Los Lobos
The Middle East Club – Downstairs
Central Square, Cambridge MA 08/12/1999

1. Intro
2. Cumbia Raza
3. Let’s Say Goodnight*
4. My Baby’s Gone
5. Angel Dance
6. Some Say, Some Do
7. Run Away With You
8. This Time
9. Oh Yeah
10. Just A Man**
11. Carabina 30 30
12. Anselma
13. Volver, Volver
14. Up The Line
15. Don’t Worry Baby
16. Barrence Whitfield Introduction
17. Georgia Slop***
18. She’s About A Mover***

*w/Karen Durcotte, washboard
**dedicated to Mark Sandman
***w/Barrence Whitfield

Field: Shure VP-88->Sony D8 (Line In) 16/44.1 middle of the floor, FOB/DFC.
Post: Tascam DA-20 MK II->SPDIF Coax->M-Audio Audiophile 2496->Audacity
Track Splits in CDWav, FLAC’ed in Trader’s Little Helper, Tagged in Media Monkey.

Recorded, Transferred, Tracked and FLAC'ed by Bob Hundertmark.  
This File Set March, 2014.  

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SHOW NOTES:

I ran into David outside before the show - he had a fever, was obviously not feeling well, and people were running around getting extra fans for him for the stage.  You wouldn't know it listening to this show.

David dedicated "Just A Man" to Mark Sandman, who died on July 3, 1999 - just a month before this show - after he after collapsed on stage in Italy.  Mark was the bass player and creative force of Morphine, Treat Her Right, and some other local bands.  This was certainly the right place to pay tribute to him, as the Middle East Club and Central Square were among Mark's favorite hangs.  In fact, the intersection outside the Middle East Club was later christened "Mark Sandman Square" by the City of Cambridge.  David cites him as a good friend in the intro, and plays a searing and emotional solo which marks this as the best version I've seen or heard.

I almost took a patch from Louie Stetzel (RIP) the Lobos sound guy, but decided to tough it out on the floor, since the soundboard feeds in the small clubs were heavy on the vocals and light on the guitars.  Glad I did, though it was hot, sweaty and crowded up there.

I think this is the only source of this show, and the first time it's being put into digital circulation.  March, 2014.




