Pat Donohue and Friends, Minnesota Square Park, St. Peter, MN- 9/7/24

Pat Donohue and Friends
Minnesota Square Park
St. Peter, MN
Sep. 7th, 2024

This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS328)

Lineage: LyxPro SDPC-2 mics > Zoom H4Essential (32-Bit Float) > SD Card > Reaper (EQ, Normalizing) > Track splits using CD Wave Editor > Compressed to FLAC Level 8 with dBpoweramp > Tagged with MP3 Tag

-Feel free to re-master, share freely anywhere else, convert to MP3, just never ever sell it. Also, if you like this show, please support the artist by buying/streaming their music, buying a ticket to a show or buying merch.

More pictures here: Link

https://www.patdonohue.com/

1. Intro
2. Nobody's Fault but Mine (Blind Willie Johnson cover) > It Could Be Worse
3. Texas Toast
4. The Real Minnesota Blues
5. Thanks a Lot (Ernest Tubb cover)
6. Magnolia (J.J. Cale cover)
7. Maybellene (Chuck Berry cover)
8. Too Gone
9. ?
10. Jesus on the Mainline (Trad.)
11. Irish Blues

Pat Donohue- Vocals, Guitar
Paul Mayasich- Vocals, Guitar
Richard Kriehn- Vocals, Mandolin
John Wright- Bass

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Pat has been obsessed with the guitar since he first picked one up at age twelve and began learning

simple chords and melodies from a Pete Seeger instructional book. His background as a drummer in a garage rock band helped with the transition and he never looked back. As a youth, the St. Paul, Minnesota native pestered guitarists playing at Twin Cities coffee houses and blues venues, seeking tips on playing. Borrowing bits and pieces of the styles of finger picking pioneers he admired, he taught himself to play, building a repertoire flavored by Blind Blake, Django Reinhart and Chet Atkins.

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Tapers notes: Part of Rock Bend Folk Festival 2024. This is usually an end of the summer event I look forward to every year, but this years lineup was pretty underwhelming. I went for the last couple bands of the night, this one and Humbird to close out the night. It's still always a fun time going to this festival, but I'm hoping next year the lineup will return to form.

"Got a mind to ramble, got a mind to roam
I'm travelin' light and I'm slow coming home"

Galactic Cowboy Orchestra, Neer Park, New London, MN- 9/4/24

Galactic Cowboy Orchestra
Neer Park
New London, MN
Sep. 4th, 2024

This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS327)

Lineage: LyxPro SDPC-2 mics > Zoom H4Essential (32-Bit Float) > SD Card > Reaper (EQ, Normalizing) > Track splits using CD Wave Editor > Compressed to FLAC Level 8 with dBpoweramp > Tagged with MP3 Tag

-Feel free to re-master, share freely anywhere else, convert to MP3, just never ever sell it. Also, if you like this show, please support the artist by buying/streaming their music, buying a ticket to a show or buying merch.

-Thank you to Galactic Cowboy Orchestra for allowing me to record.

More pictures here: Link

https://www.galacticcowboyorchestra.com/

Set 1

1. Intro
2. ?
3. Whipping Post (The Allman Brothers Band cover)
4. Gypsy Grass Jump
5. Triple S
6. Rocky Top (Felice & Boudleaux Bryant cover)
7. ?
8. Why Don't You Love Me (Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys cover)

Set 2

1. Intro
2. Can't You Hear Me Calling (Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys cover)
3. Earth Lift
4. Workin' Man Blues (Merle Haggard cover)
5. Swara-Kakali (Ravi Shankar cover)
6. Not at All > Memo 9
7. You Don't Want My Love (Roger Miller cover)
8. Righteous
9. ? > 21st Century Schizoid Man
10. Outro

Lisi Wright – Violin, Vocals
Dan Neale – Guitars, Vocals
John Wright – Bass, Vocals

Archive.org / Google Drive

Galactic Cowboy Orchestra was started in 2009 by founding member/bass player John Wright. The band was born out of a desire to play technically challenging music derived from John’s influences ranging from Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Dixie Dregs and King Crimson, to name a few. Wright enlisted the aid of guitarist Dan Neale, who brought to the table many deep Jazz influences in his advanced playing and composing style. Along with the band’s first drummer, Mark O'Day, the beginnings of Galactic Cowboy Orchestra were found. Soon after, violinist (and John’s wife) Lisi Wright joined the band with her aggressive "electric guitar player plays violin" style and engaging stage presence to complete the band’s sound and look. Fast forward 15 years: 6 studio releases (and one live), threeDownbeat Nominations, a Minnesota Arts Tour Grant, collaborations with symphony orchestras, thousands of miles of touring and the band is just getting started.

