Joe Bonamassa 2011-10-27 Chicago Theater, Chicago, IL

Joe Bonamassa
Chicago Theater, Chicago, IL
October 27, 2011

Disc 1
01) Cradle Rock (Rory Gallagher cover)
02) Midnight Blues (Gary Moore cover)
03) Slow Train
04) Dust Bowl
05) You Better Watch Yourself (Buddy Guy cover)
06) Slow Gin
07) Joe’s Chicago Story
08) The Ballad of John Henry
09)

Disc 2
01)
02) Steal Your Heart Away
03) Song of Yesterday
04) Young Man Blues (Joe’s version of the Who’s version)
05) Woke Up Dreaming- Joe's acoustic solo
06)
encore

07) Bird on a Wire
08) Just Got Paid (Z Z Top cover)

Joe Bonamassa- guitar and vocals
Carmine Rojas - bass
Rick Melick - keyboards
Tal Bergman - drums

Lineage: Recorded from main floor, right of center, 5 rows ahead of the back row, on the aisle. Edirol R09-HR at 24 bit/ 48k with low cut on and mic gain low. Core Sound Binaurals, with battery box filter on, clipped to glasses. 24 bit files recorded to 8gb flash card, transferred via USB 2.0 to hard drive; removed low rumble below 20 hz, increased volume  by 6 db, no EQ, resampled and bit reduced all in Sound Forge. Track splits in CD Architect, burned to CD. Cda files converted back to wav in Sound Forge and converted to FLAC level 8, aligned sector boundaries in Traders Little Helper.

What an incredible concert experience this was, even in the back of the room. The recording turned out great and nothing was done to it other than increase the level before converting to CD standard. Low end is prominent, due to the kick drum being high in the mix. Crank this up for maximum enjoyment.

Joe and his band tore through some classic blues and rock covers plus showcased his new release Dust Bowl. The crowd was older and mostly reserved, though the fanatics were shouting out their approval throughout the show. Among the highlights is the solo acoustic song Woke Up Dreaming which was an amazing display of raw talent, Gary Moore’s Midnight Blues and closing number Just Got Paid with elements of Jeff Beck and Zeppelin’s Dazed and Confused thrown in for fun.

This recording is for free trade only, do not sell on e-bay, do not upload as an MP3 or other lossy format, always support the artist by buying their official releases and by all means see them live.
 

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