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Poster: dead-head_Monte Date: Jun 27, 2010 9:22am
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Hornsby lovers — new tapes are busting out

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Hornsby lovers... Scott Brown says, "Jeff Travitz sent me a bunch of cds to convert to flac. I'm seeding (at bt.etree.org) the ones that I don't think have been seeded. I've got about 30 total to seed." This is one of the most impressive live music releases I have seen in the past several years. Rarely do we see a bunch of tapes come out like this - all at once. Many of these new sources are digital soundboards. Bruce Hornsby played recently with Ricky Scaggs in Kentucky Thunder. They played at the 2008 Telluride Bluegrass Festival. Their policy was: No Taping! (typically, this can occur due to contracts with record companies - with an album or CD) Tapes of Telluride Bluegrass Festival 2010 are starting to show up on eTree. The Festivarian site's Show Traders / Tapers section is the best source right now. Multiple sources will be posted here. eTree is a great site run by a nice group of people. Thank you.

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Poster: Street Pig ! Date: Jun 27, 2010 10:27am
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: Hornsby lovers — new tapes are busting out

Brrrrruuuuuuce!

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Poster: lobster12 Date: Jun 27, 2010 5:10pm
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: Hornsby lovers — new tapes are busting out

Thanks for this Monte. I will have to check it out. According to BH, the no taping decision on the Kentucky Thunder shows is from Ricky scaggs who supposedly "just isn't into the concept."

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Poster: dead-head_Monte Date: Jun 28, 2010 11:17am
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: Hornsby lovers — new tapes are busting out

When I first saw Ricky - I'm guessing it was springtime 1974, he was with Country Gentlemen - a famous old bluegrass band. Many famous players rotated through that band. By summer, Ricky was in JD Crowe's band. So was Jerry Douglas and Tony Rice. I saw JD's amazing band with this bunch playing together at many festivals on the east coast.

When I first met Ricky, in March 1976, I was roommates with several Bluegrass Alliance band members at the time. I was their soundman. (My day job was as videotape operator at a local Louisville, KY TV station.) Vince Gill had just left Bluegrass Alliance, and joined up with Ricky Skaggs' new band, Boone Creek, in Lexington, KY. Jerry Douglas was also in the band. (Vince left Boone Creek, and rejoined Bluegrass Alliance after a couple of months.)

So we show up at Ricky's gig in March, 1976. It was Boone Creek's inaugural live performance in Louisville. They had just returned from Nashville. Boone Creek had recorded their first album. I believe this was Vince Gill's first live performance with them. This gig is at a Holiday Inn - in the restaruant bar and lounge, on a weekday evening. When me and some Bluegrass Alliance musicians showed up, everyone else there was eating their dinner. The whole band lit up and energized when we arrived. Otherwise, that crowd was entirely a bunch of businessmen eating dinner.

Ricky Skaggs had an incredible PA system for Boone Creek. He really knew his shit. I was very surprised. Most bluegrass bands had lousy PA and sound system skills in those days. (Newgrass Revival, when I taped them in Sept 1975, were using La Scalla speakers for the main PA. Courtney Johnson's wife ran the sound. She was good. With Bluegrass Alliance, we were using 2 sets of Bose 800 speaker arrays for the main PA, during this time.) Ricky and Boone Creek had a bi-amped PA system, plenty of power, some JBLs, and a good command of the all the equipment. Ricky and I chatted about sound equipment for awhile.

Then I asked Ricky if I could tape them. He already knew I had tapes of just about everybody. I asked if he had a SBD feed available. I told him my Nakamichi 550 was outside in my car. He took a quick look at the back of his mixer for me, and said, "I have one channel left back here that you can patch into. Go get your tape deck, and we'll plug it in."

my Boone Creek SBD tapes - thanks Ricky!

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Poster: robthewordsmith Date: Jun 28, 2010 11:32am
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: Hornsby lovers — new tapes are busting out

Well wow. I guess I don't spend enough time in the Community Audio wing of the library because this gem passed me by until now. I've had a little taste and I'll be downloading the whole thing with all good speed to give my ears a treat. Love this stuff. Thank you, Monte B.

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Poster: lobster12 Date: Jun 28, 2010 11:47am
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: Hornsby lovers — new tapes are busting out

That's a great story.

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Poster: dead-head_Monte Date: Jun 28, 2010 12:42pm
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: Hornsby lovers — new tapes are busting out

Ricky is the frontman for Boone Creek. During the opening-tune, Ricky blows the doors off Holiday Inn's lounge with his state-of-the-art PA system. Then Ricky apologizes to the diners there, recorded on my tape, during his intro to track 2. Vince plays pedal steel on this arrangement, while Jerry plays dobro...

Me and Bobby McGee, mp3, sung by Wes Golding
- Ricky Skaggs - mandolin
- Jerry Douglas - dobro
- Vince Gill - pedal steel guitar

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Poster: bluedevil Date: Jun 28, 2010 1:19pm
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: Hornsby lovers — new tapes are busting out

I'm sorry, but it is just too mind blowing to think of that collection of talent playing the Holiday Inn lounge. Incredible stuff.

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Poster: high flow Date: Jun 28, 2010 1:40pm
Forum: GratefulDead Subject: Re: Hornsby lovers — new tapes are busting out

That is a great recording which I have enjoyed many, many times. Thanks again Monte. Pretty songs. The banter at the beginning of the show is amusing. The band is keeping the volume and pace low as not to disturb the customers who were eating dinner! Disturb!?!?!? Satisfy My Mind and Yellow River are my faves, but there are no bad songs here.
This post was modified by high flow on 2010-06-28 20:40:43