morst's PITOWN 2007 (pt 3)
Friday, Sept 7, 2007: After getting things going on Thursday, Friday morning and early afternoon was time to relax. We sat around at the Pitown Motel, perfecting our porch-sitting techniques. We amused ourselves by catching up with friends old and new, enjoying food and drink, and doing a little listening to the recordings from the night before.
Friday was the debut of the Crampout sticker, based on a painting by Steve© Dwyer, and modified somewhat by me with some photoshop help from Steve©. A last-minute effort, we only had time to print up about 40 of them, but the image here is the same as the one we used to print them, so feel free to make your own.
At one point in the afternoon, I wandered over to Pappy and Harriet's to see if I could figure out when the CVB soundcheck
would be taking place, and set up my recording gear for the outdoors stage. I set up next to the soundboard area, just behind the board, in a space which I felt would be out of the way of most of the concert crowd. Like the previous year, the outdoor grill has a large woodpile of mesquite logs, and I set up my gear in a little nook protected on one side by the woodpile, and on the other side by the shed which served as the soundboard area in 2006. This year, the sound console was set up further forward, under a tarp-type shelter.
As the crew set up the PA system, and the Campers began to set up their stage gear, I snapped a photo or two since it seemed so strange to see the place empty. The CVB soundcheck took place some time later, and like the previous year, there were only a few people in the stage area listening. I took the opportunity to begin recording, and get the levels set on my DAT machine. Nice to be able to tape the check, since I'd rather not have wildly fluctuating levels on the recordings of the musicians who came to play for us. Camper's soundcheck included some funny banter,CVB's check included Jonathan vocalizing his tribute to the Integratron, Casey asking for Greg "Gerg" Lisher to give him a test signal for his vocal channel ("GERG ANGRY," requested Casey), Frankie singing Frankie - "Summer Wind", Frank then requesting to hear the prepared intro to Processional then launching into it, David working through a guitar part of Cracker's Sidi Ifni, and One Of These Days.
Casey then asked if they wanted to do anything else, and Jonathan said "Casey, all we know how to do is play songs!" So they played She Divines Water, and satisfied, called it a wrap so they could let Casey and the crew get ready for the other bands who were playing first.
The sun high in the sky, I took the opportunity to go back to the motel to relax. Not a very long walk, the bar and motel are less than 100 yards apart!
The evening's outdoor entertainment was kicked off by Dusty Rhodes and the River Band
Their set consisted of Street Fighter, Ghost Trails, Leaving Tennessee, Dear Honey, Oh Icicle, The Weight (The Band), Minor Swing (Django Reinhardt), Goodnight Moonshine and The Ballad Of Graff.
Meanwhile, the stage indoors had Tim Easton getting things started, since Sean Kennedy was not able to arrive for his scheduled set. Kennedy did show up the following day, and started things off on the indoor stage on Saturday, but I should try not to get ahead of myself.
The Dusty Rhodes outdoor set was followed by Magnolia Electric Company. Jason Molina from MECo was kind enough to loan David Lowery a guitar and amp when CVB's gear got ripped off in 2004 in Montreal. I am sure the bands have a good relationship, but it was mighty cool of CVB and Cracker to invite MECo to the 2007 Crampout.
I took a few photos of each band I saw at the Crampout, but normally don't like to use a flash, since it is artificially bright, and destroys the stage lighting just long enough for the exposure. Dring the MECo set, there were a group of Crumbs taking flash photos of each other, which I was calling a "Flash Fight." Here are the culprits, I'm sure when you look through their photos of the weekend, there will be a profusion of flash shots of camera-wielding Crumbs.
Anyhow, the Magnolia's set was approximately as follows: Talk To Me Devil, Again, Memphis Moon, Bowery, Montgomery Bound, Hammer Down, Lonesome Valley, What Comes After The Blues, Astrabel, Shiloh, Hard To Love A Man, and finally, Here Comes The Night. 
(January 2009 addendum - The MECo electric set is now on archive.org in flac format, and on PRY.com as MP3's)
Stay tuned for more from Pioneertown, the next installment will feature Camper Van Beethoven's Friday night set, and there's lots more after that, too!
