Soulive
"Bowlive"
Brooklyn Bowl
Brooklyn, NY
3/6/2010

Neumann TLM-170 (cardoids, FOB almost parallel to right PA, about 40' from stage) -> Sound Devices 722 (@24/96); FLAC File processing in SoundForge Audio Studio 10.0a (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+ Dither with Ultra noise shaping, High dither settings); Tracked in CDWav.

Nigel Hall Solo pre-set
1.  Alan Evans intro, talking about opening bands
2.  Nigel speaks
3.  Yesterday
4.  I'll Never Know
5.  A Song For You +
6.  I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know +

Set 1
1.  intro/tuning
2.  So Live!
3.  banter - Alan speaks and invites out Shady Horns
4.  Upright *
5.  For Granted *
6.  Tuesday Night Squad *^
7.  banter - thanking Nigel, setbreak announce

Set 2
1.  intro/tuning, inviting out Danny Sadowick
2.  Hatrick *%
3.  banter - inviting Ivan Neville, James Casey, Blake Hillard
4.  Got Soul *%$#
5.  Hercules *%$#
6.  banter - Ivan invites out Nigel Hall
7.  Jesus Children Of America *%$#^ ->
8.  If You Want Me To Stay *%$#@
9.  Everybody Wants To Rule The World @%
10. ? @%*# ->
11. percussion solo % ->
12. Too Much @%*#
13. banter - thanks, setbreak announce

Set 3
1.  crowd/Robert Randolph intro
2.  Crosstown Traffic -*#
3.  banter - brining back Ivan Neville
4.  Mannish Boy $-
5.  Lenny - ->
6.  (possibly a Robert Randolph tune?) -
7.  Just Kissed My Baby -$*#
8.  banter - announcements/crowd/house music starts
9.  James Brown Medley:  Lickin' Stick/There Was A Time/I Got You/Get Up Off Of That Thing/Get On The Good Foot/I Feel All Right *#@|
10. announcements


+ = Alan and Neal Evans join for second half of song
* = w/Ryan Zoidas and Sam Kininger on saxophones
^ = w/Nigel Hall on keys with Neal
% = w/Danny Sadowick on percussion
$ = w/Ivan Neville on vocals
# = adding James Casey, Blake Hillard on horns
@ = w/Nigel Hall on vocals
- = w/Robert Randolph on pedal steel guitar
| = w/also with Ivan Neville on keys

Notes:
Unfortunately most people in the venue used Nigel Hall's set as background music for their chatting.  The entire place was chattering nonstop, so this is reflected in the recording.  Unfortunately there is no "Remove Crowd Chatter" effect in Soundforge.  :-(  Luckily they quieted down during the much more high-energy (and louder) Soulive sets.

Also, sorry this sounds a little worse than most of my Soulive recordings, but the venue pushed me about 10-15 feet back from the location that I actually wanted to be in, which makes this sound a little more distant than I wanted.  Once you get past Nigel's set and the front-of-house guy gets everything dialed in at the beginning of the first song, it sounds quite good.

They turned the house lights and music on after the 3rd set ended, but the band still came back on for an encore.  I stopped recording once the house lights came on, but started back up when they came back out.

Recorded, mastered, and tracked by Scott Bernstein



