George Porter, Ivan Neville, Ian Neville, & Russell Batiste: B.I.G.I.
May 2, 2009 (7-10pm)
New Orleans, LA @ Maple Leaf
SBD (1/4" outs/unbalanced) > Lunatec V3 (left +28db, right +14db, 16bit/44.1kHz) > Digigram VX Pocket > Sony Vaio Picturebook PCG-C1VS / SoundForge 4.5 (recording) & 7.0 (trim, fades/etc) / CD Wave Editor (tracking) > FLAC > CDR > EAC > FLAC (recorded by ericv)

Disc One:  73:24
01. BIGI > Gettin' Funkier All The Time > Skank Gumbo
02. Dry Spell
03. Mojo Hannah > Cabbage Alley
04. Hey! Last Minute > I Need More Time > 
05. Jungle Man >
06. Wat'cha Say

Disc Two:  50:22
01. Li'l Nyron *
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Porter, Batiste, & Ian leave; Block & Weber join Ivan:
02. Go To The Mardi Gras
03. Big Chief
Rechler joins, Ivan gets on drums, Weber gets on bass:
04. Use Me Up 
Ivan gets on bass, Weber gets back on drums:
05. Shakey Ground > Thank You Fa Lettin Me Be Mice Elf (chorus) > jam

BIGI is Batiste, Ivan, George and Ian	80:18
George Porter Jr	bass
Russell Batiste		drums
Ivan Neville		keys
Ian Neville		guitar

At this point George and Russell had to depart for the PBS w/ Page McConnell gig at Tip's:
Players became				43:25
Ivan Neville		keys, drums (Use Me Up), bass (Shakey Ground)
Andrew Block		guitar
Raymond Weber		drums, bass (Use Me Up)
Mark Rechler		keys, vocals

*There is a discussion about the title of this song on the funky METERS message board, since it is played by several of Russell Batiste's bands, some with lyrics, some without. The earliest recording of the song appears on the CD, "The Clinic" by Russell Batiste and the Orkestra from Da Hood (2003) where it is performed as an instrumental.

This was a private party from 7pm to 10pm, organized by Shari with door donation for rebuilding residences in the 9th Ward (pnola.org) projects - Phoenix of New Orleans.
