BÃ©la Fleck & the Flecktones  
1999-04-30 - 
Doc & Merle Watson Theatre, 
Wilkes Community College (WCC), 
North Wilkesboro, NC  
"Merle Watson Memorial Bluegrass Festival"  
"MerleFest"  

01 - [ 09:07 ] Intro > Throwdown At the Hoedown
02 - [ 08:19 ] Imagine This >
03 - [ 05:42 ] Trane To Conamarra
04 - [ 01:44 ] band intros >
05 - [ 09:11 ] Big Country
06 - [ 09:38 ] Spanish Point #
07 - [ 11:54 ] Stomping Grounds #
ENCORE
08 - [ 06:06 ] Cheeseballs In Cowtown #  

BÃ©la Anton LeoÅ¡ Fleck - banjos, vox
Victor Lemonte Wooten - bass guitars, double bass, cello
Roy Wooten ("Future Man") - SynthAxeDrumitar
Jeff Coffin - double saxophones
#=w/ Sam Bush - mandolin  

Source
AUD : Schoeps MK4's (110 degrees) > SonyD8 > DAT (clone @ 16/44)

Transfer
TascamDA-20mkII (DAT/clone) > S/PDIF > MarantzPMD-661pro @ 16/44

Mastering
SDHC > WavelabPro9.5 > CDWav > TLH (FLAC level8)

Recorded by : Unknown
DAT provided by : Dave Brotman
Transferred & Mastered by : Chris Mrachek
April 2022

Chris Mrachek NOTES:  
*** Show Notes ***
~ Stunning ambient microphone recording!  
~ Spanish Point through Cheeseballs In Cowtown with Sam Bush on mandolin!  
~ Special thanks to brother Ted Mattes for coordinating this whole project!  
~ Alternate sources include : AKG and Sennheiser versions  

vanillag NOTES (8/16/2022):  
--HUGE thanks to whomever rocked the recording of this & to Dave Brotman & Chris Mrachek for their parts in the share, the transfer & mastering of this tasty gem!!  
--added the band members info
--added more info to the venue info
--fixed some song titles toward how they appear on the original albums
--created an md5 checksum file
--added pictures of the Flecktones at the venue  

ffp:  
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