TIM O'BRIEN   7-24-99
FINGERLAKES GRASSROOTS FESTIVAL - TRUMANSBURG, NY
Grandstand Stage

-Tim solo acoustic guitar (borrowed from Jim Lauderdale), bouzouki, fiddle, mandolin...
then joined by Grassroots host band Donna the Buffalo-


source: SBD
Recorded by: Mike Rae
transfer: Soundboard > MiniDisc Master (MD-702) > CDR Small digizap in d2/t04 (track splits)>GOLDWAVE (fades)>FLAC by Zeb


DISC 1 - total time: approx. 41 minutes

01. "sayin' you're from Cavan is like sayin' you're from West Virginia, which I am - both!"
02. TALKIN' CAVAN
03. "...it aims at the intersection of Irish music and bluegrass - American roots music"
04. DOWN IN THE WILLOW GARDEN
05. tuning
06. OUT ON THE ROLLING SEA
07. "...bouzouki, which is Greek for "out of tune""
08. SKILLET GOOD AND GREASY >
09. CLUCK OLD HEN
10. ..."it's nice when the mist comes"
11. A MOUNTAINEER IS ALWAYS FREE
12. "it's a hot one, yeah?"
13. INTO THE WEST
14. "do ya like fiddle music?"
15. ? (FIDDLE INSTRUMENTAL)
16. tuning
17. WAYFARING STRANGER
18. "I tune because I think you care...do you care?  OK, good"
19. OXFORD TOWN
20. "...send this out to Harley and Annie out there from Mecklenburg"
21. HOW COME I AIN'T DEAD

DISC 2 - total time: approx. 45 minutes

01. "if you're enjoying the show, my name is Tim O'Brien - if not, I am, uh...Doyle Lawson"
02. LONELY AT THE BOTTOM, TOO
03. "mandolin is the Italian word meaning "out of tune""
04. SENOR (TALES OF YANKEE POWER)
05. "Louis Armstrong says 'There ain't no kinda music but folk music' - he's never heard no cow sing a song"
06. COUNTRY BLUES *
07. tuning
08. LAY DOWN YOUR WEARY TUNE *
09. tuning
10. ? (FIDDLE INSTRUMENTAL) ^
11. tuning
12. MAN GAVE NAMES TO ALL THE ANIMALS #
13. KEEP YOUR LAMPS TRIMMED AND BURNING #
encore:
14. JAMBALAYA #
15. "it's great to just wreck some other peoples' material instead of our own" - Jeb Puryear
16. IN THE PINES #


* with Jim Miller: electric guitar
^ with Jim Miller: electric guitar, Tara Nevins: fiddle

# with Donna the Buffalo - Jeb Puryear: electric guitar, vocals...Jim Miller: electric guitar, vocals...Tara Nevins: fiddle, rubboard, vocals...Jed Greenberg: electric bass, vocals...Joe Thrift: keyboards, vocals...Tom Gilbert: drums


Flaws: some occasional wind noise in Tim's onstage mic!


Comments:

My buddy Mike took advantage of the opportunity to plug his deck into a soundboard feed this sunny July afternoon, and we should all be glad he did!  This recording sounds really nice - I'd rate it A+ for sound quality (I guess it would drop to an A during the wind noise moments) and A+ for performance - Tim sounds great, and Tim backed by Donna sounds great!


enjoy! - Zeb