Anders Osborne
Tower Records
New Orleans, LA
5/7/2001

Neumann TLM-170 (assumed to be set in subcard, though I didn't note on the recording) > Apogee AD1000 > Denon DTR-80p (@16 bit/48 kHz)

Transfer: Sony R500 > Sound Devices 722

Mastered: Soundforge Pro 10.0b - *All file manipulation in Soundforge done at 24 bits*.   Volume normalization, sample rate conversion 48khz to 44.1khz using iZotope 64-Bit SRC set higher than \"Highest Quality\" setting w/anti-alias filter, then dithered back to 16 bits using using iZotope MBIT+ with Ultra noise shaping, High dither settings. Tracked in CDWav.

1. tuning
2. Stoned Drunk And Naked
3. Soul Livin'
4. Ho-Di-Ko-Di-Ya-La-Ma-La
5. tuning
6. Every Bit Of Love
7. tuning/banter - one political statement
8. Kiddin' Me
9. Life Is Strange
10.banter - thanks, band intros

Anders Osborne - guitar and vocals
Tim Greene - saxophone
Kerry Brown - drums
Kirk Joseph wasn't feeling well so didn't make it

Transferred, Mastered, and Tracked by Scott Bernstein (5/15-18/2010).

Taper notes:
Continuing my Jazzfest appreciation series with BARN40, here's a different sort of Jazzfest experience -- Anders Osborne in front of a very intimate crowd at the (now-defunct) Tower Records just on the fringes of the French Quarter.  One of the great things that  most Jazzfest attendees never get to experience is the set of free intimate (but short) shows that are presented at the record stores on the "tweener" days between the 1st and 2nd weekend, and on the Monday after the 2nd weekend.  Alas, Tower Records is no more, but The New Orleans Music Factory continues these showcase performances each year.

So, to set the scene -- it's been a LONG, exhausting weekend....After having been out until all hours at Tipitina's the night before (See BARN38 & BARN39 for the Meters and Steve Kimock Band sets) -- until probably 7AM, I was determined to make it to my only opportunity to see one of my favorite N'Awlins performers do his thing (especially since he was hardly playing outside of NOLA at this point and I hadn't seen him in 2 years).  Luckily this show wasn't TOO early in the afternoon, and it was a semi-short walk from our hotel to get there.

So I just set up a few feet from the stage, and now 9 years later you guys get to hear.  At the time he was promoting his current "Ash Wednesday Blues" CD, and this was a show in a record store, so this performance consists solely of songs from that disc.  Not that this is a problem -- a few of these tunes have become true Anders classics -- in particular Stoned Drunk and Naked is one of his best live songs....and Ho-Di-Ko-Di is a hilarious love song with lyrics along the same lines as The Police's \"De Do Do Do De Da Da Da", but contains the refrain "set my ass on fire".  You have to love Anders for lyrical flourishes like these.  This is before Anders had really developed into his current "guitar pyrotechnics" style, or really, maybe since it was a short showcase set, he kept the tunes tight, without much jamming.

Unfortunately, Kirk Joseph was unable to make it to this show, and I have never seen Anders play with this drummer before or since, but he seems to have done a fine job.

Keep your eyes peeled for more from my Jazzfest Appreciation Series -- it looks like it's going to be continuing for a little while.  :-)

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 &amp; 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, The Turning Point, Piermont, NY 4/6/2003 (on bt.etree.org. dimeadozen.net)
BARN28 - Stew, 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
BARN36 - The Band, Mountain Stage Radio broadcast, Charleston, WV, recorded 4/4/1996
*** Start of New Orleans 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 in-store, New Orleans, LA, 5/7/2001 (on bt.etree.org)

