(Photo by Vicki Robison.)

Camper Van Beethoven
12.31.2014
The Soiled Dove Underground, Denver, CO

Source: Schoeps MK4’s > Vark KCY > Naiant Littlebox > Sony PCM-M10 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition CS6 > CDWave > Flac24
Taped by: Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. It Was Like That When We Got Here >
3. Too High For the Love-In
4. Eye of Fatima (Pt. 1)
5. Eye of Fatima (Pt. 2)
6. Pictures of Matchstick Men
7. All Her Favorite Fruit
8. Sweethearts
9. Northern California Girls
10. Darken Your Door
11. Sad Lover’s Waltz
12. Take the Skinheads Bowling
13. Come Down the Coast
14. Summer Days

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

Like what you hear?  Please show your support for this artist by purchasing some official releases:

• El Camino Real (2014) – [CD or Digital]
• La Costa Perdida (2013) – [CD or Digital]
• New Roman Times (2004)– [CD or Digital]
• Cigarettes & Carrot Juice Box Set (2002)– [CD]
• Key Lime Pie (1989)– [CD or Digital]

Tony Furtado Band
2.17.2012
Soiled Dove Underground, Denver, CO

Source:  MBHO KA200N’s [NOS] > Active Cables > MBHO MBP 603A > Marantz PMD661 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
(Set I)
1. Golden
2. False Hearted Lover’s Blues
3. Portlandia
4. band intros
5. Angels We Know
6. California Flood
7. Bawds of Euphony
8. Another Man
9. Stagger Lee
10. River Song
(Set II)
1. Bet on the Whitehorse
2. Rove Riley Rove
3. The Knave’s Bane
4. Can’t Lie Down
5. unknown
6. Toe the Line
7. Cypress Grove > Angeline the Baker > Cypress Grove
8. Bolinas
9. Oh Berta Berta
(Encore)
10. Down Greasy Creek *
11. Tyson’s Dream *

Notes:
* = Tony and Ty duet

Lineup:
Keith Brush – acoustic bass
Ty Burhoe – tabla
Tony Furtado – guitar, banjo
Russ Kleiner – drums
Luke Price – fiddle/electric guitar

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

Like what you hear?  Please show your support for this artist by purchasing some of their official releases:

• Golden (2011) – [CD]
• Deep Water (2009) – [CD]
• Thirteen (2007) – [CD]
• Bare Bones (2005) – [CD]
• These Chains (2004) – [CD]

(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.

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.

After just flying into Denver from SXSW, Dan Bern was at the top of his game last night at the Soiled Dove Underground.

Dan Bern
3.19.2011
The Soiled Dove Underground, Denver, CO

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

Setlist:
1. Black Tornado
2. Tiger Woods
3. Lou Gehrig’s Disease
4. Vin Scully
5. I Need You
6. Long as I Can Hear You Breathe
7. My Phone
8. Fried Chicken
9. Grandma Blew a 0.2
10. One Piece at a Time
11. God Said No
12. See You on the Moon
13. If the World’s Still There
14. String Theory
15. Osama in Obamaland
16. Albuquerque Lullaby >
17. Turning Over >
18. It Won’t Hurt
19. My Way > New York, New York
20. Jerusalem
(Encore)
21. unknown (Janos cover)
22. The Fifth Beatle

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

While heavily engrossed with graduate school, Vienna Teng escaped her duties at UMich this past weekend and flew to Colorado with frequent collaborator Alex Wong.  The duo supported Glen Phillips, playing to a sold-out crowd at the Soiled Dove Underground before heading to Vail on Saturday.  I’d never seen (nor heard) Vienna and Alex prior to Friday night, but was easy won over by the superior musicianship on display.

Alex performed two new originals during the set, the first being a song recorded in December to benefit NYC’s City Harvest.  Please show your appreciation for this live recording by purchasing the official version of Make it Home from Alex’s bandcamp page.  All proceeds from the download go directly to City Harvest.

Vienna Teng and Alex Wong
1.21.2011
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. Augustine
2. Antebellum
3. The Tower
4. Stray Italian Greyhound
5. Make It Home intro
6. Make It Home
7. The Last Snowfall
8. Blue Caravan intro
9. Blue Caravan
10. My Medea
11. banter
12. Radio
13. Harbor
14. Alex’s piano song **
15. Gravity
16. Grandmother Song

Notes:
** = Song omitted from distribution pending an official release.
Mics were placed at head height, along the front drink rail.

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

Dan Bern will return to Denver on March 19th for a show at the Soiled Dove Underground.  Here’s one of the more bizarre sets I’ve seen him play, also from the aforementioned Lowry venue.

Dan Bern
10.18.2006
Soiled Dove Underground, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Geffel M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. unknown
2. Crossroads (Take 1)
3. Crossroads (Take 2)
4. Crossroads (Takes 3-4)
5. Crossroads (Take 5)
6. House of the Rising Sun
7. Witness
8. Slavery Girl
9. Oh Pluto
10. Jail
11. Desert Rain
12. Asterisk Nation
13. Black Tornado
14. Turning Over
15. Too Late to Die Young
16. Past Belief
(Encore)
17. Walking Through Glass
18. Pride (first verse)

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

Glen Phillips played to a sold-out audience at the Soiled Dove Underground last night, touching on material spanning his solo output, Toad the Wet Sprocket, and Works Progress Administration.  Glen appeared slightly nervous at first.  Several songs in, a shout-out from the crowd broke down any tension that may have existed.  The rest of the night was full of audience engagement, humor, and a perfect performance.

The audience gave Glen their undivided attention, but this is the norm at The Soiled Dove Underground.  I’m surprised at how many people have never been to the Lowry venue–it would easily rank in my top five places to see a concert in Denver.  Rhett and Casey do a great job at booking acoustic, Americana, and jazz acts for this intimate room.

Glen Phillips
1.21.2011
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. Always Have My Love
2. Walk on the Ocean
3. Courage
4. Train Wreck
5. Crowing
6. (Betelgeuse and teenager stories)
7. End This Now
8. True
9. Released
10. Better Off Here
11. Dam Would Break
12. Easier
13. Brothers on a Hotel Bed *
14. Thankful
15. Solar Flare
16. Rise Up
17. “Someday” (new song)
18. All I Want
19. Everything But You
(Encore)
20. Darkest Hour
21. Drive By
22. American Tune

Notes:
* = with Vienna Teng and Alex Wong
Mics were placed at head height, along the front drink rail.

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

(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.