Meat Puppets
6.26.2011
Abbey Theatre, Durango, CO

Source:  Mix [Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3] + [SBD > 1/4″ > XLR] > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Mixdown > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. I’m a Mindless Idiot
2. Plateau
3. The Monkey and the Snake
4. Up on the Sun
5. Comin’ Down
6. Wasted Days and Wasted Nights
7. Sam
8. Oh, Me
9. Light
10. Lost
11. Lantern
12. Confusion Fog
13. Backwater
14. Sloop John B
15. Lake of Fire
(Encore)
16. Seal Whales
17. Swimming Ground

A zipfile of the MP3s is available here.
FLAC files and other formats are available at the LMA.

Meat Puppets
6.25.2011
Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT

Source:  Mix [Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3] + [Mono SBD > 1/4″ > XLR] > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Mixdown > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. I’m a Mindless Idiot
2. Plateau
3. The Monkey and the Snake
4. Touchdown King
5. Up on the Sun
6. Maiden’s Milk
7. Comin’ Down
8. Oh, Me
9. Sam
10. Lantern
11. Eyeball (tease)
12. Attacked by Monsters
13. Lost
14. Confusion Fog
15. Sloop John B
16. Lake of Fire

A zipfile of the MP3s is available here.
FLAC files and other formats are available at the LMA.

Gin Blossoms
5.28.2011
Denver Day of Rock, 16th Street Mall, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Lost Horizons
2. Somewhere Tonight
3. Wave Bye Bye
4. Found Out About You
5. Miss Disarray
6. Go Crybaby
7. Until I Fall Away
8. Dead or Alive on the 405
9. I’m Ready
10. Allison Road
11. Cajun Song
12. Long Time Gone
13. Don’t Change for Me
14. Til I Hear It from You
15. Follow You Down
16. Hey Jealousy
17. Think I’m in Love

Notes:
It rained throughout the show.

A zipfile of the MP3s is available here.
FLAC files and other formats are available at the LMA.

Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers
5.28.2011
Denver Day of Rock, 16th Street Mall, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Mexico
2. Blue Collar Suicide
3. All Over the Radio
4. Down Together
5. Banditos
6. Heaven on a Paper Plate
7. Dinero
8. Wanted
9. ¡Americano!
10. Marie
11. Suckerpunch
12. Empty Highway
13. Counterclockwise
14. Mekong
15. Girly >
16. Yahoos and Triangles
(Encore)
17. Just Got High
18. Maybe We Should Fall in Love
19. Nada

Notes:
The PA starting going out during All Over the Radio, resulting in a 10-minute break after Down Together while the problem was resolved.

A zipfile of the MP3s is available here.
FLAC files and other formats are available at the LMA.

(Photo by Pat Rosenthal.)

Roger Clyne and Jim Dalton
5.29.2011
The Soiled Dove Underground, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Blue Collar Suicide
3. Heaven on a Paper Plate
4. Down Together
5. All Over the Radio
6. Mexico
7. Wanted
8. ¡Americano!
9. Marie
10. Never Thought
11. Switchblade
12. Mekong (Take 1)
13. Mekong
14. Uno Soda
15. Green and Dumb *

Notes:
* = with Scotty Johnson on guitar

A zipfile of the MP3s is available here.
FLAC files and other formats are available at the LMA.

Meat Puppets
6.29.2011
The Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. I’m a Mindless Idiot
2. Plateau
3. The Monkey and the Snake
4. Up on the Sun
5. Comin’ Down
6. Wasted Days and Wasted Nights
7. Oh, Me
8. Touchdown King
9. Sam
10. Lost
11. Hey Baby Que Paso
12. Confusion Fog
13. Light
14. Lantern
15. Backwater
16. Swimming Ground
17. Seal Whales
18. Sloop John B
19. Lake of Fire
(Encore)
20. My Baby’s Gone
21. The Battle Hymn of the Republic

Notes:
Black Box Revelation and Bad Weather California opened the show.

A zipfile of the MP3s is available here.
FLAC files and other formats are available at the LMA.