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Tapers notes: I'm pretty happy with how this recording turned out, the sound is really good. The cicadas were out in force this night, so in between songs you can hear them buzzing, but otherwise there aren't any real flaws with this one.

"Got a mind to ramble, got a mind to roam
I'm travelin' light and I'm slow coming home"

Bloodline, Ojibway Park, Woodbury, MN- 8/24/24

Bloodline
Ojibway Park
Woodbury, MN
Aug. 24th, 2024

This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS326)

Lineage: LyxPro SDPC-2 mics > Tascam DR-60D > SD Card > Reaper (EQ, Normalizing) > Track splits using CD Wave Editor  > Compressed to FLAC Level 8 with dBpoweramp > Tagged with MP3 Tag

-Feel free to re-master, share freely anywhere else, convert to MP3, just never ever sell it. Also, if you like this show, please support the artist by buying/streaming their music, buying a ticket to a show or buying merch.

-Thank you to Bloodline for allowing me to record.

More pictures here: Link

https://bloodline.one/

1. Intro
2. Kiss (Prince cover)
3. Somedaze
4. BIRDS OF A FEATHER (Billie Eilish cover)
5. Orion
6. Evergreen (Omar Apollo cover)
7. Lovin' You
8. Please Please Please (Sabrina Carpenter)
9. Dreams (Fleetwood Mac cover)
10. You + I
11. Don't Know Why (Jesse Harris & the Ferdinandos cover)
12. Valerie (The Zutons cover)
13. Forget It > Training Season (Dua Lipa cover)
14. Call Me
15. the boy is mine (Ariana Grande cover)
16. Switch
17. From Me
18. Another One Bites the Dust (Queen cover)
19. I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor cover)
20. Purple Rain (Prince cover)

Julia Wheaton- Vocals
Eliza Wheaton- Vocals
Lukaz Wheaton- Keyboards
Daniel Wahlstrom- Drums
Daniel DeFoe- Electric Guitar
Michael Mooridian- Bass Guitar

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Join us at the bandshell for live music from Bloodline! Consisting of a sibling trio from the Twin Cities, Bloodline provides listeners with a rich, multi-layered sound. Differing experiences and musical abilities allows for the group to form unique combinations of sonic landscapes that transport listeners to a dreamy, pop-centric universe.

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Tapers notes: I've been following Julia Wheaton/Bloodline for a few years now, and had seen Julia's Whtiney Houston Tribute earlier this year. But, I was looking forward to see a Bloodline show and some of their originals. This show was a lot of fun, Julia and Eliza have very different types of voices, but they blend so well together. This show was supposed to include a SBD feed, but it ended up not working out. As soon as I arrived, I could tell the sound guy had almost no interest in being there and was going to be less than helpful. I understand that getting me a feed is at the bottom of a sound engineers priority list, and I have no problem with that. I do have a problem with sound engineers who are rude to the band, to me, and are more interested in chatting with friends that come by than doing their job. I was able to plug in, but I didn't expect it to turn out very well, and indeed I didn't get any sound at all from it. Luckily, I always record both AUD and SBD when possible just in case of something like this, and the recording turned out pretty good.

"Got a mind to ramble, got a mind to roam
I’m travelin’ light and I’m slow coming home"

The Rockin' Hep Cats, American Legion Eagles #34, Minneapolis, MN- 8/23/24

The Rockin' Hep Cats
American Legion Eagles #34
Minneapolis, MN
Aug. 23rd, 2024

This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS325)

Lineage: LyxPro SDPC-2 mics > Tascam DR-60D +
               Soundboard > Zoom H4Essential (32-Bit Float) >
               SD Card > Reaper (EQ, Normalizing) > Aligned in Audacity > Track splits using CD Wave Editor >                                                 Compressed to FLAC Level 8 with dBpoweramp > Tagged with MP3 Tag

-Feel free to re-master, share freely anywhere else, convert to MP3, just never ever sell it. Also, if you like this show, please support the artist by buying/streaming their music, buying a ticket to a show or buying merch.

-Thanks as always to The Rockin' Hep Cats for allowing me to record.