Friday, Sept 7, 2007: After getting things going on Thursday, Friday morning and early afternoon was time to relax. We sat around at the Pitown Motel, perfecting our porch-sitting techniques. We amused ourselves by catching up with friends old and new, enjoying food and drink, and doing a little listening to the recordings from the night before.
Friday was the debut of the Crampout sticker, based on a painting by Steve© Dwyer, and modified somewhat by me with some photoshop help from Steve©. A last-minute effort, we only had time to print up about 40 of them, but the image here is the same as the one we used to print them, so feel free to make your own.
At one point in the afternoon, I wandered over to Pappy and Harriet's to see if I could figure out when the CVB soundcheck
would be taking place, and set up my recording gear for the outdoors stage. I set up next to the soundboard area, just behind the board, in a space which I felt would be out of the way of most of the concert crowd. Like the previous year, the outdoor grill has a large woodpile of mesquite logs, and I set up my gear in a little nook protected on one side by the woodpile, and on the other side by the shed which served as the soundboard area in 2006. This year, the sound console was set up further forward, under a tarp-type shelter.
As the crew set up the PA system, and the Campers began to set up their stage gear, I snapped a photo or two since it seemed so strange to see the place empty. The CVB soundcheck took place some time later, and like the previous year, there were only a few people in the stage area listening. I took the opportunity to begin recording, and get the levels set on my DAT machine. Nice to be able to tape the check, since I'd rather not have wildly fluctuating levels on the recordings of the musicians who came to play for us. Camper's soundcheck included some funny banter,CVB's check included Jonathan vocalizing his tribute to the Integratron, Casey asking for Greg "Gerg" Lisher to give him a test signal for his vocal channel ("GERG ANGRY," requested Casey), Frankie singing Frankie - "Summer Wind", Frank then requesting to hear the prepared intro to Processional then launching into it, David working through a guitar part of Cracker's Sidi Ifni, and One Of These Days.
Casey then asked if they wanted to do anything else, and Jonathan said "Casey, all we know how to do is play songs!" So they played She Divines Water, and satisfied, called it a wrap so they could let Casey and the crew get ready for the other bands who were playing first.
The sun high in the sky, I took the opportunity to go back to the motel to relax. Not a very long walk, the bar and motel are less than 100 yards apart!
The evening's outdoor entertainment was kicked off by Dusty Rhodes and the River Band
Their set consisted of Street Fighter, Ghost Trails, Leaving Tennessee, Dear Honey, Oh Icicle, The Weight (The Band), Minor Swing (Django Reinhardt), Goodnight Moonshine and The Ballad Of Graff.
Meanwhile, the stage indoors had Tim Easton getting things started, since Sean Kennedy was not able to arrive for his scheduled set. Kennedy did show up the following day, and started things off on the indoor stage on Saturday, but I should try not to get ahead of myself.
The Dusty Rhodes outdoor set was followed by Magnolia Electric Company. Jason Molina from MECo was kind enough to loan David Lowery a guitar and amp when CVB's gear got ripped off in 2004 in Montreal. I am sure the bands have a good relationship, but it was mighty cool of CVB and Cracker to invite MECo to the 2007 Crampout.
I took a few photos of each band I saw at the Crampout, but normally don't like to use a flash, since it is artificially bright, and destroys the stage lighting just long enough for the exposure. Dring the MECo set, there were a group of Crumbs taking flash photos of each other, which I was calling a "Flash Fight." Here are the culprits, I'm sure when you look through their photos of the weekend, there will be a profusion of flash shots of camera-wielding Crumbs.
Anyhow, the Magnolia's set was approximately as follows: Talk To Me Devil, Again, Memphis Moon, Bowery, Montgomery Bound, Hammer Down, Lonesome Valley, What Comes After The Blues, Astrabel, Shiloh, Hard To Love A Man, and finally, Here Comes The Night. (January 2009 addendum - The MECo electric set is now on archive.org in flac format, and on PRY.com as MP3's)
Stay tuned for more from Pioneertown, the next installment will feature Camper Van Beethoven's Friday night set, and there's lots more after that, too!
Labels: California, Camper Van Beethoven, Dusty Rhodes And The River Band, Jason Molina, Magnolia Electric Co., Pappy and Harriet's, Pioneertown
posted by morst at 10/29/2007 07:39:00 PM -
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