Frogwings
Wetlands Preserve
New York, NY
2/9/1999
BARN116

Original master recording Neumann TLM-170 (cardiods) -> Sonosax SX-M2 -> Tascam DA-P1 DAT (master @ 16/48)

DAT playback:  Sony R-500 -> Sound Devices 722 digital input (@24/48)

Mastered: Soundforge Pro 10.0c - *All file manipulation in Soundforge done at 24 bits*.  Volume normalization, Sample rate conversion 48khz to 44.1khz using iZotope 64-Bit SRC set higher than "Highest Quality" setting w/anti-alias filter.  Then dithered to 16 bits using using iZotope MBIT+ with Ultra noise shaping, with high dither settings; minor clap removal; attenutaing a few loud yells via notch EQ.  Tracked in CDWav.

Set 1
1.  house music / tuning up
2.  Kickin J.S. Bach
3.  Down At The Wetlands
4.  banter - glad to be playing here
5.  Hurdy Gurdy Fandango
6.  Feel For You
7.  banter - keep very very still
8.  Pattern
9.  thanks/crowd

Set 2
1.  tuning
2.  Cut Mullet
3.  banter - another song
4.  Among Your Pillows
5.  banter / tuning
6.  Just One
7.  banter - lips fly off
8.  Ganja ->
9.  Deviant Dreams
10. banter - the Kofi gallery
11. Nomad ->
12. percussion duet ->
13. Nomad
14. encore break
15. banter - band intros, inviting out Warren
16. Hot 'Lanta *
17. crowd

* =w/Warren Haynes on guitar

I removed about 40 claps from S1T3, about 10 claps from S1T8 and about 25 claps from S2T2.

Note for CD burning, if you put the 1st 4 tracks from set 2 onto the first disc, the entire show can fit on 2 CDs.

John Popper - harmonica and Vocals
Derek Trucks - guitar
Jimmy Herring - guitar
Oteil Burburidge - bass and vocals
Kofi Burbridge - keys and flute
Butch Trucks - Drums
Marc Quinones - Percussion

This was the 2nd of 3 Frogwings nights at Wetlands as part of "Wetlands 10th Anniversary Month"

Recorded, transferred (9/10/2011), mastered (12/20/2011-1/1/2012), and posted (1/9/2012) by Scott Bernstein.  FLAC file tagging and new MD5 hash file added 8/25/2024.  (Also removed unneeded extra track of crowd noise, Track 18)

Taper notes:
Getting back to my Jamband roots, for BARN116 I bring you what is really a jamband supergroup -- Frogwings, a short-lived project that brought together "A Team" players from all of the heavyweight jambands at the time -- 3 members of The Allman Brothers Band (in fact, 3/4 of the ABB rhythm section -- Butch Trucks, Marc Quinones, and Oteil Burbridge), Jimmy Herring (from the Aquarium Rescue Unit, then an Allman for a brief time, a Jazz Is Dead member, a "Friend" of Phil Lesh, and finally the permanent replacement guitarist in Widespread Panic), Derek Trucks (many years before he was an Allman Brother), John Popper (he of Blues Traveler) on harmonica and vocals, and Kofi Burbridge -- Oteil's brother on keys and flute.

What made me think to transfer this particular show (especially since Yossi Pollack has previously posted Dave Nolan's soundboard recordings of this run)?  Well, this year on 9/11/2011, Brooklyn Bowl hosted their "Wetlands Class of '96" reunion show with Ulu and Fat Mama, and I put together a playlist of Wetlands music to play over the PA.  Well, I HAD to add a version of the song "Down At The Wetlands" to the playlist!  So instead of just grabbing Yossi's soundboard, I transferred this show for the occasion and just snipped out the one track for the playlist.  Now finally I've gone back and mastered the entire show.

Sometimes supergroups work and are greater than the sum of their parts, and other times they don't, falling far short of the talents of the individual players.  This band was, luckily, in the former group -- at least living up to the quality the individual members' bands, and possibly surpassing them at times.

I would, in fact, consider this to be one of my "top 5" nights at the Wetlands -- and I was there many hundreds of times.  Just listen to the first song -- Derek's slide guitar and John Popper's harmonica meld wonderfully with the sublime rhythms of the ABB boys.  How many other bands would be bold enough to have full on drum/percussion solo in the middle of the FIRST tune of the night?  The songwriting is often very strong, though some of the lyrics are somewhat forgettable.