Gin Blossoms
5.29.2011
The Soiled Dove Underground, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Found Out About You
2. Somewhere Tonight
3. Fool For the Taking
4. Allison Road
5. Miss Disarray
6. Go Crybaby
7. Until I Fall Away
8. Dead or Alive on the 405
9. I’m Ready
10. 29
11. Long Time Gone
12. Lost Horizons
13. Learning the Hard Way
14. Wave Bye Bye
15. Til I Hear It from You
16. Follow You Down
(Encore)
17. banter
18. Hey Jealousy
19. Think I’m in Love
20. Pieces of the Night

Notes:
The band started playing without warning with the stage curtain still closed,  catching me off-guard for the first few seconds.

A zipfile of the MP3s is available here.
FLAC files and other formats are available at the LMA.

(Photo by Vicki Robison.)

Here’s one of 2010’s Tres Amigos shows, just in case you missed it when they circulated last year.

Roger Clyne, Johnny Hickman, and Jim Dalton
2.05.2010
Road 34, Ft. Collins, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax > Oade Mod Edirol R-44 @ 24/48 > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Mexico
3. ¡Americano!
4. Hello New Day
5. Counterclockwise
6. Tell Yer Momma
7. Switchblade
8. Better Beautiful Than Perfect
9. Maybe We Should Fall in Love
10. Easy
11. City Girls
12. Leave an Open Door
13. Down Together
14. Leaky Little Boat
15. Fonder and Blonder
16. Lemons *
17. Mañana *
18. Preacher’s Daughter
19. Sleep Like a Baby
20. Mekong
(Roger and Jim)
21. Jack v. Jose
22. Banditos
23. Contraband
24. I Do
(The Three Amigos)
25. The Great Decline
26. Don’t Fear the Reaper (tease)
27. I-70 Westbound
28. Listen to the Music
29. Sweet Caroline
(Encore)
30. American Girl
31. Green and Dumb

Notes:
* = w/ Jason Boots on trumpet

A zipfile of the MP3s is available here.
FLAC files and other formats are available at the LMA.

Dedicated to David “Mexi” Andrew Ramirez, 4/20/1981 – 2/24/2010.

Roger Clyne, Jim Dalton, and Johnny Hickman
2.18.2011
Road 34, Ft. Collins, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
(Roger solo)
1. intro
2. Mexico
3. Down Together
4. I Do
5. ¡Americano!
6. Fonder and Blonder
7. Bury My Heart at the Trailer Park
8. Wanted
9. Tell Yer Mama
10. Maybe We Should Fall in Love
11. Buffalo
12. Sleep Like a Baby
13. Never Thought
(Roger and Jim)
14. Blue Collar Suicide
15. Feeling
16. Mercy
17. Banditos
18. Suckerpunch
19. My Best Friend’s Girl > Easy
20. Girly > Yahoos and Triangles
21. Marie
22. Mekong
(The Three Amigos)
23. Whiskey Rain
24. Lonesome Johnny Blues
25. Yer So Bad
26. Teen Angst
(Encore I)
27. Wild World
28. Sweet Caroline
29. Blister in the Sun
(Encore II)
30. Green and Dumb

A zipfile of the MP3s is available here.
FLAC files and other formats are available at the LMA.

I ran across this little snippet at the end of a DAT tape yesterday–a handful of tunes performed by Andy Hersey in Boulder.  (This was probably just a line-level check in preparation to record Mike Doughty and Roger Clyne.)

Andy Hersey
3.02.2002 (Partial)
Tulagi’s, Boulder, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > PS2 > Sony D8 > DAT Master > Tascam DA-20mkII > S/PDIF > Edirol R-44 > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Partial Setlist:
1. Horses, Hitches and Rocky Trails
2. Bye-Gone Blues
3. (Next Time) A Diamond Won’t Cut It
4. El Llano Estacado

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.
FLAC files can be downloaded as a zipfile here.

While hard at work on her upcoming album (titled Mariana), Michelle Blades has been sneaking in frequent shows around Phoenix.  Here’s a full band performance opening for Flesh the Racist Crayon at The Trunk Space.  Michelle’s last two releases are both available via bandcamp.

