Living Daylights The Jason & Tree Wedding 3/21/04 The Plantation House Olawalu, Maui, Hawaii taped by Dr Bob // 2 Nak 700's ORTF left ctr stage->Nak MX 100 mixer->D8 transfer & compression by Rich Selleseth // Tascam DA-20mkII > LynxONE > Samplitude 6.0 > SoundForge 4.5 > CDWav > flac The Wedding t01 Hawaiin Singer t02 The Ceremony Living Daylights disc one/Cocktail set: t01 tuning etc t02 Mayakovsky's Smile t03 Late Night, Early Morning t04 dead air etc. t05 Loop jam t06 dead air etc. t07 Sassegado t08 more dead air t09 Pike or Pine t10 One Leg Standing t11 "...we'll be back..." disc two/Dance set t01 song intro etc. t02 Soukous t03 Afro Boogie-> t04 Eye R Us t05 Electric Rosary t06 Calder's Circus t07 Chez Arnesto t08 dead air etc. t09 Adam's Apple t10 dead air etc. t11 Homo Volans intro t12 "...don't have to go home but ya can't stay here..." from a post on the Kimock list: I'm posting a version of this to both the Living Daylights and Kimock lists; for those of you on Kimock there is some Kimock content-even aside from the fact that Jason and Tree are well known in the Kimock community. I've known Jason and Tree since at least 9/18/98. That night of KVHW at the Maritime, Ray White seamlessly weaved the line "singing happy birthday to Dr Bob" into a verse of Spring Water. After the set ended, Jason came up to me and told me it was his birthday too! After that I always saw Jason and Tree at nearly every Kimock show within driving range of the Bay Area until they moved to Maui a couple of years ago. Heck-until recently I always thought they were already married; they've always had the look of a happily married couple :-) It's hard to imagine any better setting for the ceremony and reception than The Plantation House in Olowalu, Maui, Hawaii! Olowalu is one of the dryest spots in Maui; as I looked at the angry Black Clouds coming up the valley I covered my mics and thought we were headed for a New Monsoon instead of Living Daylights. But the West Maui Mtns sucked all the moisture out and the rains were relegated to the rest of the island. The Plantation House has a nice small grassy back yard which runs right up to the ocean. On the tapes you can hear waves crashing and birdies chirping. There is a permanent outdoor stage fronted by a small concrete dance floor. The yard is dominated by an enormous Banyan tree, which served also as the centerpiece of the awesome official wedding/show poster created by John(I don't recall his last name; he's the same artist who created the gorgeous Zero Hawaii '99 tickets with the Z E R O letters fading into the sunset). This ranks up there with Horning's Hideout, the beach on the Big Island, and the now defunct Jeremy's Carport Amphitheatre as fav outdoor venues. First up in late afternoon was a 30 min set by a traditional Hawaiian singer, and it set the mood nicely. The singer was also the official who performed the wedding ceremony. As the wedding party traipsed down the center aisle over a bed of bouganvilla petals, we were treated to processional music composed, performed and recorded by...Steve Kimock! I hear Tree had gotten SK to do this. It was about 5 min long, and was something akin to a cross between Le Petite Groove and, say, an intro to Cole's Law(but different from either of them). Hauntingly beautiful! After thunderous applause concluded the ceremony, we were treated to a cocktail hour set by The Living Daylights. Now I've recently followed the Daylights to Italy and Maui, two of my favorite places on the planet, but their music is so incredible that I'll follow them to Antarctica if that's where their next tour is. This set of mellow songs was intended to be background music as we had drinks, consumed appetizers(I can't spell hors d'oerves), chatted and sat on the grass watching the waves crash. And what a stellar set it was: Mayakovsky's Smile; Late Night, Early Morning; Loop jam; Sassegado; Pike or Pine; and One Leg Standing. The Loop jam was especially noteworthy-during Arne's lead over the loop multiple whales were jumping out of the water into the air. But Arne didn't see them-he was in a trance with his eyes closed as he played. Arne the whale charmer! After that one hour set came dinner. Now my wife Shelley and I had nothing but great food our entire week in Hawaii, but nothing is as memorable as the Molokai yams we had that night! After dinner several close friends and family gave toasts to the happy couple. Brian Martin of the Kimock list was one of the, ugh, little toasters. I never knew that Brian and Jason were friends in Richmond, VA before moving to the Bay Area in the mid to late '90's. I first got to know Brian when he patched out of me at the Zero Black Mtn Music Fest in NC in 10/97. Kudos to Brian, who I'm told had much to do with organizing the wedding festivities. I didn't propose a toast at the reception, but let's do so on the Kimock list! The evening was capped off by a dance set from the Daylights: Soukous; Afro Boogie->Eye R Us; Electric Rosary; Calder's Circus; Chez Arnesto; Adam's Apple; Homo Volans intro. Jason told me he wanted the Daylights because of their crossover appeal-the cocktail set charmed guests old enough to have seen Coltrane and the late night set got not only the jamband fans up and dancing, but the kids and teenagers as well. The Daylights were crossover in another sense-all three are such great people that they became part of the party, not just hired performers. I have tapes of the wedding 3/21 shows, as well as the 3/19,20 preceding gigs in Maui, if anyone out there wants to do the DAT->CD. Cheers to the happy couple! drbob App\Http\Controllers\Api\FileDownloadController::download(): Return value must be of type string, none returned