Tony Rice Unit 1990-04-08 Mechanics Hall Worcester, MA

Tony Rice Unit
Mechanics Hall
Worcester, MA
April 8, 1990

Source: SBD – AUD Matrix > ? Recorded by Billy Wolf to DAT from Sean Hawkins
Transfer: Casio DA-7 > Tascam CD-RW 700 (pass through) >
M-Audio 24/96 > @ 24 Bit to Wavelab > to 16 bit CD WAVE > FLAC
Transfers and Seeded to bt.etree.net by Bill Koucky January 2007

Band:
Tony Rice –Guitar
Wyatt Rice – Guitar
Ronnie Simpkins – Bass
Ricky Simpkins – Fiddle, Banjo
Jimmy Gaudreau – Mandolin

Guests:
Billy Wolf - Piano
Alison Krauss – Fiddle
Dawn Brat – Vocal
Northern Lights

Disc 1        73:12
1.    Intro
2.    Blue Railroad Train
3.    Nine Pound Hammer
4.    On A Winter’s Night
5.    Why You Been Gone So Long
6.    Band Intros
7.    Dusty Miller
8.    Billy Grey
9.    Little Sadie
10.    Sixteen Miles
11.    Sally Goodin /
- Intro Billy Wolf -
12.    Four Strong Winds
13.    Tony Introduces “The Bluegrass Unit” Exit Tony, Enter Alison Krauss
14.    I’ll Sail My Ship Alone
15.    Daybreak In Dixie
16.    I’m Just A Used To Be To You
17.    I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome
18.    I Thought I Heard You Callin’ My Name
19.    Blackberry Blossom
20.    This Morning At Nine

Disc 2        73:31
1.    Intro Dawn Brat
2.    I’ll Never Grow Tired Of You
3.    The Cookoo Bird
- Exit Dawn Brat -
4.    Lonesome Road Blues
-Tony Rice Returns -
5.    Clouds Of Love
6.    Flint Hill Special
7.    Little Maggie
8.    Ain’t Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone
9.    Mercantile wrap - Billy Wolf Returns -
10.    Summer Wages
11.    Cold On The Shoulder
12.    White Dove
13.    Shadows
14.    Tony gives thanks
15.    Me & My Guitar
16.    Crowd, more thanks
Encore:
- Enter Northern Lights -
17.    Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Notes: Afternoon show. Northern Lights Opened. Tony mentions Mechanics Hall
as being his favorite venue America to play in. Sources in the data base list
this show as AUD, SBD and Matrix. After a close listen it seems most likely
to be a Matrix recorded by Billy Wolf for the band. It is mentioned by Jimmy
that the band was recording the show, this must be the tape. This is fantastic
recording. After another close listen in the second transfer there were two
more cuts at approximately 45 minute increments. This leads me to believe that
the master source tape was a cassette. These cuts were during crowd between
songs and were smoothed over with crossfades.

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