ï»¿Cornmeal
Niles Amphitheatre; Niles, MI
Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Recorded (and uploaded) by John Radawski, 25' from stage, DFC, 8' stand 
Zoom H4n (bass rolloff @ 98Hz, 90 deg mics) > WAV @ 44.1 Khz > normalized to 94% and tracked > FLAC level 8 > Archive.org > You!

Opener: Anna and Andrew (taped, but not included here) 

Set One: (68:54)

1001.  intro (Tom)
1002.  Stand Up
1003.  Feet On The Ground
1004.  Calling Me Back Home
1005.  dead air / tuning
1006.  Don't Cross That Line
1007.  > Trimming The Fat
1008.  It's So Nice To Be Here
1009.  Not At Home Anymore
1010.  Hot Corn, Cold Corn
1011.  > Johnny Put Down Your Gun
1012.  outro (Tom)


Set Two:  (102:53)

2001.  intro (Tom)
2002.  Midnight *
2003.  I'll Be Looking At You **
2004.  On My Own
2005.  > spacey jam
2006.  > Onward (including a nice, long jam)***
2007.  banter
2008.  Oh Leah Lee
2009.  intro > Get No Better
2010.  happy birthday Tom and Twyla! 
       > Let's Get Drunk And Fall Off The Wagon
2011.  > Hey Pocky Way
2012.  Girl With Short Brown Hair
2013.  crowd appreciation
2014.  banter
2015.  E1: dedication to Micheal Jackson and Farrah Fawcett
       > Hasten Jason 
2016.  outro (Tom "It just doesn't matter!")
2017.  E2: Ripple
2018.  post show crowd


* Kris broke a string near the beginning of the song, so he's mostly silent for a few minutes. :(
** Not sure about the title of this one!
*** The crackle, I think is on Allie's channel.  Some nice folks up front alerted the sound guy and he fixed it promptly!

I'm not sure how to put this on 2 CDs. The file names are just to follow the etree naming convention. If you aren't a complete-ist you should be able to do without some of the banter! I already feel pretty harsh in eliminating the dead space I did eliminate.


Notes:  The folks in Niles are lucky to have such a nice, little place to see a show!  They also seem to know how to coax some good musicians their way.  The taping situation was ideal.  I set up under their shade tent.  The crowd was very respectful and quiet, but they all clearly enjoyed the music.  There was a dedicated crew of dancers in front, but the rest of the crowd was just sitting and tapping their feet.  There was a very slight breeze for the first set, but I took the windscreen off for the second set.  The air wasn't moving one bit by that point.  The heat may have thinned the crowd a bit.  It was in the high 90's with very high humidity.  We all got very sweaty and listened to some fine, fine music.  The band was in fine form considering the oppressive heat.  The music was also very hot!  The band was also nice enough to wish a happy (9th!) birthday to Twyla Joy Herron, one of Cornmeal's biggest fans, and also my "niece!"

If you haven't seen this band yet ...do it!!!  Don't hesitate.  They rock!  Also, buy their CDs, their posters, and their T-shirts.  Supporting these guys is money well spent folks!  

Cornmeal is:
Wavy Dave Burlingame: Banjo,Vocals
Kris Nowak:  Guitar,Vocals
Chris Gangi:  String Bass, Vocals
JP Nowak:  Drums, Vocals
Allie Kral:  Fiddle, Vocals

If you *have* to contact me, try john.radawski @ gooooooooooogle mail!



