Ratdog
Furthur Festival
Shoreline Amphitheatre
Mountain View, CA
August 2, 1997

** 16 BIT **

Source: Sonic Studios DSM-6P w/3-way lo-cut filter, position unknown (most likely @ 80hz, middle setting) > Sony WM-D6
Transfer: Master cassette (Maxell XL-IIS) > Denon 790R > Kenwood A-522 amplifier > Kenwood GE-622 Equalizer > .WAV @ 16 bit/44.1 kHz
Mastering: .WAV > Sound Forge Pro 11.0 (Build 299) [Splicing; iZotope Mastering Suite (declick); minor edits, normalize, & fades] > iZotope RX6 Advanced v6.00.1210 (Spectral denoise) > CDWav (tracking) > Trader's Little Helper (level 5) > FLAC > TagScanner 6.0.18 (tagging)
Location: Sec 101, Row B, Seat 13
Recorded & transferred by: Steve "ballsdeep" Hagar
Mastered by: Dennis Orr

Setlist: (1:01:44)
01 Saint Of Circumstance
02 It's All Over Now
03 I Know You Rider
04 West L.A. Fadeaway (1)
05 Looks Like Rain (2)
06 Easy To Slip (3) >
07 Supplication Jam (3) >
08 In Hindsight (4)
09 Cassidy >
10 One More Saturday Night

(1) With Bonnie Raitt - vocals & guitar
(2) With Marc Ford - guitar
(3) With Giovanni Hidalgo - percussion
(4) With Sara Wasserman - lead vocals

Bob Wier - lead vocals & guitar
Rob Wasserman - upright bass
Matthew Kelly - harp
Dave Ellis - saxophone
Jeff Chimenti - keyboards
Jay Lane - drums

Mastering Notes:
Tape flip between "Supplication Jam" and "In Hindsight" - seamlessly spliced, but a little bit of the music transitioning between the songs, as well as (I assume) Sara's intro was lost.

Show Notes:
This was the only complete Ratdog set I taped out of 4 Furthurs (got partials on the other 3), as I was at this fest to see one band and one band only, that being The Black Crowes.

That said, it seemed prudent to tape the full Ratdog set in the Dead's home base of the Bay Area, as if there were gonna be any good "guest appearances", my gut told me that Mountain View would be the "where"...and those gut feelings were rewarded not only with a Marc Ford sit in, but also Bonnie Raitt shared her wares with the crowd.

Not my type of music, but this was a very enjoyable set, taped from pretty close to the right stack (when looking at the stage).

He's no rat, cat or dog, but his name is Dennis. He doesn't really like this shit either. So be sure to THANK him for his time.

Say whatever you want to me, I'll combat it with bong hits and strawberry gummies.

---Dr. Deep is back in the kiddie pool.