And as a bonus, Derek Trucks did double duty each night, opened the show with his band and providing my (and probably many others') first opportunity to see Derek Trucks band too.

This was the 2nd night of a 3 night run of this band at Wetlands (I only caught/taped 2 of the 3 nights) as part of the Wetlands 10th Anniversary month.  Yes, I missed one night, but this was a VERY VERY busy month for me -- consider the shows I'd been to right around this time:
Al and the Transamericans @ Wetlands 1/7; Oteil & The Peacemakers + Fat Mama @ Knitting Factory 1/11; MMW residency @ Bowery 1/13-17; Sonia Dada @ Wetlands 1/21; Groove Collective @ Wetlands 1/29; Dan Bern + Jill Sobule @ Bottom Line 2/4; Melvin Sparks + Deep Banana Blackout  @ Wetlands 2/5; moe @ Wetlands 2/7; Derek Trucks + Frogwings 2/9-10; Bob Weir & Ratdog trio - 2/11; Bob Weir & Ratdog trio - 2/13; Wetlands Power Jam 2/14; Percy Hill @ Wetlands 2/20; Tibet House Benefit @ Carnegie Hall 2/22; Free Beer & Chicken @ Wetlands Lounge 2/26

....that was a busy month for sure....

In sum, this was an amazing night with a collective of great musicians truly proving their chops.  The Warren Haynes sit-in for the encore (the Allman Brothers chestnut, Hot 'Lanta) was really just gravy.  With Derek Trucks and Jimmy Herring onstage, they hardly needed Warren (though, I will never say no to a Warren Haynes sit-in, to raise the roof that much higher!)

For anyone who's interested, my recording of my #1 all time favorite Wetlands night of all time is already posted (by someone else) here:  http://www.archive.org/details/hpd1998-01-27.flac16 -- "The High Plains Drifter" all star band with John Popper & Bobby Sheehan from Blues Traveler, Eric Schenkman from Spin Doctors, Jono Manson (friend & mentor of the rest of the guys, having played in Joey and the Worms with them in their early days) plus a slew of gusts including Noel Redding from the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Chris Barron, Warren Haynes, a full-on Blues Traveler mini-set.

Enjoy!