Michelle Blades
12.12.2010
The Trunk Space, Phoenix, AZ

Source:  Mix [Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 + DPA 4060’s > DAD6001’s] > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by: Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. unknown (soundcheck)
2. Strawberry Ghost
3. To M.L’s Paintings
4. Like Wildflowers
5. Heart of Clover
6. Mariana
7. La Vérité
8. improv song

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.
FLAC files can be downloaded as a zipfile here.

Here’s one of my AZ favorites, Stephen Steinbrink and French Quarter.  I’d previously seen French Quarter at Rhinoceropolis, but it was nice to see the band playing on their home turf.  Most of Stephen’s output is available for purchase from Life’s Blood and Gilgongo.

Stephen Steinbrink and French Quarter
12.12.2010
The Trunk Space, Phoenix, AZ

Source:  Mix [Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 + DPA 4060’s > DAD6001’s] > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro/soundcheck
2. It’s Not Just Kissing
3. Lucky Passing Dream
4. unknown
5. Goodbye Alligator Skin
6. More Real [The Necessaries]
7. A Tiny Seed
8. When I Was A Young Girl [trad.]
9. Wet Cloud
10. Neighbors In The Bedroom

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.
FLAC files can be downloaded as a zipfile here.

(Photo by Vicki Robison.)

Here’s Thursday night’s Roger Clyne solo show to keep you warm on this cold, snowy evening.

Roger Clyne (solo acoustic)
1.06.2011
Soiled Dove Underground, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. I Do
2. ¡Americano!
3. Hello New Day
4. Mexico
5. Counterclockwise
6. Feeling
7. My Best Friend’s Girl -> Easy
8. Buffalo
9. Ballad of Lupe Montosa
10. Switchblade
11. Better Beautiful than Perfect
12. City Girls
13. Tell Yer Momma
14. Maybe We Should Fall in Love
15. Leave an Open Door
16. Mekong
17. banter *
18. Banditos *
19. Wanted *
20. intermission *
21. Marie *
22. Beautiful Disaster *
(Encore)
23. Whiskey Rain %
24. Lonesome Johnny Blues %
25. Green and Dumb %

Notes:
* = with Jim Dalton
% = with Jim Dalton, Johnny Hickman and Jeremy Lawton
(Mics were placed at head height, along the front drink rail.)
Thanks to Chip for the setlist help!

A zipfile of the MP3s is available here.
FLAC files and other formats are available at the LMA.

(Photo by Pat Rosenthal.)

Colorado’s Hickman-Dalton Gang, a collaboration between Johnny Hickman (Cracker) and Jim Dalton (Railbenders, Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers), is in the studio this month working on a followup to their 2007 EP, creatively titled Volume #1.  ;)  The pair opened for Roger Clyne at the Soiled Dove Underground this week, and were joined by proficient multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Lawton (Big Head Todd and the Monsters).

The Hickman-Dalton Gang
1.06.2011
Soiled Dove Underground, Denver, CO

Source: Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by: Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Too Many Years
2. Papa Johnny’s Arms *
3. Mexican Jail #
4. You’ve Got a Problem *%
5. Long Tall Pine Tree *
6. Justin O. Picker *
7. Old Border Town #
8. Mr. Wrong *
9. Let’s Toke the Whole Day Off *%
10. banter
11. Friends *

Notes:
* = with Jeremy Lawton on lap steel
# = with Jeremy Lawton on accordion
% = live version omitted pending release of the upcoming album
(Mics were placed at head height, along the front drink rail.)

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.

A super-short (but fun!) set from Tristan Jemsek (a.k.a. Dogbreth), who was on tour with Iji and Mega Bog this fall.  You can check out the Dogbreth discography here!

Dogbreth
9.30.2010
Rhinoceropolis, Denver, CO

Source:  Mix [Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3] + [SBD > 1/4″] > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Mixdown > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Love Staff
2. Keep My Room Clean
3. Passing Moments
4. Yer Smile *
5. Hunger Pains *
6. Black Coffee *

Notes:
* = w/ Erin (Mega Bog) and Zach (iji)

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.
FLAC files can be downloaded as a zipfile here.