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Yonder Mountain String Band   07/06/2001

High Sierra Music Festival, Quincy, CA
Source Nakamichi CM300's onstage (XY coincident) > Sony SBM-1 > D8.
Media shn   2 discs
Notes Yonder Mountain String Band

7/6/00

Kuumbwa Jazz Center

Santa Cruz, CA



Source: Nakamichi CM300's onstage (XY coincident) > Sony SBM-1 > D8.



2 discs

** disc 2 requires an 80-min disc!**



Disc 1:

1. Shady Grove > Jam > Shady Grove

2. Leaving

3. Mothers Only Son

4. Steam Powered Aeroplane

5. Country Boy Rock-n-Roll

6. If I Lose

7. Goin Up

8. Walking Shoes Dont Fit Me Anymore

9. Keep On Going >

New Speedway Boogie >

Spoonful >

Other One tease >

Keep On Going

10. Dont Let That Deal Go Down



Disc 2:

1. 8 Cylinders

2. Mental Breakdown

3. High On A Hilltop

4. End Of The Day

5. On The Run

6. Hit Parade of Love

7. Whitehouse Blues

8. Groundspeed

9. My Gal

10. Reuben & Cherise >

Rain Pouring Down

11. ? Darlin Alouise ?

Encore:

12. Ill Stay Around







Review from the seeder as posted to bluegrassbreakdown@egroups.com:



From: Brad Burleson

Date: Sat Jul 15, 2000 1:17am

Subject: YMSB 7/6/00 Review





Hey now, hope everyone is doing good and getting enough of what you need. I

wanted to tell yall about a very special show I was privilidged to attend

the other night here in Santa Cruz. First off I must tell you that I am a

BIG YMSB head. I caught em for the first time late last year and they

knocked my socks off. I haven't looked back since. I had just finished

seeing Widespread Panic's 3 night run at Redrocks in Colorado and than a

four night run up of more Panic at the Warfield Theater in San Fran.By the

way, Jorma took the stage with them during the third set of the Forth of

July show. They played a mean "Bowlegged Woman" a beautiful "Genesis" with

John Bell (Of WSP) and Jorma trading off vocals. Jorma than came back out

for the "Chilly Water > One Kind Favor > Chilly Water" encore. John Bell

will be doing a solo show at the Planet Salmon event in September. YMSB

will be there as well. SO will I if my car, my cash, and my brain all hold

out. I also caught a Slip show here in Santa Cruz. So I was riding high and

very excited to see the YMSB here in Santa Cruz again. The show took place

at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center downtown. I didnt really see much advertisement

for the show (foreshadowing) and only knew about it because I keep up with

YMSB and their dates. This is a room designed for live jazz (and they get

world class musicians there all the time) that has awesome acoustics and

seats about 100 folks. My girlfriend and I arrived at the door about an

hour early so as to get the best seat for taping, as there are only a couple



(She understands my taping mania and luckily is nice enough to tolerate such



things. Plus she loves the tapes). We talked to Jeff, the Mando player and

singer, for awhile as we nibbled on some Burritos. He said they once again

had a blast at HSMF and loved playing in Northern Cali. I noticed that there



was only a single large diaphragm mic onstage. He said the sound was so

good and the room small enough that they were going to play unplugged. My

bluegrass nerve immediately set to jumpin' and I knew we were in for it. The



doors opened at 8:00 and there wasnt really anyone there yet. I sashayed in

and after a discussion with Dave the soundguy I set my rig up onstage right

in front of their mic. well it gets around to showtime and I look around

and there are only about 12 people there. Every other time YMSB has played

in Santa Cruz it was packed. Well the best that I can figure is that High

Sierra (who was promoting the show) must have had their hands too full,

because No one knew about the show. I didnt hear anything or see anything

in the paper till right before the show. Plus the only way to buy a ticket

was through High Sierra since Kuumbwa only sells tickets for Jazz shows. I

had tried to buy tickets for a few days by calling High Sierra (I had known

about the show for awhile due to really keeping up with what the YMSB are up



too) but there was never anyone at the office. So anyone who tried to get a

ticket till the day of (maybe the day before, I didnt try that day) couldnt.



