Lyle Lovett & His Large Band
Commodore Ballroom
Vancouver, BC
April 16, 1989
** 16 BIT **
"The Kevin Davie Memorial Series" - Release #55
Source: Unverified mic (possibly Sony ECM-101SM) & recorder (likely with auto gain) > Master cassettes (2 x Maxell XLII)
Transfer: Master cassettes > Nakamichi LX-5 (azimuth adjusted) > PreSonus AudioBox USB 2X2 USB Recording Interface > Sound Forge Pro 11.0 (Build 299) (HP 8440p Elite Book) > .WAV
Mastering: .WAV > Sound Forge Pro 11.0 Build 299 (splicing; iZotope Mastering Suite (declick); minor edits, normalize, & fades) > CDWav (tracking) > iZotope MBIT+ (dithered and downsampled to 16 bit/44.1 kHz) > Trader's Little Helper (level 5) > FLAC > TagScanner 8.0.16 (tagging)
Taped by: Kevin Davie
Transferred & mastered by: Dennis Orr
Setlist: (1:43:25)
01 Crowd/Intro
02 The Blues Walk
03 Here I Am
04 Cryin' Shame
05 She's No Lady
06 I Know You Know
07 Chat
08 If I Had A Boat
09 Walk Through The Bottomland
10 L.A. County
11 This Old Porch
12 Give Back My Heart
13 Chat
14 Good Intentions (1)
15 Intro Of Some Band Members
16 You Can't Resist It (with Drum, Sax, & Cello solos) (1)
17 Intro Of Remaining Band Members
18 An Acceptable Level Of Ecstasy (The Wedding Song)
19 What Do You Do?/The Glory Of Love
20 Wild Women Don't Get The Blues (2)
21 M-O-N-E-Y
22 She's Hot To Go (cut)
23 Intrumental
24 Chat
25 Closing Time
26 Here I Am (brief reprise)
27 Encore Break
- Encore -
28 Black And Blue
29 Why I Don't Know
30 Stand By Your Man
(1) With Leo Kottke - guitar
(2) Francine - lead vocals
Lyle Lovett - lead vocals & guitar
His Large Band (in order of introduction):
John Hagen - cello
Dan Tomlinson - drums
Andy Lester - baritone saxophone
Matt McKenzie - bass
Matt Rollings - piano
Ray Herndon - guitar
Steve Marsh - soprano & alto saxophones
Harvey Thompson - tenor saxophone
Francine Reed - backing vocals
Megan Saunders - backing vocals
Mastering Notes:
Tape flip during the applause after "This Old Porch" - the first verse of the next song, "Give Back My Heart", is missing
Tape flip at 2:39 of "She's Hot To Go" - end of the song cut
The recorder was shut off and restarted during the applause after "Instrumental" - some applause was lost, but no music
The recorder was shut off and restarted during the "Encore Break" - some applause was lost, but no music
The recorder was shut off and restarted during the applause after "Why I Don't Know" - some applause was lost, but no music
The Kevin Davie Memorial Series
This series is in memory of Kevin Davie who died suddenly 31 March 2016. Kevin was an avid taper & recorded many concerts mainly in Vancouver, Victoria & Toronto. All these recordings have been sourced directly from Kevin’s master cassettes. With thanks to Mary Davie, Kevin’s Mother for allowing us access to all of Kevin’s masters. This is a joint venture between DGB, Dennis Orr, Seth Meister, Leif Henderson & John MacMillan. Kevin was a dear friend of mine & helped me greatly when I first moved to Canada in June 1994 for which I will forever be grateful. He had a great sense of humour. He was always happy to remind me of Ray Cooper’s percussion solo that I had to endure at the end of all the Eric Clapton shows I went to in the 90s (there were many!). He did an excellent job in impersonating Mr. Cooper! Kevin had a great taste in music & shared my love of the blues. We hope that you enjoy these releases & that we can continue Kevin’s legacy for many years to come. You left this world way too soon. Rest in peace my friend.
DGB
Kevin and I had plans to post some of his shows himself. He needed the ratio boost! haha. We had begun to work on some of his shows, when we had a bit of a dust up over something silly. Sadly, we never had the chance to mend fences together. Hopefully, through this series of shows, Kevin's memory can be properly honoured and that he can continue to leave a lasting legacy with the recordings that he left behind. I also hope that when I go beyond this world that my master cassette collection that I haven't gotten to will find a similar new home with trader's and collectors and fans everywhere, too...
Audioarchivist
Please see the included "Kevin Davie info" folder for obituaries, etc.