More pictures here: Link

https://www.facebook.com/p/Rockin-Hep-Cats-100063893031645/

Set 1

1. Intro
2. Route 66 (Bobby Troup cover)
3. Let's Think About Livin' (Bob Luman cover)
4. Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins cover)
5. Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash cover)
6. Long Tall Sally (Little Richard cover)
7. Cut Across Shorty (Eddie Cochran cover)
8. C'mon Everybody (Eddie Cochran cover)
9. That's All Right (Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup cover)
10. Blue Moon of Kentucky (Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys cover)
11. New Rock the Joint (Bill Haley & His Comets cover)
12. Endless Sleep (Jody Reynolds cover)
13. Shake, Rattle and Roll (Big Joe Turner & His Blues Kings cover)
14. Ain't That Just Like a Woman (They'll Do It Every Time) (Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five cover)
15. Runaway (Del Shannon cover)
16. Last Kiss (Wayne Cochran cover)
17. You're My Baby (Johnny Cash cover)
18. Twenty Flight Rock (Eddie Cochran cover)
19. One Cup of Coffee and a Cigarette (Glen Glenn cover)
20. Rip Van Winkle
21. One Piece at a Time (Johnny Cash cover)
22. Jump, Jive, an' Wail (Louis Prima cover)

Set 2

1. Intro
2. Rock Around the Clock (Sonny Dae and His Knights cover)
3. Honey Don't (Carl Perkins cover)
4. White Lightning (The Big Bopper cover)
5. Be-Bop-A-Lula (Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps cover)
6. The Twist (Hank Ballard and the Midnighters cover)
7. 409 (The Beach Boys cover)
8. Money Honey (Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters cover)
9. Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran cover)
10. In Heaven There Is No Beer
11. Peggy Sue (Buddy Holly cover)
12. Roll Over Beethoven (Chuck Berry cover)
13. The Woman I Need (Johnny Horton cover)
14. Polk Salad Annie (Tony Joe White cover)
15. Hound Dog (Big Mama Thornton cover)
16. Outro

Set 3

1. Intro
2. Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry cover)
3. Rock This Town (Stray Cats cover)
4. Wipe Out (The Surfaris cover)
5. I Saw Her Standing There( The Beatles cover)
6. Surfin' Bird (The Trashmen cover)
7. All Night Long
8. Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll (Billy Lee Riley and His Little Green Men cover)

Coltan Smisek- Vocals, Guitar
Ben Owen- Guitar
Todd Owen- Bass
Eric Amundrud- Drums

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Tapers notes: This was the bands Twin Cities debut, so there was no doubt I was going to be there to support them. They did not disappoint, and there were already people asking when they were coming back after the show. There are a couple audio issues with this recording, I didn't get a SBD feed until about 1:45 in to the first song, so up until it's just AUD only. There are also a few glitches from the SBD feed, I got the impression that the person running sound wasn't the regular sound person there. But, I definitely appreciate what I got, and for the most part the sound is great.

"Got a mind to ramble, got a mind to roam
I’m travelin’ light and I’m slow coming home"

Josie Sanken, Main Street Sports Bar, Hutchinson, MN- 8/22/24

Josie Sanken
Main Street Sports Bar
Hutchinson, MN
Aug. 22nd, 2024

This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS324)

Lineage: Zoom H4Essential (32-Bit Float) > SD Card > Reaper (EQ, Normalizing) > Track splits using CD Wave Editor > Compressed to FLAC Level 8 with dBpoweramp > Tagged with MP3 Tag

-Feel free to re-master, share freely anywhere else, convert to MP3, just never ever sell it. Also, if you like this show, please support the artist by buying/streaming their music, buying a ticket to a show or buying merch.

-Thanks as always to Josie for allowing me to record.

