Kevn Kinney Band
7-11-2002
State Theater - Falls Church, VA

SBD->Nomad Jukebox (1/8" Stereo analog in @ 44.1)->Sound Forge Normalize to -.1 dB
Recorded by Stitt (oaxacavine@yahoo.com)
Re-Mastered with Izotope Ozone (10/06/2002) by Stitt 

1.) Wild Dog Moon (bluesy version)*
2.) Back Roads and Rainy Days
3.) Maddie Hope
4.) Honeysuckle Blue
5.) Yes, That's Me
6.) This Train Don't Stop at the Millworks Anymore
7.) Broken Hearts and Auto Parts
8.) Underground Umbrella -> One More Cup of Coffee (Dylan)
9.) Radio Song
10) Scarred But Smarter

Disc 2
1.) 40 Miles of Mountain Road
2.) Never Far Behind
3.) Look What You've Done to your Brother -> Who Knows (Hendrix/Band of Gypsies)

Encore
4.) Good Country Mile
5.) No Blues
6.) Who Medley (including Who Are You and Teenage Wasteland)

*Various level tweaks due to soundboard adjusts on source, brief dropout at 0:20


stitt's notes:

there's 2 things that bug me about trading/sharing live music:
1. seeders that radically 'master' their live recordings
2. when they release those newer versions after you've already obtained the original (kind of like a product touting itself as "new and improved" which implies that the previous version of that product was bunk all along)...

DESPITE THIS, i decided that my previously seeded version of the 7/11/02 State Theater show was just too quiet and compressed sounding for playback in the car and on portables which are more unforgiving with a quiet signal than the living room hi-fi. while, i strongly adhere to the purist ethic that live recordings should remain as faithful as possible to the sound generated at the event, sometimes the recordings obtained just don't do justice. in this case, the soudboard recording was heavily lacking in the bass regions, probably due to the fact that the theater was boomier than usual as most folks were sitting down (like the band :-) instead of soaking up the waves in front of the stage. also, the overall signal level was pretty low and had to be normalized anyway. unfortunately, the previous normalization increased the already loud drums, creating a rather uneven overall mix when cranking the volume.

THEREFORE, i have painstakingly "remastered" the original recording, trying no less than 3 completely different mixes before being satisfied with the newest one. basically, i pumped up the bass, guitars and vocals in the EQ and maximized the loudness without adding any distortion. while the soundboard mix showed very little stereo separation, i decided not to mess with the 'imaging' as doing so may sound a bit more wide open through headphones, it tends to lose that 'live immediancy' on the hi-fi soundstage.

i hope those of you that enjoyed the original will take the time and give a listen to the remaster. if you find this unacceptable for some reason, there's plenty of copies of the origninal out there for you to obtain. just compare it to the previous seed and i think you'll find that it comes a lot closer to recreating the feel of that already fantastic show.

i am currently sharing the new version on direct connect in the shnapster hub and on furthur net over a T1 connection so you can get it fast. unfortunately, i don't have much time these days for snail mailing, but if you just gotta, reply here and we can work something out.

thanks again to kevn and the band for generously providing us with ability to enjoy this great music for years to come. thank you all for allowing me to be so verbose...

enjoy,
stitt

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JayH notes:

This is Kevn's first stop in DC on the BHAAP tour (the band was in
Baltimore in April) and it was great to hear the new tunes as well as
great version of older DNC/KK tunes. Thanks to Kevn and crew for stopping by
for a good show.

Caught the Kevn Kinney Band last night in the DC area (Falls Church, VA)
at the State Theatre, which a nice venue for concerts. 'The Band' consisted
of Bryan Howard (from Slackdaddy) on bass Dave V. Johnson on drums and Gibb
Droll on guitar. In short, the Band sounded great, and it was a more
electric set. Overall, it was a good show--2 hours long, with several extended jams on
dnc songs (Underground Umbrella and Look What You've Done). The crowd,
for the most part, was good though not that large...about 80 people. Most
were quiet and enjoyed the show. We were even treated to Gibb's first (and he
says last) exhibition of moon-walking.

