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June 11th
2 shows
2 tapes
Years
2025
75
PlaybackListensHours
48h23m
7d12m
30d756
11 shows
12 tapes
2024
13
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48h00m
7d14m
30d131
7 shows
9 tapes
2023
44
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48h162
7d242
30d444
15 shows
17 tapes
2022
19
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48h00m
7d00m
30d191
4 shows
4 tapes
2021
46
PlaybackListensHours
48h242
7d464
30d464
1 show
1 tape
2018
13
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48h00m
7d217m
30d131
3 shows
3 tapes
2017
51
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48h141
7d00m
30d513
40 shows
46 tapes
2016
31
PlaybackListensHours
48h00m
7d00m
30d313
11 shows
13 tapes
2015
58
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48h00m
7d00m
30d585
25 shows
30 tapes
2014
68
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48h1354m
7d272
30d685
29 shows
36 tapes
2013
1
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48h00m
7d00m
30d14m
1 show
1 tape
2012
13
PlaybackListensHours
48h00m
7d29m
30d1358m
16 shows
18 tapes
2011
46
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48h00m
7d942m
30d464
21 shows
24 tapes
2009
273
PlaybackListensHours
48h00m
7d333
30d27322
22 shows
30 tapes
2008
77
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48h314m
7d627m
30d777
49 shows
78 tapes
2007
561
PlaybackListensHours
48h111
7d18916
30d56147
72 shows
94 tapes
2006
629
PlaybackListensHours
48h384
7d19516
30d62956
48 shows
69 tapes
2005
157
PlaybackListensHours
48h1058m
7d617
30d15717
38 shows
53 tapes
2004
35
PlaybackListensHours
48h00m
7d119m
30d354
17 shows
21 tapes
2003
10
PlaybackListensHours
48h28m
7d1050m
30d1050m
15 shows
16 tapes
2002
44
PlaybackListensHours
48h00m
7d00m
30d444
59 shows
68 tapes
2001
30
PlaybackListensHours
48h00m
7d00m
30d303
36 shows
42 tapes
2000
20
PlaybackListensHours
48h00m
7d00m
30d202
28 shows
29 tapes
1999
37
PlaybackListensHours
48h00m
7d333
30d373
6 shows
7 tapes
1998
2 shows
2 tapes
1997
5
PlaybackListensHours
48h00m
7d00m
30d517m
1 show
1 tape
1996
1
PlaybackListensHours
48h00m
7d00m
30d16m
2 shows
3 tapes
1995
1
PlaybackListensHours
48h00m
7d00m
30d15m
1 show
1 tape
1994
1 show
1 tape
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Transferrer: Joel Swaney
46:16
Rating:
6.67 / 3 ratings
Transferrer:
Joel Swaney
SHNID:
ryanadams1996-02-03.freightwhaler.aud.flac16
Lineage:
DAT(clone) > M1-DAT(digi-out) > M-Audio(digi-in) > Sound Forge 8.0 > FLAC(6)
Taper: mrpember
46:00
Taper:
mrpember
Transferrer:
mrpember
SHNID:
radams1996-02-02.freightwhaler.fob-csb.mrpember.flac16
Source:
CSB mics (battery box, low-end roll-off) clipped on glasses > Denon DTR-80P (DAT, 16/48)
Lineage:
Master DAT > Tascam DA-20 > M-Audio Audiophile USB > PC > Wavelab 5.0 > iZotope RX7 (de-clicked, minor edits, light EQ, normalizing) > CD Wave Editor (tracking) > FLAC (level 8)
Taper Notes:
View NotesRyan Adams - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vox Sloane Doggett - guitar Eric "Skillet" Gilmore - drums Chris Laney - bass Nicholas Petti - pedal steel guitar Source: CSB mics (battery box, low-end roll-off) clipped on glasses > Denon DTR-80P (DAT, 16/48) Transfer: Master DAT > Tascam DA-20 > M-Audio Audiophile USB > PC > Wavelab 5.0 > iZotope RX7 (de-clicked, minor edits, light EQ, normalizing) > CD Wave Editor (tracking) > FLAC (level 8) taped and transferred by mrpember This is a 16/48 recording [song titles are from archive.org, I can't verify the titles] Freightwhaler was a short-lived side project for Ryan Adams and some friends from North Carolina and Georgia. They played at most 4 or 5 shows, all in early 1996. Skillet and Nicholas were in Whiskeytown at the time, Sloane and Chris were in Ithica Gin (at least I think Chris was in that band). Ryan was writing a lot of songs back then, Whiskeytown fans will know "Bar Lights" (I believe this is the live debut of that song) but I think the others were unique to this brief period. The recording is pretty good, they started earlier than I thought so at the beginning you can hear me mounting the mics on my glasses and walking closer to the stage. This show has made the rounds and is available on archive.org (listed as a Ryan Adams show) but is the first time this has been shared directly from my DAT master. I spent some time trying to clean up a number of issues, especially at the beginning. The Honky Tonk-A-Rama was an annual roots-rock festival at Local 506 intended to highlight countryish bands from North Carolina. The first one in 1996 was notable because a rare ice storm hit over the weekend which made travel extremely treacherous, many musicians and most of the people with tickets didn't make it which made for a very unique and cool vibe for the hardcore folks in the building on those two nights. Honky Tonk-A-Rama lineup: Friday, February 2, 1996 (from start to finish): the Tremblers; Freightwhaler; Zen Frisbee; Tweaker; the Backsliders Saturday, February 3, 1996 (from start to finish): Two Dollar Pistols; Trailer Bride; Pine State; Jolene; Old 97's; Chicken Wire Gang mrpember, April 2021 vanillag NOTES (1/4/2022): --HUGE thanks to mrpember for recording & sharing this beauty from his master & reworking it!! --did some more research on this, confirmed date & song titles, players, etc. & added some more detail to the info --There seems to be no real consensus on whether this band's name was spelled 'Freightwhaler' or 'Freight Whaler'...even the wikipedia page for their unreleased album splits the difference, listing the album as "The Freightwhaler Sessions" & the band as "Freight Whaler' & also 'Freightwhaler (Freight Whaler)'. So, I guess it doesn't really matter, but I'm gonna defer to mrpember's expertise here & stick with 'Freightwhaler'. --https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Freightwhaler_Sessions --added the ffp fingerprints to the text file --added pictures of the venue --https://indyweek.com/music/features/remembering-alt.country-s-big-1996-showcase/ --https://www.nodepression.com/honky-tonk-a-rama-local-506-chapel-hill-nc/