Deep Banana Blackout
Howlin' Wolf
New Orelans, LA
5/6/2000


Neumann TLM170s(cardoid, FOB) -> Sonosax -> Teac DAP20 (16 bit, 48khz, EMPHASIS ON)

Transfer: Sony R500->Sound Devices 722

Mastered: Soundforge Pro 10.0b - *All file manipulation in Soundforge done at 24 bits* Sample rate conversion 48khz to 44.1khz using iZotope 64-Bit SRC set higher than "Highest Quality" setting w/anti-alias filter.  24 bit file then processed with SOX 14.3.1 (as recommended, keeping the file at 24 bits during the processing) to remove pre-emphasis which was applied by the Teac A>D converter.  Then back to Soundforge for volume normalization and finally then dithered back to 16 bits using using iZotope MBIT+ with Ultra noise shaping, High dither settings. Tracked in CDWav.

Set 1
1.  Pass It Down ->
2.  Get'chall In The Mood
3.  banter - we love New Orleans
4.  Pakaloa Blues ->
5.  Homo Lingo ->
6.  Universal Song ->
7.  Rocker
8.  banter - welcoming Merl Saunders, announcing GOTV 2000
9.  Boogie On Reggae Woman *
10. banter - Merl appreciation, dedication to the ladies
11. Mama Feelgood ->
12. Hear My Song
13. banter - what you're cookin' out there
14. Especiality ->
15. Breakfast At Volo's
16. banter - anybody feel like hearing the blues?
17. Dr. Feelgood
18. banter - give it up for Jen
19. B'Gock
20. setbreak announce

Set 2:
1.  intro
2.  Fuzzy Logic ->
3.  Bump & Sway ->
4.  positive rhymes +
5.  Bump & Sway (reprise)
6.  Get Up Offa That Thing ->
7.  bass solo ->
8.  Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) ->
9.  Trip
10. banter - inviting up Cabaret Diosa
11. La Familia -> ^
12. percussion solo -> ^
13. La Familia (reprise) ^
14. banter - Cabaret Diosa appreciation, happy bday to Nina
15. Do That Stuff
16. banter - the sun is up, doing a Duke Ellington
17. Peckin'
18. Pure Gravy
19. banter - 24x7 nonstop party people
20. TUG ->
21. Come Together
22. encore break/banter - every last drop of the funk
23. Everybody ->
24. Groove Is Here
25. outro


Recorded, Transferred, Mastered, and Tracked by Scott Bernstein (5/22-24/2010).

Cleaned up sub-second dropouts in master recording in set 1 at:  8:19, 11:13, 11:19, 11:25, 11:35, 12:49, 12:48, 12:59 (there was a longer dropout here, partially only in one channel so there is a short period around this point where the show reverts to mono), 23:51.  I think I was having issues with my battery pack for the Sonosax, which I eventually straightened out.

* = w/Merl Saunders on keys and vocals
+ = w/Scott-ay on vocals
^ = w/Cabaret Diosa - Grant, Arturo

One of the stage mics is distorted in the house PA mix for parts of set 1, track 2; the distortion goes away for a while and then comes back for a bit in Set 1, Track 4



Taper notes:
Plugging along in my labor of love, here's BARN44, another entry into my New Orleans Jazzfest appreciation series.  This is from one of my favorite bands at the time, Deep Banana Blackout.  If you're not familiar with them, they were (and I guess sometimes still are) a Connecticut-based funk band with a horn section and a spunky female lead singer, Jen Durkin.  They made a name for themselves at The Wetlands for playing long sets of original songs mixed in with many classic funk & blues covers (James Brown, P-Funk, The Meters, Janis Joplin, etc.), all of which is in evidence here.  Of course they were perfect for the "play all night" atmosphere of the late-night jazzfest shows, having perfected doing exactly this at Wetlands.  I can't recall exactly what time this show started, but if you listen closely you can hear the band mention early in the 2nd set that the sun was already coming out.  And this is a LONG show even by their standards -- just under 100 minutes for the 1st set, and just over 100 minutes for the 2nd set.  Wow!  And it never lets up....no slow tunes, particularly in the 2nd set.  They knew that if people were out so late, they had to keep things energetic.

