Nickel Creek 2007-11-29 Ryman Auditorium Nashville, TN

Nickel Creek
November 29, 2007
Ryman Auditorium
Nashville, TN.

Source: Sony ECM-717 Mic > Sony MD MZ-NH700 HI-MD Recorder
(Linear PCM WAV - Lossless - 44.1 kHz, 16-bit, stereo)
Lineage: Sony HI-MD (Master) > SonicStage 2.1 > WAV Conversion Tool > Cool Edit Pro 2.1 > WAV > TLH Sector Boundary Align (Level 6) > Flac
Location: Balcony - Section E - Row 5

Recorded and transferred by: Chuck

Chris Thile - Mandolin/Bouzouki/Vocals
Sara Watkins - Fiddle/Ukulele/Vocals
Sean Watkins - Guitar/Vocals
Mark Schatz - Bass

Disc 1
1. Ode To A Butterfly
2. When In Rome
3. Out Of The Woods
4. Scotch & Chocolate
5. Best Of Luck
6. House Carpenter
7. Ferdinand The Bull
8. Somebody More Like You *
9. Reasons Why *
10. The Smoothie Song

Disc 2
1. Jealous Of The Moon
2. Anthony
3. Texas Red #
4. The Lighthouse's Tale #
5. I Want You Back
6. First And Last Waltz
7. Helena (fade down)
8. This Side (fade up)
9. Cuckoo's Nest
10. When You Come Back Down $
11. Nellie Kane $
12. The Fox / The Weight & / The Fox / Cluck Old Hen / The Fox
13. Encore #1 / Applause

Disc 3
1. You On My Mind *
2. Whitewater # $
3. Blue Night # $ @
4. Wichita # $ !!!
5. Taxman # $ !!! *
6. Farewell Angelina # $ !!! *
7. I'll Fly Away # $ !!! *
8. Encore #2 / Applause
9. Why Should The Fire Die?

* Benmont Tench - Piano
# Bela Fleck - Banjo
$ Tim O'Brien - Mandolin/Vocals
& Chief - Vocals
@ Scott Thile - Bass
!!! Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - Guitar/Vocals


The fade down after Helena was due to changing discs.

This was the final performance of Nickel Creek's "Farewll (For Now)" tour and it was quite fitting that the last two shows were at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. The show was absolutely stunning and contained a host of special guests as you would expect. There was talk of these final two shows being recorded professionaly with a DVD being the end-product. Sadly, these plans were scrapped as the show grew closer. I had not planned on taking my recording gear - but, realized this was a performance that needed to be documented. This was my first time seeing a show at the Ryman from the balcony and I was very impressed with the view and the acoustics. The first 45 seconds of "Ode To A Butterfly" are a bit "crinkly" as I was getting the microphone set up. After that, the rest of the night was smooth sailing with very few peripheral noises with the exception of the occasional cough, chatter, etc. I think you will enjoy the sound quality of the recording - but most importantly the performance itself.

Enjoy the recording and continue to share the gift of music.

Chuck 

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