Guster
Acoustic Tour w/ Jeff Garlin & Mat Edgar
Vic Theatre
Chicago, IL 
April 5, 2012

Taper: acady

Location: Center Stage, about 5th row (Zoom mounted to a railing about waist height)

Lineage: Zoom H1 (44khz/16bit)(low cut off, auto level off) > Micro SDHC > PC > CD WAV (track split) > WAV > Trader's Little Helper > FLAC (level 8 encoding)

Guster performed a stripped down acoustic set with a small string section at the Vic Theatre. The setlist comprised deep cuts, b-sides, unique arrangements, and general unpredictability. Jeff Garlin of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and Mat Edgar performed stand-up comedy before Guster. It was a special night of music and comedy. 

No editing has been done to this recording. This is not a spectacular recording, but certainly very listenable and captures the atmosphere of the show. Talking, screaming, and singing can be heard around me. Occasionally you can hear some bumps against the unit from where people were banging on the railing the unit was mounted to. Instruments and vocals are pretty clear, and thankfully, the recording isn't super bass-heavy.

Quality: 7.0/10 

ENJOY!

Do not convert to lossy format.  

Trade freely.

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Setlist:

01. Jeff Garlin - 1st set
02. Mat Edgar Set
03. Jeff Garlin - 2nd set
04. Guster intro
05. Backyard *
06. Do You Love Me *
07. Ryan Speaks
08. Rainy Day *
09. Diane *
10. Rise & Shine *
11. The Beginning of the End *
12. Ryan Speaks
13. So Long *
14. Ryan Speaks [Jeff joins, Happier request]
15. Happier
16. Requests $
17. Ramona
18. Banter
19. The Captain #
20. Banter with Jeff
21. Goodbye Jeff Ad Lib
22. Rocketship *
23. What You Call Love *
24. That's No Way To Get To Heaven *
25. Two Points For Honesty *
26. Long Way Down *
27. Either Way * %
28. Satellite *
29. Ryan Speaks
30. This Could All Be Yours *
31. Solitary Man @ (Neil Diamond Cover)
32. Go Cubs Go! @ (Steve Goodman cover)
33. Jesus on the Radio ^ 

Running Time: 2 hr 19 min

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Notes:

* w/The Guster String Players (April & Charlotte)
$ requests for Demons or Manifest Destiny, Jeff requests Ramona
# Jeff pretends to play piano
% Brian on the glockenspiel
@ w/Jeff Garlin on vocals
^ unplugged 

- This was Guster's first acoustic tour.

- The setlist had Stay With Me Jesus, Airport Song and Bad Bad World/Captain; but only Captain was played.