Leftover Salmon
Wetlands
New York, NY
10/1/1994

Scheops (probably CMC54 borrowed from Eliot Byron, not noted on my recording) -> Sonosax -> Denon DTR80p (m)

Transfer: DAT master playback on Sony R500->.flac file recorded on Sound Devices 722 digital input

Mastered: Soundforge Pro 10.0a - *All file manipulation in Soundforge done at 24 bits*.   Volume normalization, sample rate conversion 48khz to 44.1khz using iZotope 64-Bit SRC set higher than "Highest Quality" setting w/anti-alias filter, then dithered back to 16 bits using using iZotope MBIT+ with Ultra noise shaping, High dither settings. Tracked in CDWav.


Set 1
1.  intro by Otis
2.  Ask The Fish
3.  banter - eating the wrong kind of fish
4.  Zombie Jamboree
5.  banter - some version of that fish food tonight
6.  Tu N'as Pas Aller
7.  banter - 9000 feet in the air
8.  Sittin' On Top Of The World
9.  banter - fun tour on the East coast
10. Boogie
11. The Face of Justice
12. banter - herban Renewal
13. The Green Thing ->
14. Whiskey For Breakfast ->
15. Over The Waterfall
16. banter
17. Dance On Your Head
18. banter - Corned Beef
19. Reuben's Train
20. Carnival Time
21. banter - having any fun yet
22. Funky Mountain Fogdown
23. setbreak announce

Set 2
1.  Otis intro
2.  Hey Joe
3.  Boo Boo
4.  the fastest song we know / banter
5.  Zydeco
6.  banter - like a family gathering
7.  (classical/waltz tune) * ->
8.  Dick Hippie reads corn poem * ->
9.  Hot Corn, Cold Corn
10. Wheel Hoss
11. banter - full moon all month long
12. The Valley Of The Full Moon
13. banter - major networks
14. Small Axe
15. Reach (A Little Bit Higher)
16. Bosco Stumble  ^
17. Blue Green Slime ->
18. Brain Damage/They're Coming To Take Me Away
19. banter - Wetlands appreciation
20. Baby Please
21. banter - them tall buildings
22. Flying Cloud Cotillion
23. Hoodoo Bash
24. banter - awake after midnight
25. Rocky Road Blues #
26. When The Levee Breaks
27. thanks to moe., Copernicus, and the Phish
28. Pasta On The Mountain @
29. crowd

Notes:
moe. opened and one of the guys from moe. came on stage with a corn stalk during Hot Corn, Cold Corn
Copernicus read poetry between sets, I believe
no encore, I think they played right up until curfew


* = w/Dick Hippie vocals
+ = w/Long Tall Sally, Ain't No Bugs On Me teases
^ = w/L.A. Woman tease
# = w/"I Know My Mother" verse
@ = w/Rockytop rap

This is BARN22, the 22nd release in my ongoing series where drop my rod and reel into the depths of my archives and see what I can fish out.  Somehow I managed to bag a Salmon on this outing.

There were many many crazy nights at the Wetlands...Well this was one absoultely of the crazier ones.  Leftover Salmon was virtually unheard of outside of Colorado at the time.  As far as I can tell, they'd only come to NYC once before, opening for Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue at Wetlands in April.  I happened to see and hear (but not tape) most of their opening set at the earlier show, and was pretty floored by how much fun their self-described "polyethnic cajun slamgrass" was.  So when they showed up on the Wetlands calendar in a headlining slot in October of 94, I was more than psyched to see them do a full 2 set show at my favorite venue!  I figured it'd be sparsely attended (as most semi-unknown bands would typically be at the time) by me, a few Colorado expats, and maybe some others like me who caught them opening for Col. Bruce their previous time in town.

I was proven extremely wrong when in the weeks before this show, when everyone I ran into seemed to say to me "Leftover Salmon?  Wetlands?  That HAS to be a secret Phish show!"  Of course I knew better and tried to educate people, but one person can't turn back the tide of a rumor about that Ph band.  Consequently EVERYONE came out and absolutely PACKING the place (there was a line around the block) for LOS's 1st headlining show in NYC.  While maybe initially some people were a little disappointed that it wasn't the other fishy band, LOS threw a PARTY in the house that night, and nobody went home disappointed!  And from LOS's point of view, could they have asked for a better reception in NYC?  And to their credit, Leftover BROUGHT it on this night, with a high energy show featuring all of their freakiness -- opening with a super tripped-out Ask The Fish, and then proceeding to play stuff ranging all over the map -- cajun/zydco, bluegrass, blues, rock....with lots of crazy banter from Vince Herman and lots of references to smoking illegal substances (which connected well with the Wetlands crowd), it was a slam dunk.

So in terms of LOS in NYC -- this was the show that started it all.  Huge exposure, a great time had by all, and lots of repeat customers for future shows!

A rundown of my previous BARN archival releases (all can be found on archive.org except as noted):
BARN1 - Col Bruce Hampton and the Code Talkers at Bret & Joyce's wedding 9/17/05
BARN2 - Col Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit (w/guest Warren Haynes for all of set 2) Wetlands 11/20/93
BARN3 - moe. Wetlands 7/8/95
BARN4 - Dan Bern Bottom Line 7/31/98 (late show)
BARN5 - moe. Birch Hill 10/31/96
BARN6 - moe. Maxwells 1/20/96
BARN7 - Dan Bern Central Park Summerstage 9/19/97
BARN8 - Dan Bern, Bottom Line 8/1/98
BARN9 - moe. Bayou 4/5/97
BARN10 - moe. Irving Plaza 4/4/97
BARN11 - moe. AKA 9/7/95
BARN12 - Yolk AKA 9/7/95
BARN13 - Robert Walter/Johnny Vidacovich/James Singleton/Donald Harrison Preservation Hall 4/30/08
BARN14 - Phish Las Vegas, NV 10/31/98 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN15 - Phish Great Went @ Loring AFB, Limestone, ME 8/16/97 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN16 - Phish Great Went @ Loring AFB, Limestone, ME 8/17/97 (on bt.etree.org), includes orchestra set - by request
BARN17 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/4/96 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN18 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/6/96 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN19 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/7/96 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN20 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/5/96 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN21 - God Street Wine, Irving Plaza, NYC 6/24/93
BARN22 - Leftover Salmon, Wetlands, NYC 10/1/94
