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1997
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1999
1/6/99
tuning
1:16
Ahh Ahh Ahh Ahh
3:35
Rolling Away
4:07
King of the World
3:01
Now The World Can End
3:02
Crow
2:39
banter - Rick Danko pick
2:44
Black Tornado
4:50
I Don't Know Who I Am
4:26
You Lied
1:30
Marina and Me
5:05
Lightning Jazz
8:26
Thanksgiving Day Parade
9:05
Hillary (Don't Suffer in Silence)
5:41
banter - inviting up Randy Kaplan
2:01
God Song
6:30
I Knew Her Before You Knew Her
3:07
Standard Time Chop
3:07
New York Women
2:08
Warm
3:27
I Need You
2:37
Confused Little Girl
4:08
Lucy
1:01
Josephine and Ernest
3:04
Free As I Wanna Be
4:49
Boll Weevil
4:00
True Revolutionaries
7:54
No Missing Link
8:57
Kurt
3:23
Weird Little Thing
2:18
The Faciest in Me
4:51
Branford Marsalis
2:14
encore break
1:13
Shakespeare's Got a Gun
2:31
Everbody's Baby
2:22
Crazy For Her
1:55
Jerusalem
5:27
FIN
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Taper: Scott Bernstein
2:22:31
Taper:
Scott Bernstein
Transferrer:
Scott Bernstein
SHNID:
danbern1999-01-06
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Original Master Recording: Neumann TLM-170 (cardoids) -> Sonosax SX-M1 -> Tascam DAP1 (@16/48) Master DAT playback: Sony R500 -> Sound Devices 722 digital input (@24/48) Mastered: Soundforge Pro 13.0 - File processed in Soundforge for volume normalization and removing some extraneous noises like door slams, loud yells, minimizing loud claps etc; 24 -> 16 bit dither using POW-r Dither with POW-r #3 noise shaping. Tracked in CDWav. Tagged in Tag&Rename 3.9.15
Taper Notes:
View Notes* = Dan forgets most of the lyrics + = Randy Kaplan solo, without Dan ^ = improv song # = sung partially off mic as the PA goes off midsong Mellow show, mellow performance — Dan is recovering from having been sick Lightning Jazz breaks down to a quiet spoken word performance A rude audience member was talking so loudly (you can hear it on this recording) during Marina and Me that Dan had to call him out from the stage to shut up) No Duke, No Merle Recorded by Scott Bernstein Transferred (5/6/2020), tracked (3/6/2023), mastered (2/26/2023-1/24/2024) and posted (1/24/2024) by Scott Bernstein Follow me on Twitter to track my postings of FREE live music and concert photography: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/scott_bernstein" rel="nofollow">http://www.twitter.com/scott_bernstein</a> Or become a "fan" on Facebook here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Scott-Bernsteins-Live-Music-Photos-Page/166706713365451" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Scott-Bernsteins-Live-Music-Photos-Page/166706713365451</a> Photo credit: Meredith Jacobson Marciano Collection: New York in the 1970s through 9/11 <a href="https://www.villagepreservation.org/ia_image/nightingale-bar-213-second-avenue-northwest-corner-of-13th-st/" rel="nofollow">https://www.villagepreservation.org/ia_image/nightingale-bar-213-second-avenue-northwest-corner-of-13th-st/</a> Taper Notes: This show was the fourth and final show in a weekly residency (dubbed "Experimental Wednesdays") that Dan played at the Nightingale Bar while he was living here in town in NYC for a bit. See my notes (here <a href="https://archive.org/details/danbern1998-12-02" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/danbern1998-12-02</a>) included the first release from this run for details around the circumstances that led to Dan having an extended stay here in NYC during this time period, the history of the performance venue, and the backing musicians. This was a post New Years' show (he played a full run of shows at the famous Bottom Line co-billed with Moxy Fruvous for New Years' Eve) and given all of his activity and the NYC wintry weather, Dan showed up on this night recovering from a cold or flu, and you can hear it in his voice which, clearly, is suffering. As such, he even takes a mid-show break and hands his guitar to fellow folkster Randy Kaplan to perform a few songs of his own. Also, neither Duke McVinnie nor Richard Khuzami (and most importantly, Duke's drum machine, Merle) were at this performance, so it was a MUCH looser, freewheeling show -- literally all over the place (and quite the opposite of the "professional" sets he did at the Bottom Line over New Years..) -- digging DEEP into his catalog for songs like Confused Little Girl, Lucy, Josephine and Ernest (a must hear -- introduced as a love song about a narcoleptic and necropheliac -- of the sort that could only come from the mind of Dan Bern), Weird Little Thing, The Faciest in Me, Shakespeare's Got A Gun, and even seemingly composing some songs on the spot ("Free as I want To Be", "Crazy For Her") -- but also hitting a bevvy of his well-known often-requested songs like Rolling Away, King of the World, Now The World Can End, Black Tornado, Marina and Me, Lightning Jazz, Thanksgiving Day Parade, I Need You, True Revolutionaries, No Missing Link, Kurt, Branford Marsalis, Everybody's Baby, and Jerusalem. If you're put off by the potential of Dan's voice being hoarse and a bit weak, you might want to pass on this one. On the other hand, if you want to hear a musician trying to transcend his limitations and give an over-the-top performance, give this a hearty listen. Also of note is the Randy Kaplan mini set. His songs are just as creative and transgressive lyrically as Dan's. (This was my only exposure to him and his music.) His first song choice seems to be a direct response to Dan's performance of "Lightning Jazz" just before -- we get to hear each artist's take on having a conversation with God. Note that some of the Dan Bern fans shared around CD-R versions of my recordings of this run just after the shows completed. This is a completely remastered version of the show and should surpass the original versions that circulated at the time. This recording concludes my posting of Dan's entire run of NYC Experimental Wednesdays at the Nightingale Bar. Enjoy!