More pictures here: Link

https://www.facebook.com/JSANKENMUSIC/

Set 1

1. Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver cover)
2. Stuck Like Glue (Sugarland cover)
3. Royals (Lorde cover)
4. Leaving on a Jet Plane (John Denver cover)
5. Let It Be (The Beatles cover)
6. Tennessee Whiskey (David Allan Coe cover)
7. I Will Wait (Mumford & Sons cover)
8. Something in the Orange (Zach Bryan cover)
9. Wicked Game (Chris Isaak cover)
10. No One Else on Earth (Wynonna Judd cover)
11. Strawberry Wine (Deana Carter cover)
12. Ring of Fire (Merle Kilgore cover)
13. Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days) (The Judds cover)
14. Free Fallin' (Tom Petty cover)
15. We Danced Anyway (Deana Carter cover)
16. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2 cover)
17. I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (Whitney Houston cover)
18. Landslide (Fleetwood Mac cover)
19. Mama's Broken Heart (Miranda Lambert cover)
20. Jolene (Dolly Parton cover)

Set 2

1. Parachute (Chris Stapleton cover)
2. Drift Away (Mentor Williams cover)
3. Setting the World on Fire (Kenny Chesney cover)
4. When the Stars Go Blue (Ryan Adams cover)
5. Harper Valley PTA (Jeannie C. Riley cover)
6. Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen cover)
7. Boondocks (Little Big Town cover)
8. Heads Carolina, Tails California (Jo Dee Messina cover)
9. I'm Yours (Jason Mraz cover)
10. You Are My Sunshine (Jimmie Davis cover)
11. Desperate (Wo)Man (Eric Church cover)
12. Hey, Good Lookin' (Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys cover)
13. Radioactive (Imagine Dragons cover)
14. Wagon Wheel (Bob Dylan cover)

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Tapers notes: As I said previously, Josie's board fried at her last show, and the new one had not arrived by this show, so this recording is lower quality than what I usually get from Josie's shows. This was my first try with the ZoomH4E, and I am pretty pleased with how it worked. Josie started losing her voice about halfway throught the second set, but pushed through it until the end, so keep it in mind when listening to the last part of the second set.

"Got a mind to ramble, got a mind to roam
I’m travelin’ light and I’m slow coming home"

Roadhouse Blue, Riverfront Memorial Park, Anoka, MN- 8/21/24

Roadhouse Blue
Riverfront Memorial Park
Anoka, MN
Aug. 21st, 2024

This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS323)

Lineage: LyxPro SDPC-2 mics > Tascam DR-70D > SD Card > Reaper (EQ, Normalizing) > Track splits using CD Wave Editor > Compressed to FLAC Level 8 with dBpoweramp > Tagged with MP3 Tag

-Feel free to re-master, share freely anywhere else, convert to MP3, just never ever sell it. Also, if you like this show, please support the artist by buying/streaming their music, buying a ticket to a show or buying merch.

More pictures here: Link

1. Intro
2. Still the Same (Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band cover)
3. Against the Wind (Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band cover)
4. The Wrong Thing to Do (Mudcrutch cover)
5. Suspicious Minds (Mark James cover)
6. Stories We Could Tell (John Sebastian cover)
7. All for You (Sister Hazel cover)
8. Beautiful Loser (Bob Seger cover)
9. Route 66 (Bobby Troup cover) > R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A. (A Salute to 60's Rock) (John Mellencamp cover)
10. King of the Hill (Roger McGuinn cover)
11. Simply Walked Away
12. The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore) (Frankie Valli cover)
13. Turn the Page (Bob Seger cover)
14. The Apartment Song (Tom Petty cover)
15. You Wreck Me (Tom Petty cover)
16. American Girl (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers cover)
17. Hearts on Fire (Bryan Adams cover) > I Fought the Law (The Crickets cover)
18. Let Go (Brother Phelps cover)
19. Breakdown (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers cover)
20. The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em) (Greg Kihn Band cover)
21. Cool Change (Little River Band cover)
22. Night Moves (Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band cover)
23. To Love Somebody (Bee Gees cover)
24. Absolutely Right (Five Man Electrical Band cover)
25. I Don't Want to Talk About It (Crazy Horse cover)
26. Bama Breeze (Josh Kear cover)

Jim Lundeen- Vocals, Guitar
Tim ?- Drums

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Jim Lundeen has been playing local bookings since late 1982. His current band -The Roadhouse Blue band, has been developed from many versions of musicians (and band names) since that time. While continuing to lead and play with the Roadhouse Blue Band, Jim has adjusted to the booking needs of the metro area establishments and has played additional bookings as duos and as a solo performer. This has become an enjoyable change with new set lists, original material, and more interaction with the audiences.

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Tapers notes: Not a great recording, there was lots of wind this night, and the sound was an issue right from the beginning of the show. You can hear Jim reference this throughout the night, it makes it a very unenven listen. Listening back to this after the show made me realize I need to get better wind protection for my mics, so I bought some "dead cat" windscreens, which hopefully should help prevent wind from being such an issue in future recordings.

