Weir, Hart & Friends
9/20/04

A benefit for Sen. Patrick Leahy with
Jeff Chimenti, Flying Others Brother and O.A.R.
Ritz Carlton-Foggy Bottom
Washington, D.C.

Source: AKG ck63s -> JKLabs DVC V20 -> Sony m1
Location: Stage left stack, hip height
Transfer: Tascam DA-30mkII->Sony CDR W33

Lineage: CDR - > EAC -> Cool Edit -> CD Wav Editor -> Flac16

Taped by Charlies
Huge thanks to â€œDDTâ€ for the super editing job (see editing notes below)

Disc 1.
T1. Sen. Leahy Intro > TuneUp >
T2. China Cat >
T3. I Know You Rider
T4. Loose Lucy
T5. GDTRFB
T6. Baba Jingo
T7. Black Muddy River
T8. Friend Of The Devil
T9. Iko Iko
Disc 2.
T1. Playin > Jam >
T2. Uncle John's Band >
T3. Playin Reprise >
T4. Jack Straw
T5. Sugaree
T6. Scarlet > Fire
T7. Ripple 2:10.52 (cut)

Show notes:

Ritzy political affair in a ballroom at the Ritz in DC. Mostly suits and ties in the audience. Last live non-studio performance by Bob before his hiatus.
Due to logistical issues, the master is a one-channel stack tape. DDT did a great job turing this into an enjoyable 2-channel file. Since Bobâ€™s on hiatus, I figured I would get this out.
* Bob, Mickey and Jeff for entire show.
** Chinacat through FOTD with O.A.R.
*** Iko through Sugaree with Flying Others Brothers.
**** Scarlet -> Fire with everyone.
Some of F.O.B. also may have been on during FOTD (B. Sless, in particular)
Some of O.A.R. also may have been on during Sugaree

Editing notes:

Due to logistical issues, the master is a one-channel stack tape. DDT converted this into a two-channel recording in Cool Edit. Following are some of his notes:

1. Added fades to beginning and end of show.
2. Attenuated two instances of peaks that were way louder than the rest of the WAV. Both were right at 2 seconds long and were lowered by 3.13dB.
3. Amplified from 1:03:10.00>end by 1.13dB.
4. Amplified entire WAV 1.19dB.
5. Channel Mixer - Both=Left.
6. Delayed right channel by 1 millisecond.
7. Channel Mixer - Left=100% left + -30% Right and Right=Right=100% Right + -30% Left. (This gives the feel of a stereo field.)
8. Ran an FFT filter to raise high end and lower base (due to logistics, mics had to be at hip height, which was centered on the low-end spectrum of the stacks). Adjusted values were - 14000Hz +1dB, 7040Hz +2dB, 3520Hz +2dB, 1750Hz +1.6.dB, 220Hz -6dB, 110Hz -6dB, 55Hz -1dB, 27.5Hz +1dB.
9. Amplified Left by 2.97dB and Right by 3.0dB.

