Los Lobos
1999-10-10
Avila Beach Resort
Avila Beach, CA

Digital Soundboard
Master DAT Transferred: Tascam DA-30 >S/PDIF >HHb CDR 800 PRO,
Tayio-Uden CD Masters >FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.37

Recorded & Transferred By OldNeumanntapr

Disc 1 (40:48)
01. Revolution  4:42
02. Dear Mr. Fantasy  3:38
03. You've Got to Lose  5:10
04. Angel Dance  5:01
05. My Baby's Gone  3:57
06. Dream in Blue  8:43
07. Maricela  3:32
08. This Time  6:03

Disc 2 (43:35)
01. Oh Yeah  5:29
02. Cumbia Raza  5:03
03. Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio  3:12
04. Soy Mexico Americano  2:38
05. I Got to Let You Know  2:37
06. Volver, Volver  4:42
07. Don't Worry Baby  6:22

Encores
08. She's About a Mover  5:14
09. Not Fade Away  2:02
10. Bertha  6:11

Opened For The Doobie Brothers

Louie Ortega was special guest.
Louie lives around this neck of the woods and plays the local clubs quite frequently.

Do NOT Convert To MP3.
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OldNeumanntapr Notes-
The sound on this show was really good but I thought that the music wasn't as good as the Fremont Theater show from '92. Maybe it was because they were just an opening set. It was nice to patch my Tascam DA-P1 into the board! I remember that I asked Louie, the Los Lobos soundman, for a patch. One of the local sound crew guys looked really puzzled and asked him, 'Is he a Friend of yours???' 'No', Louie said, 'He's a TAPER.' This guy looked Really confused!!! I laughed and said thanks. After the set I was getting ready to unplug my deck and the Doobie's sound man came over and said, 'Don't think you're gonna stay plugged in for the Doobies!' 'No', I said and decided to give a smart assed remark. 'I hate the Doobies. I just wanted to see Los Lobos and I'm leaving now.' I watched the Doobies set from the audience but wasn't that impressed. I miss Michael McDonnald. 

This was an old DAT Heads post of mine that I recently came across, further telling the tale.

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Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 11:06:35 -0700 (PDT)

Greetings all. Had a good time in Avila but it amazes me how some bands
are SO against live recording.

I had to smuggle my DA-P1, Eco Charge, patch cables and XLR cables into
the show which was no small feat.

Had a Heck of a time finding Louie Stetzel, the sound man for Los Lobos.
They were opening for The Doobie Brothers and the Doobie soundman seemed a
little 'hard edged.'

As I have observed before the local sound people, promoters, etc are
Clueless about taping so it's always best to go straight to the ones in
the know.

I asked one of the local sound guys as to the whereabouts of Louie and he
looked at me and said, 'I don't know but there is NO recording or
photography'. I was a Little shocked as I had not Asked for recording
permission, only to the whereabouts of Louie. 

I thought about this for a minute until he said, 'You taped Derek Trucks
in Morro Bay didn't you?'. He was on to me. ;) I admitted that I had.

I Finally found Louie over by the board about 5 minutes before show time.
I don't like asking to patch in at the last moment because I feel that it
is rude and inconsiderate but after searching for Louie for 30 minutes I
had no choice.

I approached the board and asked, 'I was told that I could get a patch
today?'

He said 'Certainly!' and looked to one of the local sound crew guys and
said , 'Give him a line out Brent'. The guy looked a LITTLE shocked to say
the least! I had been hearing from Several people (mostly the Doobie
Brothers' people that 'THERE IS TO BE NO TAPING, PRO PHOTOGRAPHY OR
VIDEO).

Brent looked at Louie and said in a shocked voice, 'Is he a Friend of
yours....???'

'No', Louie said. He's a Taper!' He said it in such a tone of voice like
it was Such a stupid question that this guy should have Known better! :)

I was smiling now! I said thanks and asked where I could set up.
He said that I could set up my deck on the amp rack case on the soundboard
platform and I opened my pack and brought out my deck and cables. The
other guy's eyes bugged out! Louie asked what I had and I said that I had
a DA-P1 and could take RCA's or XLR's. He had a spare set of XLR outputs
on the board and I gave the ends of my cables to Brent and he plugged me
in. My cables are 12 feet long and I just Barely had enough length!!

Obviously this other guy had never seen tapers before. He was ammazed
that I was able to bring all this stuff in when security was supposed to
be 'so tight'.

Louie then asked if I needed anything else. 'You need power?' he asked.
No that's OK', I said. 'I have a Lead acid battery.'

Right then another taper came up and asked for a patch and Louie directed
him to me. 'I already gave my output to this guy. Chain off of him', he
said.

The other taper had a Sony D8.. He plugged into
my DA-P1's outputs. Luckily for him I was there because he did NOT have
XLR cables.

He was following the band and had a pass enabling him to bring in
equipment. He was Also ammazed that I got my gear in without a pass! ;)

We ran the whole Los Lobos set through the board. Louie really bent over
backwards for us!! I had heard him mentioned on DAT Heads as being pro
taper but it's always nice to witness it 1st hand. :)

Mark, the other taper told me,'don't unplug yet and we'll see if the
Doobies will allow us a patch.' I Laughed! 'Good LUCK!' I said and told
him how adamant they were against it.

After the encore the Doobie's soundman came up and looked at all of our
gear and said, 'This stuff will All disapear right gentlemen?' in a
Really sarcastic voice.

'You don't even allow microphone recording?' asked Mark.

'If you do I'd have to throw you out personally' the guy said. What a jerk
I thought.

As I was packing up I looked at him and said, 'I just wanted to tell you
that I didn't bring mics and I'm not going to bother stealth recording
your band. I was only planning on taping Los Lobos through the board
because I really don't even Like the Doobie
Brothers.' In fact, I'm leaving now.

Mark and I talked about how live recording is basically free advertising.
I was true to my word and went along with the band's wishes and did not 
stealth them. But they really turned me off with their attitude.
How can too bands that share the stage so close together in time be So
different!!!

Sorry for the long rambles but I wanted to share this story with you all.

Louie, Thanks again!!!!! RIP