So I was thinking "Damn, the band is going to be very dissapointed, play a

quickie and then get the hell out of here". Well Ben (the bass player comes

out and chats a little and begins to tune, Adam the guitar player wanders

out a little bit later and begins to tune. Jeff and Dave amble out and they

begin to talk to us and seem to be having fun. In between every song they

would laugh and joke with us and after a bit it began to feel like we were a



group of aquaintances in someones living room, having a little party. After

a couple of songs Ben talked about how stoked they were to do such an

intimate show. Just like when they used to play for their friends in

Boulder. They really prefer to play unamplified and were very happy that

was the case at the Kuumbwa. Here is the Setlist:





Shady Grove >

Jam >

Shady Grove

Leaving

Mothers Only Son (A song which Ben sings and one I really like)

Steam Powered Aeroplane (gotta love ol' John Hartford)

Country Boy Rock-n-Roll

If I Lose

Goin Up

Walking Shoes Dont Fit Me Anymore



(NOW - here is where it gets really tight!)



Keep On Going >

New Speedway Boogie >

Spoonful >

Other One tease >

Keep On Going



At this point my jaw was on the floor. Throughout the above jam they were

just staring at each other, playing a game. Kinda Like "Guess what Im gonna

do now" Totally unplanned and way Hot!



Dont Let That Deal Go Down

8 Cylinders (Sally Van Meter tune which they do wonderfully. Love those

vocal harmonies)

Mental Breakdown

High On A Hilltop

End Of The Day

On The Run (another favorite of mine)

Hit Parade of Love

Whitehouse Blues (Which they played in a minute and forty seconds...I timed

it. After it was over the band all promptly collapsed to the floor and

declared that it was nappy time)

Groundspeed (woohoo!)

My Gal

Reuben & Cherise >

Rain Pouring Down (Beautifully sung by Jeff. I loved it when Jerry did it

and I love it when these guys do it too)

E: Ill Stay Around



Show clocked in at 2 and a 1/2 hours of almost nonstop music. They took

requests from the audience all night. I got all mine in a lump together.

On The Run, Hit Parade Of Love (I asked for a Jimmy Martin tune), Whitehouse



Blues, Groundspeed, and Reuben & Cherise. when the show was over the total

number in attendance had grown to 18. We were all drinking, dancing in the

aisles and generally having a hell of a time together. The band than went

outside where we all shared some Northern California hospitality. Jeff then

runs inside, grabs his mando, and runs to the bar acroos the parking lot to

jam with a local bluegrass band for a bit. All of us pile into this bar and

the fun continues. This was truely a special night. One of my better

bluegrass experiances (and Ive had alot of em). Well anyways If you

suffered through this far you must want to hear it. Ill take a few for B&P

or trade (would love more YMSB) of this fine gem. This is DAT only. Dont

worry, There is already a copy of this speeding its way via USPS to one of

our partners in crime here on the list who can do a DAT>CDR transfer. It

fits on one 90m. Source info: Nakamichi CM300's onstage (XY coincident) >

Sony SBM-1 > D8. I encourage everyone who is accepted to try to offer this

up in some format. Im pretty sure the culprit doing the DAT>CDR will make an



offer (im not going to "out" him as he may be too busy right now and I diont



want to put him on the spot). I will as well when I get my CDR clones from

him. Everyone be good and go out a check the YMSB when it comes your way.

Look for more offers from us as I have been taping like mad. Cant wait for

LKE here in Santa Cruz. This is there first venture into these parts (If Im

not mistaken) so all you Northern Cali folk go check their website (

http://www.larrykeel.com )and than go catch em in action. Havent seen them

in awhile and thats a damn shame cause they rock! (or Grass! if you prefer)

So go see them as well!

Props from the Cruz

Brad



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