Warren Haynes' "Midnight Southern Jam"
Wetlands
New York, NY
8/5/1993

AKG451s -> ? -> Teac DAP20 (16/48khz master, emphasis ON)

Digital dub from master using Teac DAP20 -> Denon DTR80p

DAT playback:  Sony R500 -> Sound Devices 722 digital input (@24/48)

Mastered: Soundforge Pro 10.0c - *All file manipulation in Soundforge done at 24 bits*. Sample rate conversion 48khz to 44.1khz using iZotope 64-Bit SRC set higher than "Highest Quality" setting w/anti-alias filter.  24 bit file then processed with SOX 14.3.1 (as recommended, keeping the file at 24 bits during the processing) to remove pre-emphasis which was applied by the Teac A>D converter.  Volume normalization and fixing a few brief analog dropouts in the left channel by copying over samples from the right channel.  Then back to Soundforge for volume normalization and dithering back to 16 bits using using iZotope MBIT+ with Ultra noise shaping, with high dither settings. Tracked in CDWav.

Set 1 (88:16.51)
1.  Hard To Leave (cuts in, but 8:35 of this song is on the recording)
2.  Born Under A Bad Sign *
3.  banter - band intros
4.  It's My Own Fault *
5.  banter - a couple of gallons of water
6.  The Thrill Is Gone +^
7.  Goin' To Chicago -> ^
8.  Kansas City -> ^
9.  Stormy Monday -> ^
10. Kansas City -> ^
11. Baby What You Want Me To Do ^
12. banter - Sandra Wright appreciation
13. Spanish Moon -> +
14. Thank You Falettin... -> +
15. jam -> +
16. Cissy Strut -> +
17. Goin' Down -> +
18. Who Do You Love (verse) -> +
19. I'm Goin' Down +
20. banter - band intros, setbreak announce

Set 2 (70:43.56)
1.  intro
2.  The Same Thing %
3.  banter - what is happening here
4.  Crossroads %
5.  banter - inviting up Brendan Hill & Chan Kinchela
6.  Down Home Blues #^
7.  He's The Man (He's Tall And Cool) #^
8.  banter - thanking Sandra, Brendan, and Chan; inviting up Xanax 25; tuning
9.  Broken Promised Land -> @
10. City Rain @
11. banter - Xanax 25, inviting Sandra Wright band/tuning
12. Who To Believe ^&
13. banter - Sandra Wright thanks the crowd
14. Respect ^&
15. outro

Core band:
Butch Trucks - drums
Jaimoe - drums/percussion
Marc Quinones - percussion
Allen Woody - bass
Danny Louis - keys
David Grissom - guitar
Kenny Silva - percussion

Sandra Wright band opened.  This was on a night off between Allman Brothers shows on their summer tour

* = w/Butch Trucks on drums, Jaimoe on percussion (later, Jaimoe switches to drums and Marc Quinones takes over on percussion)
+ = w/Craig Dryer on sax
^ = w/Sandra Wright on vocals
% = w/Allen Woody on guitar, Kenny Silva on percussion, Lincoln Schleifer on bass
# = w/Brendan Hill on drums and Chan Kinchela on guitar
@ = w/Jaik Miller, Jack DeSantis, Matt Stein from Xanax 25, Brendan Hill on drums, Arnie Lawrence on sax (not sure if any other players were onstage at this point)
& = w/Pete Carr, John Harris, and Lloyd (Sandra Wright Band)

Recorded by Geoff Tischman.  Digitally dubbed on 8/6/1993.
Transferred (10/27/2010), mastered, and tracked (12/10-13/2010) by Scott Bernstein


Notes:
What's fun about the BARN series for me is that it allows me to take a trip back through my decades of recordings....and any random thought or connection might lead me to some long forgotten treasure.  BARN68 is one of those recordings -- what lead me to this particular show was seeing Phish play Little Feat's "Waiting For Columbus" on Halloween 2010 -- while they were busting through a pretty great version of one of my favorite albums, I was struck by the fact that Phish could never *own* the song "Spanish Moon" in the way that Warren Haynes does.  (Though, don't knock it until you've heard it, The Radiators really make the song their own too.)  So I started thinking about what the definitive version of Warren performing "Spanish Moon", might be, and this incredible show popped into my head.

