Joe Russo's Almost Dead 01/01/2016 The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY

Source 1: Schoeps mk41v (Right front corner of FOH, PAS) -> kc-5 -> cmc6xt -> Sonosax SX-M2 -> Sound Devices 788T -> WAV (@24/96);
Source 2: SBD (Digidesign/Avid Profile) -> Sound Devices 788T (via XLR) -> WAV (@24/96);

Transfer: WAVs -> SoundForge Pro 11.0 (Time Align, normalize) -> Vegas Pro 13.0 (mix/render) -> SoundForge Pro 11.0 (EQ, normalize, fades, 96->44.1 iZotope 64-Bit SRC; 24->16 bit iZotope MBIT+ Dither) -> CDWav -> FLAC

Recorded, mixed, mastered and posted by Eric McRoberts 01/21-22/2016 - FOH mix by Peter Costello - Thanks to Scott Metzger for the comp and hospitality

Set One: (8:53PM - 10:08PM):
01. intro/crowd
02. Sitting On Top of the World ^ (TH)
03. Doinâ€™ That Rag ^ (TH) ->
04. Jam ->
05. I Need A Miracle ^ (SM) ->
06. New Speedway Boogie ^@ (TH) ->
07. Duo Jam ->
08. Me & My Uncle (SM)
09. Must Have Been The Roses ^ (TH)
10. Box of Rain ^ (JR)

Set Two: (10:34PM - 12:20AM ish):
01. intro/crowd
02. Row Jimmy # (TH)
03. Help On The Way # (TH) ->
04. Slipknot! # ->
05. Space # ->
06. Slipknot! # ->
07. Franklinâ€™s Tower # (TH) ->
08. Dancinâ€™ In The Streets # (SM) ->
09. Eyes Of The World $ ->
10. Drums ->
11. Not Fade Away #%
12. encore break/crowd
Encore:
13. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down ^# (TH/All)

Costello's notes:
^ - All First Time Played by Almost Dead: 7 Debuts total inc. Dixie Down
@ - With an Eyes of the World Tease (TH) & a Me & My Uncle Tease (Band)
# - With a Five Piece Horn Section, most from Antibalas: Jordan McLean (Trumpet), Raymond Mason (Trombone), Stuart Bogie (Sax & Clarinet), Matt Bauder (Bari Sax) & John Altieri (Tuba)
$ - With Stuart Bogie on Sax, no other members of the horn section played. With a Dancinâ€™ In The Streets Tease Tease (Band) and a Ruben & Cerise Tease (MB)
% - With a â€œWalk The Dinosaurâ€ (Was, Not Was) Tease (MB). Song included the 5 horn players leaving the stage & playing on the GA Floor as the crowd & Joe kept the NFA Beat. After the march thru the crowd, the horn section returned to stage, where some of the band rejoined them to finish the tune.
^# - The Band cover, first time played by Almost Dead. With the five piece horn section, playing the arrangements that Allen Toussaint wrote for The Bandâ€™s version from â€œRock of Agesâ€. (The same Toussaint horn arrangements were also featured on the Last Waltz version of the song.)

Joe Russo - Drums, Vocals
Tommy Hamilton - Guitars, Vocals
Scott Metzger - Guitars, Vocals
Marco Benevento - Keyboards, Vocals
Dave Dreiwitz - Bass

This was the second night of a 3 night New Years run by Joe Russo's Almost Dead which took the band to the The Fillmore in Philadelphia, PA on New Year's Eve and concluded with two shows at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY on Friday and Saturday 01/01-02/2016.

