Victor Wooten
10-11-99  The Late Show
Swindlefish Saloon
Athens, OH

Taper: Jordan Braunstein
Schoeps CMC64 > Sonosax > Panasonic SV-255
FOB 5' from stage

X-fer: Jordan Braunstein
Tascam DA-P1 > Audio Magic Presto II digi-cable > Opcode DATport >
CDwav > Cool Edit

3 discs.

This was by far the best Wooten gig I had attended of the last three 
I had seen.  There were two shows, an early one and a late one, each 
costing $10 to get inside.  We drove down in time for the early one, only to 
find that the late show had been sold out for some time.  Oh well, 
we figured, if we're hardcore enough to stay for the first one, they'll 
probably just let us stay for the late one.  Not so.  The first
show finished after only 1.5 hrs. and the bartenders asked us to tear down
and clear out so they could sweep the floors and start letting in people
for the second show.  CRAP!  My buddy and I went into the bathroom
to hide, thinking maybe they wouldn't spot us.  The bartender walked
into the john and we started acting like we were washing our hands.
He gave us a funny look and walked out.  5 minutes later, he walks back 
in and we start acting like we're using the urinals.  "Uh, guys?  You
really have to leave now", he said.  CRAP!  We walk back into the bar 
and start begging the sound guy to let us stay because we're the only 
tapers who showed up.  He laughs and walks off, bartenders now flanking 
us on all sides while I'm tearing everything down.

Outside, we start looking for tickets with 15 minutes til showtime.  
We aren't doing so good for a while and I'm thinking we should just punt
and go to a bar somewhere until someone walks up with an extra.  It is 
decided that I will go back in first and set the rig back up and tape alone 
if need be.  I go in and start setting up, the people I'm with show up
one by one with smiles on their faces.  Apparently, there were some extra 
tickets going around.  

This time, the place is PACKED.  No room to move, let alone dance.
I couldn't believe the turnout at the late show!  People are psyched and
really drunk.  The show lasted 3.5 hrs.  I won't try to review the show, 
just listen to it for yourself.  I will say that the band was extremely
jazzed to receive such a large and supportive turnout at Ohio University.
These guys just wouldn't stop playing!  The whole show metamorphosed 
from a classic funk show (like the other Vic shows) to next-level jamming 
People were falling down from exhaustion and Victor's bass-slapping took
on a rhythmic trance-like state.  People were walking out of the club only
able to communicate in bass-speak.  BBRRRIICK. BWAMP. BOWMP. BOWMP.  Nobody gave
up and left prematurely, though.  Folks were in it for the long haul. 
The third disc of this show contains the 50 minute encore.  One song.

I would highly recommend downloading this whole show in its entirety.  
Sure it takes three discs and 3.5 hrs of your time to digest, but you'll be 
glad you sat through the whole thing.  Plus it'll make me feel better because 
of what we had to go through to bring you this tape.

Enjoy.

Jordan
<jordo@columbus.rr.com>

P.S. thanks to Ben Mohr and Nick Van Gundy for hosting this show on their servers!

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