A little more history about this show:  Though I didn't actually attend it myself, I've had this show in my collection for AGES.  In fact I specifically recall that REALLY wanted to go to this show, but a midnight-start Wetlands night (which means you would easily be out past 3AM) on a weeknight, there was just no way I could justify being out THAT late on a school night.  I mean, we knew it was going to be basically the Allmans onstage at Wetlands (minus Gregg and Dickey) but I just couldn't do it.  Well, it was a good thing that Geoff Tischman (who I happened to be working with at the time) did attend.  And to top it off, he brought the DAT to me at work the next morning for me to dub right in the office.  Sweet -- now that's good service!

In general this is a KICK-ASS Warren-lead jam session -- Warren bringing his favorite people onstage to jam on an off-night in the middle of an Allmans tour, and playing lots and lots of (mostly-blues) covers. Listen for Allen Woody in top form.  As is customary, no Wetlands jam session would be complete without a take on Cissy Strut.

And oh, the recording quality is just superb.  You're going to love the sound on this thing -- warm and in your face, just like Wetlands was.  I had to do some work on it as the levels were very loud for the first song or so and then lowered for the rest of the show (I have corrected this problem completely) and there are a couple (4-5) of brief seconds during "Kansas City" where there was an apparently loose analog cable somewhere in the chain, causing the left channel to drop in and out (and sometimes crackle a bit).  For these moments, I have tracked them down and copied the right channel over the left to patch so that the show drops to mono and then back to stereo briefly.

Just searching for info about Sandra Wright lead me to the information that she apparently passed away at the age of 61 on 1/11/2010

Big thanks to Geoff Tischman for getting this one done!

Enjoy!

