1988-12-15 | Blues Traveler

1:18:06

Taper:

Michael Gould

Transferrer:

Dave Mallick

SHNID:

bt1988-12-15.flac16

Source:

Nakamichi CM300's>Marantz PMD 430

Lineage:

Onkyo TA-6711>Tascam DA-20>U2A>Sound Studio 2.1.1b3>AIFF>xACT 1.58

Taper Notes:

View Notes* with Roger Fox on flute
# with Chris Theberge on percussion
$ with The Hour

Dropouts in Johnny B. Goode from 3:33 to 3:40 and again from 3:50-3:54.

Blues Traveler opened for The Hour and played the first six tracks. The Hour played a set, Blues Traveler came back on and played at least the last five tunes. It is likely they played more; Trust In Trust fades in and a three-song set/encore is fairly unlikely. Unfortunately, that's all that was recorded.

Notes from Michael:
Nak 300's>D6C or Marantz PMD 430 (probably the latter), Master (XLII-S), no NR

In late 1988 I was gearing up for my first trip to see the Dead in CA for the New Year's run.  I'm liking this whole go to a show, tape it and listen to it back home thing.  What to do, what to do...got it, I'll buy a new deck so I can make even better tapes of the dead in Oakland!  I'm already spending so much on the trip, it only makes sense. So I upgrade my deck to a Marantz PMD 430.  I'm pretty sure 12/15 was the first time I used it.

I got there early.  Was all set up and ready to go so I just hung out at the bar with Chan and Matt Turk (the lead guitarist & vocalist for The Hour).  I recall they were both rather proud to be drinking beer at the bar which was quite an accomplishment what with being underage and all - oh, the naughty thrills we had back in the day.  I was somewhat surprised to learn that Chan was younger than me.  I thought he was a little older.  It was either at this show or the next that I gave John copies of some of the tapes I had made over the last couple months.  It was probably only one or two.  He gave me the Let's Travel audio cassette in trade.