Scott

Here's a rundown of all of my previous BARN archival releases (all can be found on archive.org except as noted):
BARN1 - Col Bruce Hampton and the Code Talkers at Bret & Joyce's wedding 9/17/2005
BARN2 - Col Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit (w/guest Warren Haynes for all of set 2) Wetlands 11/20/1993
BARN3 - moe. Wetlands 7/8/1995
BARN4 - Dan Bern Bottom Line 7/31/1998 (late show)
BARN5 - moe. Birch Hill 10/31/1996
BARN6 - moe. Maxwells 1/20/1996
BARN7 - Dan Bern Central Park Summerstage 9/19/1997
BARN8 - Dan Bern, Bottom Line 8/1/1998
BARN9 - moe. Bayou 4/5/1997
BARN10 - moe. Irving Plaza 4/4/1997
BARN11 - moe. AKA 9/7/1995
BARN12 - Yolk AKA 9/7/1995
BARN13 - Robert Walter/Johnny Vidacovich/James Singleton/Donald Harrison Preservation Hall 4/30/08
BARN14 - Phish Las Vegas, NV 10/31/1998 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN15 - Phish Great Went @ Loring AFB, Limestone, ME 8/16/1997 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN16 - Phish Great Went @ Loring AFB, Limestone, ME 8/17/1997 (on bt.etree.org), includes orchestra set - by request
BARN17 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/4/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN18 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/6/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN19 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/7/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN20 - Phish Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO, 8/5/1996 (on bt.etree.org) - by request
BARN21 - God Street Wine, Irving Plaza, NYC 6/24/1993
BARN22 - Leftover Salmon, Wetlands, NYC 10/1/1994
BARN23 - Anders Osborne, Manny's Carwash, NYC 11/5/1997
BARN24 - Anders Osborne, Manny's Carwash, NYC 11/6/1997
BARN25 - moe. Pool Party, Morganville, NJ 6/2/1996
BARN26 - Widespread Panic, Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ 11/7/1992 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN27 - Stew ["Passing Strange"], The Turning Point, Piermont, NY 4/6/2003 (on bt.etree.org. dimeadozen.org)
BARN28 - Stew ["Passing Strange"], Joe's Pub, New York, NY 5/22/2003 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN29 - Percy Hill, Lion's Den, NYC 3/16/1996
BARN30 - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Irving Plaza, 8/3/1995
BARN31 - Percy Hill, Wetlands, NYC 6/8/1996
BARN32 - Bad Livers, Mercury Lounge, NYC, 11/15/1999 (opening for Leftover Salmon)
BARN33 - Bad Livers, Mercury Lounge, NYC, 11/16/1999 (opening for Leftover Salmon)
BARN34 - G. Love And Special Sauce, Central Park Summerstage, NYC 6/18/1995
BARN35 - The Band, The Great Lawn, Central Park, NYC 5/16/1993 (on dimeadozen.org)
BARN36 - The Band, Mountain Stage Radio broadcast, Charleston, WV, recorded 4/4/1996 (on dimeadozen.org)
*** Start of New Orleans Jazzfest Appreciation mini-series (note that BARN13 technically belongs in this series) ***
BARN37 - Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, 5/5/2008
BARN38 - Steve Kimock Band, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, 5/6/2001 (2AM show)
BARN39 - The Funky Meters, Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA, 5/6/2001 (11PM show) (on bt.etree.org)
BARN40 - Anders Osborne, Tower Records instore, New Orleans, LA, 5/7/2001 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN41 - Joe Krown Trio w/Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Russell Batiste + special guest Mike Gordon, Tipitina's, New Orleans, 5/5/2008
BARN42 - Russell Batiste and Friends, The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, 5/1/2008 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN43 - Global Noize, The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, 5/1/2008 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN44 - Deep Banana Blackout, The Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, LA 5/6/2000
BARN45 - Bela Fleck And The Flecktones, The Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA 5/5/2000
BARN46 - Medeski Martin And Wood, The Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA 5/6/2000 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN47 - String Cheese Incident, The Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA 5/5/2000
BARN48 - Soulive, House Of Blues Parish, New Orleans, LA 5/5/2001
BARN49 - String Cheese Incident, Cajun Queen Riverboat, New Orleans, LA 5/3/2000
BARN50 - New Mastersounds, House Of Blues Parish, New Orleans, LA 5/2/2008
BARN51 - Funky Meters, Bonnaroo, Manchester, TN 6/13/2003 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN52 - George Porter And The Runnin' Pardners, Village Underground, NYC, 5/19/2001
BARN53 - Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Tramps, NYC 10/29/1993 late show
BARN54 - The Meters, Tramps, NYC 5/15/93 late show (on dimeadozen)
