Dead &amp; Company
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Saratoga Springs, NY
Tuesday, June 21st 2016

Set1: 80:56
d1t01. Feel Like A Stranger
d1t02. Here Comes Sunshine
d1t03. Brown-Eyed Women
d1t04. Loser
d1t05. Little Red Rooster
d1t06. Cassidy-&gt;
d1t07. Deal

Set2: 113:49
d2t01. Iko Iko
d2t02. Estimated Prophet-&gt;
d2t03. China Cat Sunflower-&gt;
d2t04. I Know You Rider-&gt;
d2t05. Drumz-&gt;
d2t06. Space-&gt;
d2t07. Uncle John's Band-&gt;
d2t08. Day's Between-&gt;
d2t09. Good Lovin'
d2t10. (E) Brokedown Palace
d2t11. Johnny B. Goode


Dead &amp; Company is:

Mickey Hart - drums &amp; percussion
Bill Kreutzmann - drums &amp; percussion
Bob Weir - rhythm guitar &amp; vocals
John Mayer - lead guitar &amp; vocals
Oteil Burbridge - bass &amp; vocals
Jeff Chimenti - keyboards &amp; vocals

Location: sec 8, row HH seat 8, taper ticket, 2 rows behind Mixer enclosure, just left of center

Mic config: DINA Kwonbar, Schoeps A20S shock, Large Manfrotto air-cushioned stand @ 9 ft, DPA UA0896 screens

Source: Neumann SKM140(AK40's/LC3's/KM100's)&gt;GAKables xlr&gt;Lunatec V2&gt;GAKables xlr&gt;Apogee Mini-Me@24/48&gt;AES/EBU&gt;Sound Devices 722 @24bit/48kHz ~
set2 patch source: 2 AKG568ebs&gt;Lunatec V3&gt;MarantzPMD671@16/44.1&gt;S.F. 11.0&gt;24/48 prior to edit. Thanks to my friend Bill Goldberg for his source down the row 15 seats to my right!
(15:25 patched from end of Space towards end of UJB, 2:30 patched during Good Lovin'. See last notes)

Transfer, editing, mastering &amp; conversion: Sound Devices 722 master file @24bit/48kHz&gt;firewire&gt;Sound Forge Pro 11.0&gt;44.1/16-CD Wave v1.98(tracking)&gt;FLAC16 via TLH v2.7.0(level 8), tag w/Tag Scanner6.0.14, ffp &amp; md5-TLH

Notes: ~ S.F. 11.0(Patches for set2, fades, iZotope mastering limiter +3.0db(set1) 2.2db(set2), resample(iZotope 64-bit SRC-highest quality w/ anti-alias filter) &amp; dither(iZotope MBit+ advanced ultra dither to 44.1/16) ~
~ Apogee - soft limit on ~
~ Editing performed in 24bit/48kHz realm ~
~ Recording, transfer, editing, mastering &amp; conversion by Steven Weld sunboy@verizon.net ~
~ Many Thanks to Dead &amp; Co. &amp; crew &amp; the venue staff &amp; crew for allowing us to record and share the music ~
~ Taping is a contact sport!: Prior to the show we chatted up &amp; VERY nicely explained to the couple in the row behind us, Megan? and her husband, that we were recording and how we appreciate enthusiasm but our mics don't really like loud screaming and clapping.
  Once the show started they screamed &amp; clapped off-beat throughout set1. Every time I would turn and smile and hold up my prayer hands and look at my mics she would scream at them. Ok now I just ignore the rest of the set.
  I chat them up very cordially again during set break and we're still "friends". I "suspect" they were pretty inebriated by then. By a few tunes into set2 I'm getting downright blatant disrespect from them directed right at my mics. Here I will admit I made a mistake that compounded the situation but did not justify the response at least in my opinion.
  I basically snap &amp; tell them that if you're going to clap at least clap on the F'ing beat! About 5 minutes later douchebag husband leans over to talk to me and then slyly tries to slip a choke hold on me! That didn't last long, no punches were thrown but very harsh words were exchanged.
  My 2nd mistake was not going to security to have him tossed but I did not trust staff would do the right thing after an earlier unrelated incident. Show goes on, things eventually cool down and we even had a pretty calm adult conversation later.
  Or so I thought! The reason for the 2nd set patches is that I'm almost positive that bastard later pulled my battery cord on my Tekkeon that fueled the V2 &amp; MME not once but twice. The first time I wasn't so sure. Right after it happened the 2nd time they had disappeared. Hmmm.
  I have been taping for almost 30 years and this experience was like no other! Not saying I'm perfect &amp; wasn't part of the problem but please beware of us old school tapers who may have lost the tolerance for being disrespected!



