GOMEZ
October 7, 2006 (Sat; night 3 of 3)
The Bowery Ballroom
New York, NY

http://www.GomezTheBand.com
http://www.myspace.com/Gomez

Source: MXL-603 mics (edge of balcony, directly in front of the sbd console, 50' from stage) > Tascam DA-P1 DAT (44.1kHz)
Transfer: DA-P1 > Audiophile 2496/PC via spdif > Sound Forge 6.0 (minor edits, fades, normalized to peak) > CD Wave Editor (tracking) > Flac Frontend
Recorded, transferred, & remastered by Pastor Tim <YonderArchive@yahoo.com>

DISC ONE [60.58]
One Set:
01  crowd...  0.54
02  Get Miles  4.37
03  Hamoa Beach  3.50
04  Silence  3.05
05  All Too Much  5.18
06  Rhythm & Blues Alibi  6.59
07  See The World *  4.18
08  cheap bahstahds banter  1.16
09  Rex Kramer ^  4.54
10  Tom establishes rapport  2.27
11  Sweet Virginia @  5.59
12  Notice  4.05
13  Bring It On  5.08
14  Blue Moon Rising  8.03

DISC TWO [61.26]
01  Black-Eyed Dog >  3.21
02  Free To Run  5.08
03  Tom becomes a music stand  1.11
04  In Our Gun *  5.46
05  Flavors #  4.18
06  Old School Shirt [aborted]  1.41
07  How We Operate ^  10.11
08  Whippin' Piccadilly ^  3.54
09  crowd  1.47
Encore:
10  Tijuana Lady +  5.14
11  Chasing Ghosts With Alcohol  5.44
12  Detroit Swing '66 ^  4.51
13  Devil Will Ride ^  8.14

NOTES:
* w/Monica (McMann?): backing vocals
^ w/Jordan McLean: trumpet; Stuart Bogie: sax (from Antibalas: www.Antibalas.com)
@ Tom, solo (w/crowd sing-along)
#  Ian, solo
+ Ben w/Ian: drums

"C'mon everybody, loosen up, this is a Gomez show!""

GOMEZ
Ben Ottewell: vocals, guitar
Ian Ball: vocals, guitar, bass
Tom Gray: vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards
Paul "Blackie" Blackburn: bass, guitar
Olly Peacock: drums, percussion
Dajon Everett: percussion, keyboards

PERSONAL NOTE:
     It was so great to spend three nights in a row with these guys for my first-ever shows, and this was the night my dear friend Mark Burnell forsook his spot on the rail to spend the show up on the edge of the balcony with me as I monitored my recording.  The sing-alongs, the energy from the crowd, the Antibalas horns, the new tunes, and that damned duck-call are all etched permanently in my mind.  There is no other band that has moved me in a short 18-month period to (a) buy their entire catalog, (b) travel from Montana to NYC for my first shows, and (c) haul my gear along to make sure it got recorded, but Gomez are the ones who accomplished that.  Thanks to Mark & Kim for their hospitality, to Kyle for letting me use his Sponge Bob bed, to the new friends made over pints in the bar, and to Blackie, Tom, & Ben for very gracious greets after the show.

Mez-merized & grateful,
+ Pastor Tim <YonderArchive@yahoo.com>