him up. None the less he will now be known to all the listeners of this recording. It’s quite distinct, so if you recognize this howl at another Steamboat Springs live performance, please do your part and thank him from all of us.
Download a copy of the show via bittorrent and let me know what ya think.
Do you know me? [0:21m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (76) Sam Bush - Jammin in Steamboat Springs 2007 [8:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (427) Sam Bush - Rhys's fave [10:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (443)
If you see someone is howling into the microphones should you try to stop them?
Los Lonely Boys Steamboat Springs 2007
| July 29th, 2007Another free concert in Steamboat Springs! I must admit, I’m not a Los Lonely Boys fan. I just don’t like the “Texican” sound I guess. I try to record everything I can in Steamboat Springs mainly for archival purposes. Somebody always asks enthusiastically “Did you tape that show?!” and I like to make that person happy.
I was quite surprised with the turnout. Despite a wet, soggy, muddy, Howelsen Hill many came from the baseball games and condos to come see them. It was quite odd to me.. It seemed as if every kid in on every triple crown team was singing along, knowing all of the lyrics.
The sound system was a bit muddy and there was a pretty awful humm coming through it the entire performance. It was not the same rig they have been using so far this season. I hope they get the go back to the other one, the recordings sound much better with it.
You can download a flac copy of the recording via bittorrent or you can grab ipod ready mp3s from the LMA.
JJ Grey & MoFro Free concert - now with beer!
| July 14th, 2007
When I heard from Joe Kboudi that MoFro was coming to play the Steamboat Springs free concert series, I was stoked! This guy reminds me of when I was a Florida redneck hagging out at the fish camp with my buddy Darren in Bellview about 20 minutes from Lochloosa, JJ Grey’s hometown.
The show at Howelsen was kickin and the recording sounds awesome! You can obtain a copy of it in high quality flac format via bittorrent thanks to cotapers.org. If you prefer to listen now streaming or grab a mp3 copy for your ipod check out the concerts entry on archive.org.
As usual I plan on recording as many of these free concerts as I can for your listening pleasure. I hope you enjoy.
Here is a track for my podcasters.
The Wailers - Ah sey one
| June 21st, 2007The free concert series is here! Last night it got kicked off to a great start with The Wailers jamming all your favorite old school Bob Marley and the Wailers music. The stage was set up nice and the sound system was super tight. I love it when It’s loudy and last night it was. From an audio nerd standpoint the show was fucking awesome. I taped it about twenty feet from the stage in a sea of lambsbread, sandy bare feet and an occasional body surfer. Honestly there was body surfing.. crazy. The fiah was everywhere and the crowd was mostly cool but lacked um.. something. Oh Yeah! I remember now (short term loss) someone fucked up and forgot to file some something so there was NO BEER! I know.. you just can’t believe it, however it is true.
“The permit was approved,” said Dan Hartman, acting director of the Colorado Liquor Enforcement Division. “It was just that the applicant put the wrong date on the application.”
I hope somebody got shit canned for that one. WHO SCREWED UP ON THE BEER? We deserve to know. I know one thing for sure.. If you are throwing the party make sure you have beer. If there is no beer and the Wailers are playing for free in Colorado be prepared for the medical cutchie to get passed around a bit. Thats what happened.
Super phat props to everyone who hung out with me that day. Lock for the electricity, Ken for the PBR’s, Rhys for sneaking the PBR’s in, Gene and Becca ( <- donno spelling sorry) for the jedi services, and Tery for everything.
Some bumboclots to be mentioned.. The guy who threw the bottle from the first row and it went real fast right at me, the VERY ANNOYING radio announcer that came out halfway through the show and started screaming “DO YOU WANT MORE” like we were stupid enough to believe it was going to end then, Oh and one more.. Whoever that guy was with the video camera running around like he owned the place shoving everyone else around and generally not being mindful. Oh and the guy who fucked up on the beer.
If you would like a copy of the show, you can download it via bittorrent thanks to cotapers.org
If you need some Wailers right now, listen below.
Wailers War Steamboat Free Concert [5:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (226) Next Time We Will Have Beer [0:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (57)