BARN55 - The Meters, Tramps, NYC 10/29/93 late show (on dimeadozen)
BARN56 - Wild Magnolias, Wetlands, NYC 2/10/2000 (on bt.etree.org)
*** end of New Orleans Jazzfest Appreciation mini-series ***
BARN57 - Blues Traveler, Livingston Gym @ Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 4/17/1993
BARN58 - Phish, Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 10/29/1998 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN59 - Jazz Is Dead, Bottom Line, NYC 2/7/1998 (late show only) (on bt.etree.org)
BARN60 - Grateful Dead, Cal Expo Amphitheatre, Sacramento, CA 5/27/1993
BARN61 - The Dude Of Life (w/Trey Anastasio and Jon Fishman for entire show, plus Page McConnell for a bunch), Wetlands, NYC 2/5/1994 - on bt.etree.org
BARN62 - ALO, High Sierra Music Festival Main Stage, Quincy, CA 7/3/2005
BARN63 - Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon, High Sierra Music Festival Main Stage, Quincy, CA 7/3/2005 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN64 - Dan Bern, The Bottom Line, NYC 11/11/1998
BARN65 - Galactic, Knitting Factory, NYC 10/18/1997 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN66 - Bruce Hornsby, Paramount Theater, NYC 12/7/1993 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN67 - God Street Wine, Irving Plaza, NYC 8/26/1993
BARN68 - Warren Haynes Midnight Southern Jam - Wetlands, NYC 8/5/1993 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN69 - Dave Matthews And Friends (Trey Anastasio, Tim Reynolds, Tony Hall, Brady Blade, Ray Paczkowski) Bonnaroo 6/11/2004 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN70 - Rana at Bret & Joyce's wedding, Whitehall, NY 9/17/2005
BARN71 - Soulive - Baby Jupiter, NYC 6/11/1999
BARN72 - Chris Barron, Nightingale Bar, NYC 7/14/1997
BARN73 - Chris Barron, Nightingale Bar, NYC 11/17/1997
BARN74 - George Porter's 60th Birthday w/PBS and friends, Blender Theater, NYC 12/29/2007
BARN75 - Jennifer Hartswick Band with special guest Trey Anastasio, Lion's Den, NYC 11/7/2003 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN76 - moe., Gathering Of The Vibes, Seaside Park, Bridgeport, CT 6/20/1999
BARN77 - Project Logic, Gathering Of The Vibes, Seaside Park, Bridgeport, CT 6/20/1999
BARN78 - Phish - Beacon Theater, NYC 4/13/1994 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN79 - Phish - Beacon Theater, NYC 4/14/1994 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN80 - Phish - Beacon Theater, NYC 4/15/1994 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN81 - The Recipe, Wetlands, NYC 11/12/1999
BARN82 - Ominous Seapods, Wetlands, NYC 6/4/1999
BARN83 - Coby Brown Group, Wetlands, NYC 11/12/1999 (on bt.etree.org)
BARN84 - The Big Wu, Wetlands, NYC 11/12/1999
BARN85 - Moon Boot Lover, Wetlands, NYC 6/5/1999
BARN86 - Percy Hill, Wetlands, NYC 6/5/1999
BARN87 - Miracle Orchestra, Wetlands Lounge, NYC 6/5/1999
BARN88 - Jiggle The Handle, Wetlands, NYC 6/5/1999
BARN89 - Jiggle The Handle, Wetlands, NYC 10/2/1998
BARN90 - Lake Trout, Wetlands Lounge, NYC 6/5/1999
BARN91 - Olu Dara, Bell Atlantic Jazz Festival, South Street Seaport Atrium, NYC 6/6/1999 (on bt.etree.org / www.dimeadozen.org)
BARN92 - Donna The Buffalo, Wetlands, NYC 11/12/1999
BARN93 - Radiators (w/Merl Saunders sit-in), Irving Plaza 10/8/1998
BARN94 - Tiny Lights, Wetlands, NYC 8/18/1993
BARN95 - Tiny Lights, Wetlands, NYC 1/5/1994
BARN96 - Radiators, Irving Plaza, NYC 11/14/1997
BARN97 - Radiators, Manny's Carwash, NYC 5/30/1998
BARN98 - The Wood Brothers (w/Medeski, Wolleson, and special guest Amos Lee), Bowery Ballroom, NYC 5/17/2008 - on bt.etree.org
BARN99 - Pieta Brown, Bowery Ballroom, NYC 5/17/2008 - on bt.etree.org
BARN100 - Jeff Buckley, CBGB's 313 Gallery, NYC 12/18/1993 - on dimeadozen
BARN101 - Tiny Lights, CBGB's 313 Gallery, NYC 12/18/1993
BARN102 - Tiny Lights, The Lion's Den, NYC 2/18/1994
BARN103 - Tiny Lights, Club Sine', NYC 2/3/1994
BARN104 - Ha Ha The Moose, BB Kings, NYC 11/23/2001
BARN105 - Medeski Martin & Wood, Hilton Hotel Ballroom, NYC, 4/29/2005 - on bt.etree.org
BARN106 - Tiny Lights, The Court Tavern, New Brunswick, NJ 11/24/1993
BARN107 - Tiny Lights, Knitting Factory, NYC 10/26/1994
BARN108 - Tiny Lights, Mercury Lounge, NYC 7/13/1994
BARN109 - All God's Children, The Lion's Den, NYC 2/18/1994
BARN110 - Dan Bern, Bottom Line 1/2/1999 (w/Moxy Fruvous guesting in the late show)
BARN111 - Moxy Fruvous, Bottom Line 1/2/1999 (w/Dan Bern guesting in encore)
BARN112 - Peter Rownan's Reggaebilly!, High Sierra Music Festival, Quincy, CA 7/6/2002 (on The Trader's Den)
BARN113 - Conehead Buddha, Wetlands, NYC 10/2/1998
BARN114 - Conehead Buddha, Tramps, NYC, 2/12/1998
BARN115 - Conehead Buddha, The Lion's Den, NYC 7/2/1998
BARN116 - Frogwings (w/special guest Warren Haynes), Wetlands, NYC, 2/9/1999

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