The Brothers Comatose
March 5, 2015
SLO Brewing Company
San Luis Obispo, CA

Matrix: Soundboard + Neumann KM-140s (ORTF) >35ft XLRs >Beyer MV-100 >Mackie 1202-VLZ PRO Mixer >XLR >Tascam DR-100mkII (24/48)
WAV >Audacity (Track Splits And Down Sample / Dither To 16/44.1) FLAC (Level 8) Via xACT 2.35
(Recorded / Transferred By Jeff Bowen, aka OldNeumanntapr)

01. Soundcheck Track 1
02. Soundcheck Track 2
03. Soundcheck Track 3
04. Soundcheck Track 4
05. Soundcheck Track 5
06. Soundcheck Track 6
07. Soundcheck Track 7
08. Soundcheck Track 8
09. Soundcheck Track 9
10. Soundcheck Track 10
11. Soundcheck Track 11

12. Trippin' On Down
13. Brothers
14. Pie For Breakfast
15. Dead Flowers
16. Modern Day Sinners
17. Knoxville Fox*
18. Hurricane*
19. Roots
20. The Ballad Of Tommy Decker
21. 120 East
22. Fiddle Instrumental
23. Angeline
24. City*
25. Freedom#
26. Pig In A Pen^
27. The Van Song
28. The Way The West Was Won*
29. To Be Young**
30. Tops Of The Trees
31. The Scout***
32. Swamp Jam***
33. Feel Like The Devil***

-Encore-
34. Ya'll Come

Alex Morrison - Banjo,  Vocals
Ben  Morrison - Guitar,  Vocals
Ryan Avellone - Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals
Gio Benedetti - Bass
Phillip Brezina - Fiddle

Cuesta Ridge Opened

*New Song
#Richie Havens Cover
^Old & In The Way Cover
**Ryan Adams Cover
***Special Guest David Huebner From 'The Littlest Birds' On Cello

Taper Notes-
All I can say is that this band seriously needs someone to stand near the stage with a fire extinguisher because THESE GUYS SMOKE!!!! Wow. I really enjoyed seeing / recording this band, especially after hearing repeated plays of â€˜Pie For Breakfastâ€™ on K-Pig FM, from Santa Cruz but simulcast in SLO County. To make matters sweeter, Cuesta Ridge was opening the show and I am the the archivist for that band since my brother in law Brent plays drums for them. Well, Iâ€™d probably go and record them anyway even if he wasnâ€™t because they are really hot. Brent put me on the guest list for this show which was nice that I could save a few dollars.

I got there at 6 pm at soundcheck and had no trouble securing permission from the headliner to make an audience / soundboard matrix recording. It made things easy seeing how my mic cables were already taped down because I had to leave them set up after the Heartless Bastards show on Sunday after the bouncers set up the general admission wall over them that separates the bar from the stage area. So, I just attached the microphones to the cables and adjusted them in a basic ORTF position but made sure to point them to the stage to pick up sound from the on-stage amplifiers. I was ready to record the sound check and adjust my mix once I got the mixer and recorder / preamp set up and the 1/4 inch cables run from the board. I asked Kip, SLO Brew house sound man, if I could plug into Matrix 3 and 4 on the board and he commented that I was getting used to doing so!

The Brothers Comatose played a 40 minute sound check which was like a mini set and was icing on the cake to what looked to be a pretty good evening shaping up. They sound checked for so long that by the time Cuesta Ridge was ready to do their sound check the doors were opening and people were coming in to the building.

Cuesta Ridge played a little over 40 minutes and were in fine form. Their set, along with all their others, can be found on the Live Music Archive. Look up:
https://archive.org/details/CuestaRidge

The addition of the audience microphones, which were hung on the front ceiling post about 10ft high and nine feet from stage center, makes a big difference in the energy level of the show. You can really hear how into it the crowd was, as compared to a straight board recording where the crowd sounds like they are off in the distance.

My sister was there and bought me a couple of cold Coronas, Thanks Steph!, and the guys at the booth next to me bought me another beer and thanked me for recording live music.  I told them thanks, and that I have been recording for almost 29 years now.

Pie For Breakfast was the third song of the set and was really nice to hear live.
I will definitely see and record these guys again because they put on a great show.
During the encore I was able to make my way through the crowd (which was packed) to the front of the stage to get a set list once the show was over. The guy next to me gave me a dirty look when I pushed up to the stage but I smiled as I grabbed the set list and said that I needed it to be able to post the recording to the LMA. He said, â€˜OK, go aheadâ€™.

Another show successfully archived. In the words of another taper, â€˜If it wasnâ€™t recorded itâ€™s just a memoryâ€™. Enjoy all.

Please share freely and donâ€™t convert to MP3.

 
