YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND w/DAROL ANGER
October 10, 2004 (Sunday)
UC Ballroom @ University of Montana
Missoula, MT

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DISC ONE [79.52]
SET 1:
01  "this beautiful, beautiful Sunday..."  1.09
02  Little Rabbit >  7.51
03  Spanish Harlem Incident  4.02
04  Rag Mama  4.20
05  Romance Blues  4.29
06  Loved You Enough  3.37
07  New Horizons >  8.06
08  Elzic's Farewell >  7.12
09  New Horizons  7.02
10  To See You Comin' Round The Bend  4.04
11  Keep On Going >  8.56
12  Ten >  6.49
13  Keep On Going *  5.49
SET 2:
14  "Darol Anger, welcome him back..."  2.02
15  Just The Same  4.17

DISC TWO [79.48]
SET 2 cont'd:
01  "we just turned 6 years old..."  1.03
02  Another Day  3.21
03  The Curse Of Eli Renfro  4.48
04  Sharecropper's Son  2.37
05  tuning...  0.58
06  No Expectations ^ >  12.53
07  Ewe With The Crooked Horn >  11.36
08  Free To Run  4.56
09  My Gal #  8.15
10  They Love Each Other >  5.09
11  Winds Of Wyoming >  3.58
12  Follow Me Down To The Riverside >  8.44
13  The Bolton Stretch  4.58
ENCORE:
14  Dim Lights, Thick Smoke  6.27


SHOW NOTES:
* w/hydrate-jam & brief "Pass The Dutchie" tease  
^ w/"Montana Girl" (scat? song?)
# w/Darol & Adam playing "Ginseng Sullivan"

Night 4 of the 2004 Fall Tour

"We drove across this state at times of the year that 
I don't think the devil would dare drive it..."

YMSB is:
Adam Aijala: guitar, vocals
Jeff Austin: mandolin, vocals
Dave Johnston: banjo, vocals
Ben Kaufmann: bass, vocals
w/special guest Darol Anger: fiddle


TECH NOTES:
Recording & conversion by Pastor Tim (yonderarchive@yahoo.com)
Source:
MXL-603S mics (fob, dfc, 8' up, 50' back, pointed just wide of PA) > DMIC-20 (thank you, Leigh MacKenzie!) > Tascam DA-P1 DAT
Conversion:
Tascam DA-20mkII > Audiophile 2496 > HD > Soundforge 6.0 (fades, edits, norm'd to -16dB) > CD Wave Editor (track splits) > flac
Very minor, non-music portions of Set 1 were removed to fit the show on two 80-min audio discs.


THE ROOM
   A wide rectangle of a room, a low ceiling, and not nearly enough ventilation made for some pretty crowded conditions when Yonder took the stage of the UC Ballroom on the 3rd floor of the University of Montana's Campus Center, but sweaty is as sweaty does and it was one fine fall night of music.  Of course, it SHOULD have been TWO nights, right Jeff?  ("I'd say the only complaint we had was that it isn't two nights, and maybe we can do that next time...")  We'll hold you to that one, ol' buddy.

THE SHOW
   I already knew from the setlists of the first three nights of the tour that the band was going to put on an energized show, but any time it's "Yonder to the power of Darol" you just KNOW it's going to get cranked up to 11, and this night was no exception.  There's just something about Darol's odd combo of gentle presence and searing fiddle runs that adds yet another dimension to Yonder Mountain String Band's music.  He's a passionate supporter of this band (both on and off-stage) and I think he really enjoys getting to help them step it up a notch or two... both for their sakes and for his.  Just listen to "Ewe With The Crooked Horn" in the middle of Set 2 and you'll know just what I mean.  I didn't think the segues were as seamless as in some shows, but the "New Horizons > Elzic's > New Horizons" (22 mins) and "Keep On Going > Ten > KOG" (22 mins) and "No Expectations > Ewe > Free To Run" (almost 30 mins!) made for some very tasty sandwiches.  I think it also helped that a lot of good friends of the band were right up front giving back a whole lot of energy, and several of them were mentioned by name in the show, including one (ahem, Kevin Kilday) who got called-out more than once.  One of the (former) "kids" from our congregation (now a sophomore at UofM) was at his very first Yonder show, and thank you, Josh for not yelling out 'Crazy Train' even though I know how much you wanted to hear it.  The pre-encore foot-stomping gives you a pretty good sense of how seriously most of the audience was into the show.

THE SOAPBOX
   Someone said it was homecoming weekend at the U of M and people were definitely partying like it was Friday, not Sunday.  Needless to say, I think a few people 'might' have missed their early classes the next morning.  Kinda sad to see some young kids falling down drunk or just passing out from lack of self-care, and it was a little disturbing for the band to have to see too.  I know, I'm preachin' to the choir here, but let's encourage a little moderation and not sit by idly as Yonder shows become the next convenient excuse for people to get absolutely obliterated.  I know, "preacher's here for dinner, we ain't got a drink..." but I guarantee those people won't remember the great show they missed, and they could wind up in a whole buncha hurt and/or trouble.

THE LAUGH
   Oh, and if I may paraphrase Tom Hanks' line from "A League Of Their Own": THERE IS NO BODY-SURFING IN BLUEGRASS!!!  (chuckle...)

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And no, I don't mean bootlegged, stolen-from-the-band copies...
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