Scott

A rundown of my previous BARN archival releases (all can be found on archive.org except as noted):
BARN1 - Col Bruce Hampton and the Code Talkers at Bret & Joyce's wedding 9/17/2005
BARN2 - Col Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit (w/guest Warren Haynes for all of set 2) Wetlands 11/20/1993
BARN3 - moe. Wetlands 7/8/1995
BARN4 - Dan Bern Bottom Line 7/31/1998 (late show)
BARN5 - moe. Birch Hill 10/31/1996
BARN6 - moe. Maxwells 1/20/1996
BARN7 - Dan Bern Central Park Summerstage 9/19/1997
BARN8 - Dan Bern, Bottom Line 8/1/1998
BARN9 - moe. Bayou 4/5/1997
BARN10 - moe. Irving Plaza 4/4/1997
BARN11 - moe. AKA 9/7/1995
BARN12 - Yolk AKA 9/7/1995
BARN13 - Robert Walter/Johnny Vidacovich/James Singleton/Donald Harrison Preservation Hall 4/30/08
BARN14 - Phish Las Vegas, NV 10/31/1998 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN15 - Phish Great Went @ Loring AFB, Limestone, ME 8/16/1997 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN16 - Phish Great Went @ Loring AFB, Limestone, ME 8/17/1997 (on bt.etree.org), includes orchestra set - by request
BARN17 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/4/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN18 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/6/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN19 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/7/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN20 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/5/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN21 - God Street Wine, Irving Plaza, NYC 6/24/1993
BARN22 - Leftover Salmon, Wetlands, NYC 10/1/1994
BARN23 - Anders Osborne, Manny's Carwash, NYC 11/5/1997
BARN24 - Anders Osborne, Manny's Carwash, NYC 11/6/1997
BARN25 - moe. Pool Party, Morganville, NJ 6/2/1996
BARN26 - Widespread Panic, Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 11/7/1992 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN27 - Stew ["Passing Strange"], The Turning Point, Piermont, NY 4/6/2003 (on bt.etree.org. dimeadozen.org)
BARN28 - Stew ["Passing Strange"], Joe's Pub, New York, NY 5/22/2003 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN29 - Percy Hill, Lion's Den, NYC 3/16/1996
BARN30 - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Irving Plaza, 8/3/1995
BARN31 - Percy Hill, Wetlands, NYC 6/8/1996
BARN32 - Bad Livers, Mercury Lounge, NYC, 11/15/1999 (opening for Leftover Salmon)
BARN33 - Bad Livers, Mercury Lounge, NYC, 11/16/1999 (opening for Leftover Salmon)
BARN34 - G. Love And Special Sauce, Central Park Summerstage, NYC 6/18/1995
BARN35 - The Band, The Great Lawn, Central Park, NYC 5/16/1993 (on dimeadozen.org)
BARN36 - The Band, Mountain Stage Radio broadcast, Charleston, WV, recorded 4/4/1996 (on dimeadozen.org)
*** Start of New Orelans Jazzfest Appreciation mini-series (note that BARN13 technically belongs in this series) ***
BARN37 - Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, 5/5/2008
BARN38 - Steve Kimock Band, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, 5/6/2001 (2AM show)
BARN39 - The Funky Meters, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, 5/6/2001 (11PM show) (on bt.etree.org)
BARN40 - Anders Osborne, Tower Records instore, New Orleans, LA, 5/7/2001 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN41 - Joe Krown Trio w/Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Russell Batiste + special guest Mike Gordon, Tipitina's, New Orleans, 5/5/2008
BARN42 - Russell Batiste and Friends, The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, 5/1/2008 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN43 - Global Noize, The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, 5/1/2008 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN44 - Deep Banana Blackout, The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, LA 5/6/2000
BARN45 - Bela Fleck And The Flecktones, The Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA 5/5/2000
BARN46 - Medeski Martin And Wood, The Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA 5/6/2000 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN47 - String Cheese Incident, The Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA 5/5/2000
BARN48 - Soulive, House Of Blues Parish, New Orleans, LA 5/5/2001
BARN49 - String Cheese Incident, Cajun Queen Riverboat, New Orleans, LA 5/3/2000
BARN50 - New Mastersounds, House Of Blues Parish, New Orleans, LA 5/2/2008
BARN51 - Funky Meters, Bonnaroo, Manchester, TN 6/13/2003
BARN52 - George Porter And The Runnin' Pardners, Village Underground, NYC, 5/19/2001
BARN53 - Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Tramps, NYC 10/29/1993 late show
BARN54 - The Meters, Tramps, NYC 5/15/93 late show
BARN55 - The Meters, Tramps, NYC 10/29/93 late show
BARN56 - Wild Magnolias, Wetlands, NYC 2/10/2000
*** end of New Orelans Jazzfest Appreciation mini-series ***
BARN57 - Blues Traveler, Livingston Gym @ Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 4/17/1993
BARN58 - Phish, Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 10/29/1998
BARN59 - Jazz Is Dead, Bottom Line, NYC 2/7/1998 (late show only)
BARN60 - Grateful Dead, Cal Expo Amphitheatre, Sacramento, CA 5/27/1993
BARN61 - The Dude Of Life (w/Trey Anastasio and Jon Fishman for entire show, plus Page McConnell for a bunch), Wetlands, NYC 2/5/1994 - on bt.etree.org
BARN62 - ALO, High Sierra Music Festival Main Stage, Quincy, CA 7/3/2005
BARN63 - Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon, High Sierra Music Festival Main Stage, Quincy, CA 7/3/2005
BARN64 - Dan Bern, The Bottom Line, NYC 11/11/1998
BARN65 - Galactic, Knitting Factory, NYC 10/18/1997
BARN66 - Bruce Hornsby And The Range, Paramount Theater, NYC 12/7/1993
BARN67 - God Street Wine, Irving Plaza, NYC 8/26/1993
BARN68 - Warren Haynes Midnight Southern Jam - Wetlands, NYC 8/5/1993