Hazel Mood, Riverfront Memorial Park, Anoka, MN- 9/25/24

Hazel Mood
Riverfront Memorial Park
Anoka, MN
Sep. 25th, 2024

This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS332)

Lineage: LyxPro SDPC-2 mics > Tascam DR-40X > 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 to Hazel Mood for allowing me to record.

More pictures here: Link

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1. Intro
2. I'll Take You There (The Staple Singers cover)
3. Nick of Time (Bonnie Raitt cover)
4. When the Saints Go Marching In (Trad.)
5. Fever (Eddie Cooley cover)
6. Smooth Operator (Sade cover)
7. I'd Like To (Corinne Bailey Rae cover)
8. ?
9. Real Love (Mary J. Blige cover)
10. Medley
11. Shotgun (Jr. Walker & the All Stars cover)
12. Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing (Stevie Wonder cover)
13. One Note Samba (Antônio Carlos Jobim cover)
14. Man Smart, Woman Smarter (King Radio cover)
15. Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business) (Aretha Franklin cover)
16. Sweet Thing (Rufus & Chaka Khan cover)
17. Shakey Ground (The Temptations cover)
18. Chain of Fools (Aretha Franklin cover)
19. I Wish (Stevie Wonder cover)
20. How Do I Let a Good Man Down? (Sharon Jones and the Dap‐Kings cover)
21. Feelin' Alright? (Traffic cover)
22. Proud Mary (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)

Archive.org / Google Drive

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Tapers notes: A couple months before this show, I had seen Heavy for the Hawk at the same venue. During that show, Rachel (lead singer) mentioned she was part of another band called Hazel Mood and they did more r&b/soul type covers, so I figured why not come to that show as well? The band was a 9 piece this night, including multiple horn instruments, which ended up saving part of the night. There was trouble right from the start with the vocals cutting out due to a power issue, but the horns were loud enough on their own that they could still be heard, so while they figured power issues out a few times, we were treated to some impromptu jams. About halfway through the set the power issues were figured out and it was smooth sailing from there.

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

Sundance Head, Surf Ballroom, Clear Lake, IA- 9/14/24

Sundance Head
The Surf Ballroom
Clear Lake, IA
Sep. 14th, 2024

This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS331)

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://sundancehead.com/

1. Come to Me
2. A New Memory of You > She Ain't Leaving
3. Starting Again
4. Drive Me to Drinking
5. Setting Son
6. Modern Day Hooker
7. ?
8. Darlin' Don't Go > Amazing Grace (John Newton cover)
9. Treat Her Right (Roy Head & The Traits cover)

Archive.org / Google Drive

Jason "Sundance" Head is an American country-soul singer and songwriter. He is the son of American singer Roy Head. In 2007, he was a semi-finalist on the sixth season of the Fox television series American Idol, but was eliminated one week before the finals. In 2016, he became the winner of season 11 of the US The Voice. He was part of Team Blake Shelton. His winning song is "Darlin' Don't Go". In 2018, he signed onto Dean Dillon's Wildcatter Records and released the single Leave Her Wild.

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Tapers notes: Opening for Austin Allsup. I got permission to record this show from Austin's management, but they asked that I not share his set because they were recording it for official release down the road. I will honor that of course, so only Sundance Head's set will be shared. The last 2 tracks have some weird edits I had to make, the set was over and they started music from the PA, and then Austin came out and asked Sundance to sing one of his dads song. I had already stopped the recorder and quickly hit record again, so there are some jumps in between those two songs, no music is missing though.

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

Skarlett Woods, Muddy Paws Cheesecake, St. Louis Park, MN- 9/12/24

Skarlett Woods
Muddy Paws Cheesecake
St. Louis Park, MN
Sep. 12th, 2024

This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS330)

Lineage: SBD > 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 Skarlett for allowing me to record.

More pictures here: Link

https://skarlettwoods.com/

Set 1

1. Intro
2. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Bob Dylan cover)
3. That's All (Nat King Cole cover)
4. What Only Lovers Know (Conrad Johnson cover)
5. Doubting Thomas (Nickel Creek cover)
6. Cry to Me (Solomon Burke cover)
7. Silver Fox
8. Portland, OR
9. Blackbird (The Beatles cover)
10. For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield cover)
11. The Wayfaring Stranger (Trad.)
12. You and I (Santa Cruz, CA)
13. Simple Twist of Fate (Bob Dylan cover)
14. I Could Be Your Monster
15. Me, I, Me, Me
16. Outro

Set 2

1. I'm Right Here
2. Beg, Steal or Borrow (Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs cover)
3. You Are My Sunshine (Jimmie Davis cover)
4. Can't Stop (Thinking About You)
5. Crash Into Me (Dave Matthews Band cover)
6. The Last Love Song
7. Somehow (Letters to the West)
8. Friday I'm in Love (The Cure cover)
9. Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time) (Elton John cover)
10. Hickory Tree
11. Harvest Moon (Neil Young cover)
12. Everything Is Free (Gillian Welch cover)
13. Minnesota Farm Girl
14. Close to You (Braver These Days)
15. Love Song (Lesley Duncan cover)
16. Stand by Me (Ben E. King cover)
17. ?
18. Hold On (Tom Waits cover)
19. Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley cover)

Archive.org / Google Drive

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Tapers notes: None.

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

Humbird, Minnesota Square Park, St. Peter, MN- 9/7/24

Humbird
Minnesota Square Park
St. Peter, MN
Sep. 7th, 2024

This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS329)

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.humbirdmusic.com/

1. Intro
2. Pharmakon
3. Cornfields and Roadkill
4. Plum Sky
5. Right On
6. Child of Violence
7. Quickest Way
8. Help Me Willie Nelson!
9. Ghost On The Porch
10. I Am Stretched on Your Grave (Scullion cover)
11. Persephone
12. Fast Food
13. Blueberry Bog
14. Song for the Seeds
15. Outro

Siri Undlin- Vocals, Guitar
Pat Keen- Bass
Shane Leonard- Drums

Archive.org / Google Drive

Humbird, the mesmerizing project of singer-songwriter Siri Undlin, who seamlessly blends indie and traditional folk with poetic lyrics, lush harmonies and haunting melodies.

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Tapers notes: Part of Rock Bend Folk Festival 2024.

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

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

Archive.org / Google Drive

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

Archive.org

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"