Spearhead
The Crystal Ballroom
Portland, OR
8/29/2002

SOURCE:  SBD > Sony M-1 > Sony PCM 2300 > SB Audigy Platinum (spdif) > CDWAV > MKW > SHN [seekable]

DISC #1   (68:31:21)   

  1.  Intro
  2.  We Don't Mind
  3.  Runfayalife
  4.  People In The Middle
  5.  Every Single Soul
  6.  Stay Human
  7.  Words
  8.  Skin On The Drum
  9.  Never Too Late
 10.  What I Be
 11.  Pray For Grace
 12.  Everyone Deserves Music

DISC #2   (72:29:29)

  1.  Feeling Free
  2.  Love Is Da Shit
  3.  What Happens Next
  4.  Words
  5.  In The Light
  6.  Soulshine
   Encore
  7.  Intro
  8.  RadioActive Solo
  9.  Rock The Nation
 10.  Love Why Did You Have To Go
 11.  Yes I Will
 12.  Has Anybody Seen My Mind

DISC #3   (37:06:24)

  1.  Words
  2.  Bomb The World
  3.  Sometimes
  4.  Outro
 

TAPE AND TRANSFER
 This show was taped off the SOUNDBOARD by Dan Kramer (tahoespearit) on his Sony M-1 DAT.
 Soundboard Mix by Tige.  Transferred by Matt Ziegler (spearits@loveisdashit.com)  
   Sony PCM 2300 DAT Digital out > S/PDIF in Audgy Soundblaster Platinum via 
   CD WAVE at 44.1 khz 16 Bit Stereo.  
 Tracked in CDWAVE by Matt Ziegler.  SHN'd by Matt Ziegler via MKW (SEEKABLE)

NOTES:
 Spearhead is:
  Michael Franti - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
  Dave Shul - Electric Guitar
  Carl Young - Bass
  Mannas Itiene - Drums
  Radioactive - Human Beat Box
  Bob Crawford - Keyboards *
    *Bob Crawford fills in for Kevin Choice on this show.

  Please share this show with all who seek it.

  Photos of this show are available at:
    http://www.purplesparkle.com/spearhead/Dan's%20Photo%20Archive/index.html

  For more live Spearhead visit:
    www.spearheadvibrations.com
    www.loveisdashit.com
    www.freakyandfree.com

  Love like your life depends on it....
  Because it does.
 
  These same SHN files exist in the world with incorrect track 
  names d1 instead of d01.  They are the same files just renamed  
  The MD5s were of course changed as well, but the sums match.


FLAWS:
  None.

REVIEW:  by Dan Kramer
   After spending some R&R time and getting styled out at Fred and
 Wonder's garden of eden and meeting Radio's newborn baby, Voice, 
 we headed down to the venue in downtown Portland.  

   If you have never been to the Crystal Ballroom you are really 
 missing out on one of the best smaller venues in the world.  The 
 place used to be an old ballroom dancing club equipped with a 
 dancefloor with a spring reinforced cushioning underneath. It's 
 like dancing on a marshmellow matress, especially at a Spearhead 
 show!!!!  You could not keep from dancing even if you didn't want to. 
 The venue also has really cool diferent paintings all around the place 
 as well.  I think the show sold out but I'm not positive, it was 
 comfortably packed either way!

   The band came out with We Don't Mind and rocked it into Runfayalife. 
 Radio rocked a freestyle as the band finished the song up and worked 
 slowly into Every Single Soul.  Michael recited the lyrics to the 
 Beatnigs, Nature before going back into Every Single Soul. The 
 transition was flawless into Stay Human and they really took time to 
 show off with each members extended solos.  Michael took it down a 
 notch to do an acapella version of Skin On The Drum.  

   Next, Radio brought his newborn baby up on stage with him in a sling 
 while the band did a super heartfelt version of Never Too Late.  Michael 
 announced that it was Voice Milano's first Spearhead show as the band 
 sang the final verse to the song "Hold To Your children, let them know".  
 Little bit of a tearjerker but good to see that there is a next 
 generation in our midst. 

   Back to the action, The phat groove to What I Be starts up and the 
 crowd really gets pumpimg and moving on the bouncin' dancefloor.  The 
 places is really shaking by the time they merge into Pray For Grace.  
 The boyz show no mercy as they continue on with Everyone Deserves 
 Music keepin' the floor rollin' with everyone holding on for the ride.  

   Feeling Free gave everyone a chance to catch their breath before funking 
 it back up with Love Is Da Shit.  What Happens Next flowed out of Love 
 Is Da Shit and worked the crowd back into a frenzy.  The slower, In The 
 Light was next with Dave ripping the solo as usual.  Stepped it up a 
 notch for Soulshine to end the set. 
 
   After a minute or two, radio comes out and says, "SHHHH, My baby is 
 sleeping" and then he went into his panflute and Beatboxing intro before 
 the place went crazy to the pumping Rock The Nation.  Michael and the 
 guyz took it down a level and performed a flawless version of Love Why 
 Did You Have To Go.  The vibe continues on with the equally touching 
 and inspirational, Yes I Will.  Then Michael suprizes us with a short 
 but sweet acoustic version of Has Anybody Seen My Mind.  Michael invites 
 everyone to the 4th annual 911 Power to the Peaceful before he leads 
 everyone singing, "We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it 
 in to peace".  Bomb the World finished up and the guyz  ripped right 
 into Sometimes which featured Marley's Running Away into Crazy Baldhead 
 (no Radio freestyle) after the Nivrana and M. Jackson covers.
 

