Mike Gordon
2011-03-18
Mercy Lounge
Nashville, Tenn.

Avantone CK-1 (cardoid) > Fostex FR-2LE (24/48)
FOB/~ROC; mics @ ~8 feet high; ~ 25 feet from the stage
CF > HDD > Wavelab 6 > CD WAVE > FLAC  > Traders' Little Helper

Taped by: MSTaper with willSFC
Tracked, Transferred and Seeded by: MSTaper
*** A Team Dirty South Recording ***


First Set:

01 Horizon Line
02 Jaded >
03 Technical Difficulty Break
04 Emotional Railroad
05 Broken String Jam ^
06 Funky Bitch
07 Suskind Hotel
08 Heavy Metal >*
09 Funky Bitch
10 Got Away
11 Black Tamborine
12 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry #
13 Can't Stand Still

running time: 1:18:45

Second Set:

01 Radar Blip
02 I'm Deranged
03 Spiral
04 Soul Food Man
05 Flashback >
06 Meat >
07 Jones >
08 Hap Nappy
09 I Miss My Mind
10 Voices
11 Encore Break
12 Idea

running time: 1:36:30

^ "Rock On" tease
* First time played
# Bob Dylan; one verse only.


The band:
Mike Gordon
Scott Murawski
Craig Myers
Tom Cleary
Todd Isler

Notes: This gig featured the debut of the Craig Myers-penned "Heavy Metal" and the Mike Gordon debut of Dylan's "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry." from Mike-Gordon.com.

I had Friday off so willSFC and I traveled to Nashville once again for some good tunes. We played a round of disc golf at Crockett Park, which I won by a stroke.
We got to town and traffic was terrible because of a hockey game. After a short stop at Frugal MacDoogal's liquor warehouse, we drove to the Mercy Lounge and parked right across from the door.
We set up about 25 feet back just right of center because I didn't want to stand in the middle of the floor. I've taped from this spot before and while it's not DFC, it works for me. A couple of tapers set up about 12' from the stage DFC and their recordings should sound really nice.
It was my first time to see Mike solo and the band sounded great. There is a 1:59 "Technical Difficulty Break" after the first two tracks. Not sure what the problem was, but Mike said something about a "60 cycle hum in the monitors" before the last track of the first set. Scott Murawski broke a string between "Emotional Railroad" and "Funky Bitch" but the band kept on playing. The band jammed and Mike broke into some lines from David Essex's "Rock On" before going into "Funky Bitch." The show ran nearly three hours.
After the show Mike was signing at the merch table. Will got a setlist and Mike signed it. "Emotional Railroad" was on the setlist as "Emotional" but not on some setlists I saw online. I apologize for any mistakes in my setlist or tracking.

enjoy!

MSTaper

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