Los Lobos
SLO Brewing Company
San Luis Obispo, CA
February 15, 2014

Source:  Neumann KM-140s (ORTF) &gt; 35 ft XLRs &gt; Beyer MV-100 &gt; Sony SBM-1 &gt; Sony TCD-D8
Transfer:  Sony TCD-D8 (DAT Master) &gt; coax &gt; Tascam DR-100mkII (16/44.1)
Mastering:  .WAV &gt; Sound Forge Pro 10.0a (fades &amp; minor edits) &gt; CDWav (tracking) &gt; Trader's Little Helper (level 5) &gt; FLAC &gt; TagScanner 5.1 (tagging)
Location:  Mics at 10', ORTF, 8'-9' from stage, DFC (see notes below)
Recorded &amp; transferred by:  Jeff Bowen
Mastered &amp; tracked by:  Dennis Orr

Setlist:
01 Burn It Down
02 I Walk Alone
03 Evangeline
04 Yo Canto
05 Revolution &gt;
06 Rattlesnake Shake
07 That Train Don't Stop Here
08 Will The Wolf Survive?
09 Alone In A Crowd
10 Tears Of God
11 The Neighborhood
12 Estoy Sentado Aqui
13 How Much Can I Do?
14 I Got To Let You Know
15 Let's Say Goodnight
16 Volver, Volver
17 Day Tripper (tease) &gt; Georgia Slop
18 Don't Worry Baby
19 Encore Break
- Encore -
20 Bertha
21 Mas y Mas

Louie Perez - Drums, guitar, percussion, vocals
Steve Berlin - Saxophone, percussion, flute, midsax, harmonica, melodica
Cesar Rosas - Vocals, guitar, mandolin
Conrad Lozano - Bass, guitarron, vocals
David Hidalgo - Vocals, guitar, accordion, percussion, bass, keyboards, melodica, drums, violin, &amp; banjo
Enrique "Bugs" Gonzalez - Drums &amp; percussion

Taper Notes:
Thanks to Mando Tavarez, Los Lobos soundman, Kipp Stork, SLO Brew house soundman, the staff at SLO Brew (for being so accommodating), Dan Gale, and of course, The Wolves Of East LA!

Sergio Mendoza Y La Orkestra opened.

I brainstormed last week and built a little shelf out of a small 2x4 block and a small piece of plywood to mount my Atlas microphone bar onto. I put in two ring bolts into the front so I could bungie cord it to the front ceiling post next to the stage, and painted it black. (The problem I had before when I mounted just the mic brace to the post was that it resulted in limited positioning of the microphones). This worked like a dream! I strapped the little shelf to the post, about 10 feet off the floor, and positioned the mics in an ORTF pattern. I taped the 35 ft cables down back to the board (Thanks Bill!!!), so I could run the electronics in the safety of the board area, protected from the crowd.

The ceiling post makes for a Great mic stand! It's about 8-9 feet from the center of the stage and keeps the microphones safe from the crowd. It is concrete, and acts as a good isolation mount from the vibration on the floor.


