Papa Grows Funk
Sullivan Hall
New York, NY
6/4/2010

Neumann TLM-170 (cardoids, hung on front column 10' from the stage, on the left) -> Sound Devices 722 (@24/96); FLAC File processing in SoundForge Audio Studio 10.0b (stereo reduction by 40% using Pan/Expand feature, volume normalization; resample to 44.1 with iZotope 64-Bit SRC set higher than "Highest Quality" setting w/anti-alias filter; 24->16 bit dither using iZotope MBIT+ with Ultra noise shaping, High dither settings); Tracked in CDWav.

1.  tuning
2.  Gorillafaceugmopotamus
3.  Big Wind  ->
4.  Dolomite Medley 
5.  Stanky
6.  Rat A Tang Tang
7.  banter - sweaty like a Monday night at the Maple Leaf
8.  John Brown
9.  Junker Man
10. banter - what a night, inviting up Chris Royal
11. Looking For A Runnin' Pardner (tease)
12. My Man *
13. banter - thanking Chris
14. Looking For A Runnin' Pardner (tease #2) *+
15. banter - June Yamagichi's birthday, PGF 10th anniversary
16. I Got the Blues Over You +*
17. banter - Brint Anderson intro
18. Looking For A Runnin' Pardner (tease #3) *+
19. Right Place, Wrong Time *+^
20. banter - George intro
21. Looking For A Runnin' Pardner (full version) *%
22. banter - we're all Runnin' Pardners
23. Pass It
24. banter - nice dry t-shirts for sale


John Gros - keys and vocals
June Yamagichi - guitar
Jeffrey "Jellybean" Alexander - drums
? - sax
Mark Pero - bass

* = w/Chris Royal from the Running Pardners on sax
+ = w/Brint Anderson from the Running Pardners on guitar
^ = w/George Porter, Jr. on bass (starting about 4 minutes into "Right Place..."), and vocals (for "Lookin...")
% = w/Brint Anderson from the Running Pardners on vocals (no guitar)

Recorded, mastered, and tracked by Scott Bernstein

Notes:
The A/C was broken in the club, and it was 85 degrees and humid outside, so the ~95 degree tempeartures inside made it feel like an authentic night at The Maple Leaf in New Orleans.  You're lucky that you get to listen to this recording in whatever climate controlled environment you want, but picture those of us in attendance inside of a HOT, SWEATY club while you're listening.  :-)

Papa Grows Funk put on a tight, funky opening set for George Porter Jr. And The Runnin' Pardners.  They were having lots of fun teasing the Runnin' Pardners theme song all night ("Lookin' For A Runnin' Pardner").  Well, right in the middle of an already super-funky Right Place, Wrong Time, I see George Porter walk right by me (I shook his hand of course) and head right for the stage, taking the bass from Mark Pero and finishing a nice jammed-out Right Place, Wrong Time with the band.  Well, of course, PGF starts to tease "Lookin' For A Runnin' Pardner" again, but this time George takes their challenge, picks up the song, and sings the heck out of it -- all smiles ear-to-ear!  NICE!

If only all opening acts were this good....