Thinking back, this might be one of the only times that I spent nearly as much time outside the show as I did inside -- it was BROILING inside the venue, and once you were hand-stamped you could come and go from the venue as you wished, and also clearly hear the music just in front of the venue, so there was a huge scene outside of people dancing to the music.

My Jazzfest Appreciation series just keeps rolling and rolling.  Look for more entries coming......

Enjoy!

Scott

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 9/17/2005
BARN2 - Col Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit (w/guest Warren Haynes for all of set 2) Wetlands 11/20/1993
BARN3 - moe. Wetlands 7/8/1995
BARN4 - Dan Bern Bottom Line 7/31/1998 (late show)
BARN5 - moe. Birch Hill 10/31/1996
BARN6 - moe. Maxwells 1/20/1996
BARN7 - Dan Bern Central Park Summerstage 9/19/1997
BARN8 - Dan Bern, Bottom Line 8/1/1998
BARN9 - moe. Bayou 4/5/1997
BARN10 - moe. Irving Plaza 4/4/1997
BARN11 - moe. AKA 9/7/1995
BARN12 - Yolk AKA 9/7/1995
BARN13 - Robert Walter/Johnny Vidacovich/James Singleton/Donald Harrison Preservation Hall 4/30/08
BARN14 - Phish Las Vegas, NV 10/31/1998 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN15 - Phish Great Went @ Loring AFB, Limestone, ME 8/16/1997 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN16 - Phish Great Went @ Loring AFB, Limestone, ME 8/17/1997 (on bt.etree.org), includes orchestra set - by request
BARN17 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/4/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN18 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/6/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN19 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/7/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN20 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/5/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN21 - God Street Wine, Irving Plaza, NYC 6/24/1993
BARN22 - Leftover Salmon, Wetlands, NYC 10/1/1994
BARN23 - Anders Osborne, Manny's Carwash, NYC 11/5/1997
BARN24 - Anders Osborne, Manny's Carwash, NYC 11/6/1997
BARN25 - moe. Pool Party, Morganville, NJ 6/2/1996
BARN26 - Widespread Panic, Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 11/7/1992 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN27 - Stew, The Turning Point, Piermont, NY 4/6/2003 (on bt.etree.org. dimeadozen.net)
BARN28 - Stew, Joe's Pub, New York, NY 5/22/2003 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN29 - Percy Hill, Lion's Den, NYC 3/16/1996
BARN30 - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Irving Plaza, 8/3/1995
BARN31 - Percy Hill, Wetlands, NYC 6/8/1996
BARN32 - Bad Livers, Mercury Lounge, NYC, 11/15/1999 (opening for Leftover Salmon)
BARN33 - Bad Livers, Mercury Lounge, NYC, 11/16/1999 (opening for Leftover Salmon)
BARN34 - G. Love And Special Sauce, Central Park Summerstage, NYC 6/18/1995
BARN35 - The Band, The Great Lawn, Central Park, NYC 5/16/1993
BARN36 - The Band, Mountain Stage Radio broadcast, Charleston, WV, recorded 4/4/1996
*** Start of New Orelans Jazzfest Appreciation mini-series (note that BARN13 technically belongs in this series) ***
BARN37 - Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, 5/5/2008
BARN38 - Steve Kimock Band, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, 5/6/2001 (2AM show)
BARN39 - The Funky Meters, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, 5/6/2001 (11PM show) (on bt.etree.org)
BARN40 - Anders Osborne, Tower Records instore, New Orleans, LA, 5/7/2001 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN41 - Joe Krown Trio w/Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Russell Batiste + special guest Mike Gordon, Tipitina's, New Orleans, 5/5/2008
BARN42 - Russell Batiste and Friends, The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, 5/1/2008 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN43 - Global Noize, The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, 5/1/2008 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN44 - Deep Banana Blackout, The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, 5/6/2000 (late night)