"Got a mind to ramble, got a mind to roam
I’m travelin’ light and I’m slow coming home"

The Holy Rocka Rollaz, Rush City Park, Rush City, MN- 8/17/24

The Holy Rocka Rollaz
Rush City Park
Rush City, MN
Aug. 17th, 2024

This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS322)

Lineage: LyxPro SDPC-2 mics > Tascam DR-70D > SD Card > Reaper (EQ, Normalizing) > Track splits using CD Wave Editor > Compressed to FLAC Level 8 with dBpoweramp > Tagged with MP3 Tag

-Feel free to re-master, share freely anywhere else, convert to MP3, just never ever sell it. Also, if you like this show, please support the artist by buying/streaming their music, buying a ticket to a show or buying merch.

More pictures here: Link

https://holyrockarollaz.com/

Set 1

1. Intro
2. That'll Be the Day (The Crickets song)
3. Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash cover)
4. All My Love (Oh Boy) (Sonny West cover)
5. Party Doll (Buddy Knox cover)
6. Peggy Sue (Buddy Holly cover)
7. Tennessee Flat Top Box (Johnny Cash cover)
8. I Fall to Pieces (Patsy Cline cover)
9. Rock Billy Boogie (Johnny Burnette & The Rock ’n’ Roll Trio cover)
10. Uranium Rock (Warren Smith cover)
11. Your Baby Blue Eyes (Johnny Burnette cover)
12. Everyday (Buddy Holly cover)
13. Words of Love (Buddy Holly cover)
14. Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran cover)
15. Somethin' Else (Eddie Cochran cover)
16. Maybellene (Chuck Berry cover)
17. Keep on the Sunny Side (The Carter Family cover)
18. Get Rhythm (Johnny Cash cover)
19. Tear It Up (Johnny Burnette & The Rock ’n’ Roll Trio cover)
20. I'm Coming Home (Johnny Horton cover)

Set 2

1. Intro
2. Driving Wheel (T-Bone Burnett cover)
3. Black Slacks (Joe Bennett & the Sparkletones cover)
4. Duck Tail (Joe Clay cover)
5. Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins cover)
6. Jackson (Billy Edd Wheeler cover)
7. Eeny Meeny Miney Moe (Bob & Lucille and The Canadian Sweethearts cover)
8. Walkin' After Midnight (Lynn Howard cover)
9. Rumble (Link Wray & His Raymen cover)
10. Hot Rod Man (Tex Rubinowitz cover)
11. Twenty Flight Rock (Eddie Cochran cover)
12. Wake Up, Little Susie (Boudleaux Bryant cover)
13. Bye Bye Love (Boudleaux Bryant cover)
14. All I Have to Do Is Dream (Boudleaux Bryant cover)
15. Sleep Walk (Santo & Johnny cover)
16. Rock This Town (Stray Cats cover)

Set 3

1. Intro
2. That's All Right (Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup cover)
3. Blue Moon of Kentucky (Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys cover)
4. Rave On! (Sonny West cover)
5. Rock Around the Clock (Sonny Dae and His Knights cover)
6. Shake, Rattle and Roll (Big Joe Turner & His Blues Kings cover)
7. All Over Again (Johnny Cash cover)
8. Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me) (Duke Ellington and His Orchestra cover)
9. Crazy (Willie Nelson cover)
10. I'll Fly Away (Rev. J.M. Gates cover)
11. Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry cover)

Mark Flora- Vocals, Guitar
Lisa Flora- Vocals, Bass
Levi Stugelmeyer- Drums

Take an authentic trip back to the fantastic 50s with The Holy Rocka Rollaz!

If it’s the classic early rock ‘n’ roll and rockabilly of Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash (and many more!) that you want, played just the way those legends played it…you have found your dream band! Minnesota’s own Holy Rocka Rollaz bring back the sound, the look, the memories and nostalgia of one of America’s most treasured eras. There’s nothing but PURE EARLY AMERICAN ROCK ‘n’ ROLL about them.

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Tapers notes: This band always puts on a great show, I had seen them twice previously, both times at the Winter Dance Party Clear Lake, IA. Definitely a more laid back atmosphere this day, it took place at a classic car show, and this band fits right into that setting. A really great setlist here, lots of popeular songs with some lesser known ones thrown in there as well.

"Got a mind to ramble, got a mind to roam
I’m travelin’ light and I’m slow coming home"