Dickey Betts Band
B.B. King's
New York, NY
2002-05-03

Source:   Unknown binaural mics taped to the wall > D7 by Dan Sisler
Transfer: MDAT > Tascam DA-3000 > WAV @ 16/48
Master:   Wavelab 10 (tracking, levels) > FLAC 1648

01. Rave On
02. Let's All Get Together
03. Blue Sky
04. band intros
05. High Falls
06. Tombstone Eyes
07. Dona Maria
08. Immortal
09. Steady Rollin' Man
10. Back Where It All Begins
11. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed

Dickey Betts - Guitar, Vocals
Dan Toler - Guitar
David Stoltz - Bass
Kris Jensen - Sax, Flute
Matt Zeiner - Keyboards, Vocals
Mark Greenberg - Drums
Frankie Lombardi - Drums, Percussion

Tickets issued in the name "Dickey Betts Band" but Dickey announces that they are touring as DB & GS.  No acoustic songs this evening because the band's instruments had not arrived.

The audio suffers from the way it was mic'd, and the (probable) absence of a pre-amp, which made the D7 do all the work.  The result is a smaller dynamic range and relatively low analog levels, but very high digital peaks and loudness.  Also, the stereo field is quite narrow and  you can't understand a word of Immortal even if you already know the song.  Some blame for that might belong with the sound man, though.  And Dickey often sounded like he was snacking on glue traps.  Bottom line, it's entirely listenable, but not ideal.  Several level adjustments do help to even out the first few minutes.

Another taper was there, with a better rig, who refused to give a patch.  So there ought to be a better recording somewhere, as well as another copy from the guy who brought the binurals and was kind enough to offer a patch.

Enjoy!

--mhg :: 2021-01-22
