Curtis Ensler's Collection
Mick Taylor 08/18/2000
Alligator Alley, Sunrise, FL
| Media | CDR 2 discs |
| J-Card Comment | Mick Taylor at "Alligator Alley" Sunrise, Fl. 8-18-2000 Lineup: MT: gtr/voc Max Middleton: keyboards Robert Awai: bass Martin Ditchum: drums The sound quality is "audience excellent". The original minidiscs are the source of this. Recorded on a SONY MZ-R50 with the stock-issue mic that comes with a SONY WM-D3 > upped to HD with MZ-R900 > editted/tracked with Adobe Audition 1.5 > Flac level 8. Original size 1.33GB>641MB. Tracklist: 1. Good evening/announcing band 2. Secret Affair 3. Twisted Sister 4. Losing My Faith 5. You Shook Me 6. Boogie Man 7. I'm Tore Down 8. Blues In The Morning 9. Going South 10. You Got To Move 11. Red House/Going Down Slow 12. CYHMK 13. Blind Willie McTell/outro The end of "Boogie Man" fades out and it fades back in during "I'm Tore Down". Also, there's disc change during the beginning of "CYHMK", with the parts spliced together - not that bad. Mick calls this "The Jetlag Show" as he had JUST returned to the USA, from England, via Chicago - that's a hell of a flight! Though he says that he's tired, Mick was in great spirits and delivered another great show. He was also as funny as hell. Second guitarist Robert Awai played bass because the regular guy wasn't with them. Not only did he play well, but there wasn't any "obligatory" bass solos which I can do without. Drummer Martin Ditchum forced premature endings on "Losing My Faith" and "Blind Willie McTell", which really pissed off Mick - he came in way too soon to end the songs. It was plenty obvious to me at the time, but I don't think the audience noticed it at all. On playback it's still obvious. So... when it happened at the end of "Blind Willie McTell", Mick finished before the band and made a move to throw his guitar. He grabbed it by the neck, faced away from the crowd, and threw it while it was still strapped to himself. The strap held, so it kind of jerked him. Then he unstrapped it and threw it spear-style, heavy end first, to the back of the stage (to our left). It flew latterally about 12 feet, and then down about 6 feet, and landed below stage level - this was a serious throw! The band finished up the ending and Mick thanked the stunned crowd. Some guy gave me a puzzled look, so I told him about the drummer ending the song too early. (I've since heard that the guitar wasn't damaged badly). |
| Trades Allowed | Yes |
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· Last Updated May 23, 2023
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