Soulive
Baby Jupiter
New York, NY
6/11/1999

Neumann TLM-170(omnis onstage @ 160 degrees) -> Sonosax SX-M1 -> Teac DAP20 (master @ 16/48, emphasis ON)

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.  Then back to Soundforge for volume normalization and dithering to 16 bits using using iZotope MBIT+ with Ultra noise shaping, with high dither settings. Tracked in CDWav.

1.  intro/tuning
2.  Right On ->
3.  Rudy's Way
4.  banter - new song, band intros
5.  Uncle Junior
6.  banter - hot in here need water
7.  So Live!
8.  Upshot
9.  banter - still awake?
10. Steppin'
11. banter - intros, requests
12. It's Your Thing
13. banter - at Izzy Bar on Thursday
14. The Chicken
15. Cash's Dream
16. banter - one last one
17. Turn It Out
18. goodnights

TT: 1:52:49.4

Lineup:
Neal Evans - Hammond B3 and Clavinet
Alan Evans - drums
Eric Krasno - guitar

Recorded, Transferred (12/2010), mastered, tracked, and posted (Dec 2010 - Jan 25,2011) by Scott Bernstein


Notes:
Finally getting a chance to dig back into my BARN series after a marathon bunch of New Years' Eve 2010/2011 recordings, the moe. Tropical Throe.down recordings that Eric handed to me to process and post, and a couple of killer shows to start out 2011 with (Punch Brothers, Lettuce with Maceo Parker and Dr. John) -- now I have a little bit of time to get some pending BARN shows that have been brewing for a while out the door.

For BARN71, I've decided to dig back for my first exposure to Soulive (after having recently attended their incredible Royal Family Ball show here at Terminal 5 in NYC), a band that I luckily was able to get on the bandwagon early for.  I was well familiar with the Evans brothers from their tenure in one particularly strong incarnation of Moon Boot Lover (in 1995/1996) that I got to see quite a lot, which started out as a quartet with the amazing John Hawes on bass.  Then the MBL quartet turned into a trio with just the Evans brothers and Peter Prince.  But then the Evanses left, saying that I think, Neal wanted to go back to and/or finish School.  Alan toured with Karl Denson's Tiny Universe and a few other bands for a bit, but I didn't hear much about them for a couple of years.

Then I started to hear some buzz from Pete Costello about their new band Soulive, and it didn't take much to get me out to check 'em out.  This recording represents what I heard the very first time I ever saw or heard any Soulive whatsoever!  Setting the scene, Baby Jupiter was (is? -- I'm not sure if it's still around) a small basement club underneath a restaurant on the lower east side.  I would guess it held maybe 100 people and if I recall correctly, this was a really late starting show (maybe midnight), and it was extremely HOT in the room (it was June, so summer was basically in full swing by this point) -- and you can hear them make reference to this fact in some stage banter a few times, and everyone in the room was eventually drenched in sweat from dancing to the funky music.

So this is raw, pure Soulive -- no extra guests, no vocalists -- just the trio as it was origninally conceived, playing the jazz/groove tunes that they originally wrote (this was before they started doing some hip-hop-style stuff and branching out in other directions), plus a few choice covers.  This is back in the days when they would show up in tiny a venue, load in the HUGE, heavy Hammond organ (plus drums, etc.) all on their own (which had to have been a difficult task in these small places), change into their black suits, white shirts, and bow-ties, and proceed to burn the place down with their music.  You'll hear some fun interaction between the band and the audience on this recording.

And here we are 12 years later and I'm still going to see and enjoying these guys, and they have enjoyed a ton of success since then.  Nice job, Soulive.

Enjoy!

Scott