Michael Franti and Spearhead
4th Annual 911 Power To The Peaceful Free Concert, Social Justice & Peace Rally
Speedway Meadows, Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA
9/7/2002

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

DISC #1      (51:29:45)

1.  Intro
2.  Everyone Deserves Music
3.  People In The Middle
4.  Stay Human
5.  Never Too Late
6.  Radioactive Solor
7.  Rock The Nation
8.  Words
9.  Bomb The World
10. Michael Speaks
11. Sometimes
12. Outro



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

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  Love like your life depends on it....
  Because it does.


FLAWS:
  None.


TAPE AND TRANSFER:
  This show was taped off the SOUNDBOARD by Dan Kramer (tahoesparit) 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 Audigy 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)


REVIEW:  by Dan Kramer
    The day got started early (some earlier than others, Michael was there at 6:30am 
  with the volunteers to make sure everything was going OK) with all sorts of people 
  around setting up the stage, DJ tent, bike parking, art displays, food, activism 
  and merch boothes and tables.  Volunteers walked around with bright green shirts 
  that said, "Ask Me" on them for people looking for information about the day's 
  events.  Michael was seen helping out and doing interviews throughtout the day as 
  the field was starting to look like a huge organic music and activism stadium.  
  
    After a slight generator problem, the concert would hit its last obstical, and 
  the show would start about an hour late.  Everyone's set would get cut short a 
  little, but it wasn't just about the music today.  This day would be about learning, 
  sharing, talking, having fun and uniting!  After Amy Goodman spoke, we heard from 
  Sat Santokh and then Mumia Abu Jamal via tape recorder.  From there it was all up to 
  the boys to give the crowd of 15,000-20,000 people exactly what they had been waiting 
  for.

    Michael lead the band into Everyone Deserves Music ending the song with, "Even all 
  my friends out here in Golden Gates Park, you all deserve music!!"  Carl counted the 
  guyz into People In The Middle reggae style.  The sound by this time was dialed in 
  perfectly by Tige, Spearhead's soundwomen, and the band didn't miss a beat going 
  right into Stay Human. 

    Being in S.F. you know the freaks come out in the day and by the first verse there 
  were huge puppets, people dressed up supa freaky and stilt walkers surrounding the 
  front of the stage getting the crowd hyped and bouncin'.  Karl Denson was in town 
  playing two nights at the Fillmore and stopped by just in time to hop on stage and 
  rock out with the band.  Next, the guyz would take it down a notch with the new song, 
  Never Too Late which had the whole crowd singing.  Radio took over for a minute with 
  his panflute and beatboxing as he then leads 15,000 to 20,000 arms swaying back and 
  forth to the force of Rock the Nation. 

    What a site to see that many people all acting as one even if it was just arms 
  swaying back and forth.  Once the frenzy subsided from Rock The Nation, Michael speaks 
  for a moment about it being so nice to look into the eyes of so many other people 
  today that believe that peace is not only the absense of war but the presence of 
  justice!  And then he said today is a day that we come together to say that we should 
  not be engaging in a war on terrorism, we should be engaging in a war on militarism!! 
  Michael starts to play Bomb the World then stops and puts down his guitar because it 
  was out of tune and sings acapella the rest of the verse while clapping.  Dave joins 
  in on electric guitar for the chorus as Michael gets the whole crowd of 20,000 clapping 
  while he sings the chorus.  The claps of the huge crowd echoed throughout the park and 
  it was quite weird yet powerful to here that kind of unity!  Michael big ups everyone 
  for their participation, thanks Anthony for the flower arrangement he provided for the 
  stage, and then he goes on to say that Anthony brought 300 roses for the band to pass 
  out but they want everyone to enjoy one for a minute and then pass it on so people all 
  the way in the back can enjoy them as well!  He thanks KPFA 94.1fm and even the cops. 

    Michael lets everyone know that when they planned the event, everyone picked a job 
  and Mike picked recycling.  So he brought out a bunch plastic bags and passed them out 
  and said that he wanted to leave this place cleaner than when they found it and not 
  to leave even a cigarette butt laying around.  Michael goes on to say, "but right now 
  we are gonna rock you".  Dave then proceeds to start playing the openning riff to 
  Sometimes.  Karl Denson comes back out to join the band as they rock everyone out one 
  last time before calling it a day.  The event was a huge success and hopefully 
  tomorrow's social forum exploring social and human rights issues at the New College 
  would be just as successful!
