7 Walkers
Brooklyn Bowl
Brooklyn, NY
5/28/2010

Neumann TLM-170 (cardoids, FOB almost parallel to right PA, about 40' from stage) -> Sound Devices 722 (@24/96); Tracked in CDWav.

Set 1:
1.  tuning
2.  jam ->
3.  Deal
4.  banter - dedication to the mayor of Strawberry Fields
5.  Mr. Charlie
6.  Hey Pocky Way *
7.  Death Don't Have No Mercy
8.  Seven Walkers ->
9.  Since I Laid My Burden Down
10. banter - I know I can get a decent slice
11. Sugaree *
12. Wharf Rat
13. setbreak announce

Set 2:
1.  tuning
2.  Bertha ->
3.  drum solo ->
4.  (Turn On Your) Lovelight
5.  Bottle Up And Go -> +
6.  I Know You Rider
7.  Little Sadie
8.  banter - band intros
9.  Cabbage Alley *
10. New Orleans Crawl
11. Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
12. thanks/encore break
13. Junco Partner *
14. outro

Recorded, mastered, and tracked by Scott Bernstein

Papa Mali (Malcom Welborne) - guitar, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann - drums
George Porter, Jr. [The Meters] - bass, * = George on vocals
Matt Hubbard - keyboards, harmonica, trombone

+ = w/"Within You Without You" (The Beatles) jam, bass solo

 - "Seven Walkers" and "New Orleans Crawl" are new Robert Hunter-penned songs for this band
 - Set 2 outro includes the beginning of the "Different Strokes" theme played over the PA as a tribute to Gary Coleman who died  earlier in the day

This was a really sweet show in many ways -- a unique pairing of my favorite bassist with Bill K, one of the only drummers who can play "loose" and "tight" at the same time, and a swampy  guitar player/singer with tons of soul.  Cool song selection combining Grateful Dead classics, New Orleans covers (George's territory), blues covers/sprirtuals/traditional numbers (Papa Mali's territory), and originals written by Robert Hunter specificially for this band.  If you want to boil the whole thing down to one song to sample, just give a listen to Junco Partner, the encore -- you'll get the idea.  Too bad they didn't do Papa Mali's rendition of Guilded Splinters -- that's one that never fails to impress!

Go see them when they come to your town!