Ryan Paul and The Ardent
Return To Minneapolis Debut
Lee's Liquor Lounge
7/17/2008

Source: AKG C460B w/ CK 63-ULS caps (ORTF) -> LunaTEC V2 Preamp -> GoldWave @ 48K/24bit
Mastering: Minimal: Goldwave (crop, track, volume, resample to CD Quality)
Recorded By: Nate Anderson

Set 1:
1 In My Vision
2 Meet Me Where I Am
3 Let It Ride (Ryan Adams)
4 Beautiful Surprise
5 Do You Know Her
6 Ecclesia
7 Melinda
8 When The Curfew Blows (Woody Guthrie)
9 Banter - Setbrek? Maybe Si, Maybe No.
10 Dire Wolf (G. Dead)
11 Banter - Introductions
12 La Vita Nuova
13 Sensible Shoes
14 Walls Within Me
15 Second To Numb
16 Banter - Deny Matt Limers
17 Let My Love Open The Door (Pete Townshend)
18 Banter - Last One
19 It's You

Show Notes:
The Ardent: James Plewacki (Guitar, Mandolin) Jaim Zuber (Pedal Steel) John Holtze (Bass) Steve Goold (Drums) Ryan Paul (me)

This was Ryan Plewacki's first show back in Minneapolis after spending a while on the lam in NYC.  I met him through The Big Wu (as fellow listers) and went to see a show of his with a band called King Freud in Dinkytown.   The band ws playing well but it sounded like crap.. I looked over at the board and saw noone.  SO I talked to RP @ setbreak and said "Hey.. I used to mess with this stuff in High School y'mind if I play?  I can't make it sound worse :)"  he said yes.. I became King Freud's regular sound engineer and the rest is history (or at least the history of me getting back into the sound engineering business)

After Freud broke up Ryan and Jason Fladager founded God Johnson which had their first few practices in my basement and me behind their board for a number of shows.  (You'll find plenty of them recorded by me on this site)  After his exit from GJ is when Ryan moved out east.

Fun Fun!  This was a good show.  Lots of old faces in the crowd and they played well.  I think I captured it well too :)

Enjoy!
-Nate

