Billy Strings billystrings2022-03-26.ca-14.flac16
2022-03-26 Islington Assembly Hall
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Billy Strings Live at Islington Assembly Hall on 2022-03-26
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BILLY STRINGS Islington Assembly Hall, London UK March 26th, 2022 Lineage: Church Audio CA-14 omnis > CA-9200 > Edirol R-07 (@24/96) > Cool Edit Pro 2 (Edits, downsample)> CDWave > TLH Recorded 30' from house left suspended stack Recording, transfer & artwork by boombox Set 1 (70m45s): 01. Tuning 02. Slow Train 03. Ernest T. Grass (The Dillards) > 04. Must Be Seven > 05. Hide & Seek 06. Love & Regret 07. Haul De Woodpile Down (Sam Patterson Trio) 08. In The Baggage Coach Ahead (Traditional) 09. Band Introductions 10. Long Forgotten Dream > 11. New Country Blues (Emmit-Nershi Band) 12. Dust In A Baggie Set 2 (79m58s): 01. Tuning 02. The Fire On My Tongue > 03. All Fall Down Jam (John Hartford) 04. Taking Water > 05. Ice Bridges 06. Foggy Old London (Jimmy Martin) 07. Fire Line > 08. Reuben's Train (Traditional) (inc. 3rd Stone From The Sun tease) 09. Bound To Ride (The Stanley Brothers) 10. The Wart (John Hartford) 11. Hollow Heart 12. Away From The Mire 13. Brain Damage (Pink Floyd) No encore due to 11pm curfew boombox's notes march 2022: I could only do the first of Billy's inaugural UK shows as I had rearranged tickets to see Eric Gales the following night, but was not too disappointed as for me, he chose to do most of his big hitters the first night and we got some new Hartford material amongst the covers as well. For anyone who has never experienced a Billy Strings show, I can't recommend it highly enough. Billy and his band far exceed any hype and well-deserve all the accolades. I have no doubt that even if you think you don't like bluegrass, there will be parts of this show you will like and other parts you will REALLY like. Tough to pick my favourite tracks, but some of the long jams were quite breathtaking. In terms of the recording, although there are a few nearby chatters audible at times, overall it's a very nice capture. This was a very loud show, filled with a very enthusiastic audience, but it came out really well - probably the easiest recording I've mastered in a long while. All it needed was very gentle clip restoration in one channel, overall volume adjustments, the patching of one very brief mic bump and a few very loud claps which needed taming. I can't make the next show in December, but look forward to attending the inevitable return next year. I suggest you do the same. :-)
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