YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND
November 4, 1999 (Thu)
The Ritz
Missoula, MT

If you really love Yonder, here's hoping you'll support the band by going to their website and purchasing a few of their commercial releases:
   Elevation ~~~ 1999
   Mountain Tracks, Vol.1: Sept 29-30, 2000 ~~~ 2001
   Town By Town ~~~ 2001
   Mountain Tracks, Vol.2: Fall 2001 ~~~ 2002
   Old Hands [YMSB & Benny Galloway] ~~~ 2003
   Mountain Tracks, Vol.3: Sept 12-13, 2003 ~~~ 2004
http://www.YonderMountain.com

DISC ONE  [54.25]
SET 1:
01  "why not sleep in tomorrow?"  0.36
02  On The Run  9.19
03  Steam-Powered Aereo Plane  4.36
04  Shady Grove >  2.20
05  Wheel Hoss >  2.49
06  Shady Grove  1.43
07  Left Me In A Hole @  5.26
08  The Mental Breakdown  4.13
09  Half Moon Rising  5.30
10  Big Mon  3.36
11  If You're Ever In Oklahoma  4.59
12  My Walkin' Shoes Don't Fit Me Anymore  3.32
13  cops-checking-ID's banter...  0.59
14  Brown Mountain Light  4.42

DISC TWO  [75.24]
SET 1 cont'd...
01  Snow On The Pines >  13.56
02  The (Vulgar) Boatman >  6.40
03  The Bolton Stretch  2.40
04  % "ancient tones" banter >  1.48
05  Ruby > Follow Me Down To The Riverside  13.50
SET 2:
06  "always blame it on the cable..."  0.43
07  Jesus On The Mainline  7.34
08  Shenandoah Valley Breakdown  3.40
09  Molly & Tenbrooks  4.44
10  Brewgrass (11.18.99) banter...  0.44
11  Pow Wow The Indian Boy  4.20
12  Keep On Going >  5.41
13  New Speedway Boogie >  6.03
14  Keep On Going >  2.54

DISC THREE  [54.46]
SET 2 cont'd...
01  Salt Creek  3.47
02  Telluride banter...^  1.08
03  My Gal (I'm Satisfied With My Rat)  6.38
04  Rambler's Anthem [so new it was still untitled!]  3.43
05  Sorrow Is A Highway  3.39
06  brown liquid nutritional banter...  1.13
07  Blue Night  2.46
08  Loneliness & Desperation  3.42
09  Goin' Up  3.54
10  Ramblin' In The Rambler  4.37
11  Ramblin' Boy  3.30
12  "then things are gonna... deviate"  0.34
13  Remington Ride  4.51
14  "what do the lights mean...?"  0.51
15  Traffic Jam >  4.02
16  Whippin' Post >  4.34
17  Traffic Jam  1.08
[A moment later the club literally pulled the plug... 
 that's the sound you hear at the very end (chuckle...)]

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SBD SOURCE:
soundboard > xlr-analog cables > Tascam DA-P1 DAT (48kHz)
CONVERSION (Jan 9, 2005):
master-DATs (48kHz) > Tascam DA-20mkII > Audiophile 2496/HD > Soundforge 6.0 (many edits*, resampled to 44.1kHz, norm'd to -16dB, fades added) > CD Wave Editor (track splits) > flac frontend
Recording & conversion by Pastor Tim [YonderArchive@yahoo.com]

NOTES:
* 100's of pops & clicks from a bad mando cable removed, but a few left
   in for that cool 'Chinese New Year' effect (chuckle...)
@ effectively an 'a capella' version because the local soundman
   sub-grouped the vocals only
% the 'yee-haw factor' was edited out because of (yet another) local
   soundman error
^ the disco ball is turned on for the duration of the evening

THE STORY
     I had seen Yonder play an early morning set at Stafford Lake Music Festival in Novato, CA about a month earlier, but this was my first chance to see them on my home turf... well, admittedly I had to drive 170 miles each way to go to the show, but in Montana we consider that "local."  ;^{)}=>+  I was also glad I brought along my recording gear in spite of all the problems created by the local guy (Sean) who 'thought' he was a soundman (hence The Ritz being regularly referred to as The House Of Feedback).  The energy was pretty high from the get-go but it wasn't until setbreak that people really filled up the place.  Oh, and this was the first night I ever met my now great friend Bob Troutman!  
     The Ritz is (now was) a really tiny club with a small stage angled into a corner.  The poolroom was a little further back, the bar was over to the left (facing the stage), and the wooden floor was a joy to dance on -- very easy on the legs.  The boys played there a few more times before moving to larger venues, but I still look back on these days as some of the sweetest because the band came through 4 times a year like clockwork.  Who knows, maybe one of these days we'll get to pull off some tiny club show by giving the band some absurd moniker, but if not at least this show will give you the feel of what it was like to hear the band play a small club to maybe 150 people.  ENJOY!
                         + Pastor Tim [YonderArchive@yahoo.com]

QUOTABLE QUOTES:
"Actually I didn't write it, I transcribed it from the devil..."
                     -- Dave, on 'The Mental Breakdown'

"Honey, are you mad... Honey, Are You Mad... Honey, Are You Mad?!...
 HONEY, ARE YOU MAD?!?!"
                     -- 'Ruby'

"And you said our music had no drums..."  
                     -- Jeff, on the knocking sound of a bad mando cable

http://www.YonderMountain.com
