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morst's PITOWN 2008 (pt 5)
Saturday evening, Sept 13, 2008:

Gonna let the music and photos speak for themselves on this one. . . Suffice to say "ya had to be there," but I'll do what I can to convey the event with my little electronical relics. Most of the pictures are clickable links to my Pitown photo album if you want to see more.

Outdoor Stage 7:00 - 7:40 Citay
16 bit audio: http://www.archive.org/details/Citay2008-09-13.matrix
24-bit audio: http://www.archive.org/details/Citay2008-09-13.matrix-flac24


01. intro
02. First Fantasy
03. Nice Cuffs
04. Eye On The Dollar
05. banter - instrumentation switch
06. (?? I dunno- assistance appreciated for this title)
07. banter - nine more minutes
08. Little Kingdom

From pitown 08

Indoor Stage 7:40 - 8:10 Kenny Margolis Band
24-bit audio (bit torrent on dimeadozen.org) : http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=215040
16-bit audio (bit torrent): http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=519747



Setlist:
01. Smithfield Blues
02. Where's My Money?
03. I'm Thinkin' 'bout You
04. If The Phone Don't Ring (Baby It's Me)
05. It's A Cryin' Shame
06. Jolie Fi
07. Rosalie
08. Goin' Up The Country




Lineup:
Kenny Margolis: Vocals, Accordion
Johnny Hickman: Guitar, vocals
Sal Maida: Bass, vocals
Frank Funaro: Drums, vocals

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Outdoor Stage 8:10 - 9:00 Brant Bjork and the Bros
audio (bit torrent): http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=520869



01. intro
02. Lazy Bones (aborted)
03. banter - continuous bass problems
04. Lazy Bones - Automatic Fantastic
05. Turn Yourself On
06. '73
07. Low Desert Punk
08. Too Many Chiefs and Not Enough Indians
09. Freaks Of Nature *
10. Dr. Special

* Special Guest vocalist: Sean Wheeler on Freaks Of Nature



Indoor Stage 9:00 - 9:30 Jonathan Segel
audio: http://www.archive.org/details/jsegel2008-09-13.flac16



01. Video (soundcheck)
02. Angels
03. Mirror Colored Thing
04. Can't Help It
05. Greedy
06. merch banter
07. Gravity - Little Blue Fish - Gravity
08. Scars

Jonathan Segel - Guitar, Vocal
Victor Krummenacher - Bass, Vocal
John Hanes - Drums
Alison Faith Levy - Keyboard, Tambourine, Vocal




Outdoor Stage 9:30 - 11:00 Cracker
audio: http://www.archive.org/details/Cracker2008-09-13.flac16



Disc 1 (44:53.63)
01. The Riverside
02. Teen Angst
03. 100 Flower Power Maximum
04. One Fine Day ->
05. Gimme One More Chance
06. The Man In Me (Bob Dylan)
07. Waiting For You Girl
08. This Is Cracker Soul
09. Mr. Wrong
10. Lonesome Johnny Blues


Disc 2 (49:30.74)
11. Low
12. Brides Of Neptune
13. Loser (Hunter/Garcia)
14. I Need Better Friends (The Ballad Of Chas M.)
15. Eurotrash Girl
16. Seven Days
17. encore break
18. Another Song About The Rain
19. aftershow crowd - music over PA
20. recordist's signout

From pitown 08

Indoor Stage 11:30 - 12:30 McCabe and Mrs. Miller
(Victor K. + Alison F.L.)
audio: http://www.archive.org/details/McCabeAndMrsMiller2008-09-13.flac16



Disc 1 (44:55.70)
01. intro
02. Union City Blues
03. Farewell Adios And Goodbye
04. banter - Come Back Home To Me intro
05. Come Back Home To Me
06. I Remember California
07. banter - time to get a little naughty
08. Playground In Your Heart
09. banter - the thanks portion
10. Forgiveness
11. banter - he very rarely has a point
12. Red Wine & Chocolate
13. banter - you can't quite tell what it is
14. Some Like You
15. Time For Leaving
16. Magic Fingers



Disc 2 (52:09.08)
17. banter - would Johnny Hickman wear this shirt?
18. The Cock Crows At Sunrise
19. The Southern Heights
20. banter - some fine bass players
21. Bittersweet
22. banter - a normal family in St Louis
23. My Baby's Brown Hair
24. encore break - ya gotta work for it if you want it!
25. banter - a bottle of whiskey and I wore black
26. I'll Meet You In Paradise
27. encore break 2
28. banter - I don't lighten up
29. Not Coming Back
30. outtro - lord knows what the fuck's a-gonna happen
31. after show music on PA
32. recordist's signout




Personnel:
Jonathan Segel - Violin, Mandolin, Vocal
Victor Krummenacher - Guitar, Vocal
John Hanes - Drums
Alison Faith Levy - Keyboard, Melodica, Tambourine, Vocal
Paul Olguin - Bass

and featuring on disc 2:
Greg Lisher - Guitar
Kenny Margolis - Accordian

From pitown 08

Labels: California, Cracker, Crampout, Pappy and Harriet's, Pioneertown

morst's PITOWN 2008 (pt 4)
Late night Friday, Sept 12, 2008:

With Pappy and Harriet's schedule completed for the evening, the nightly diaspora took place, with many interested folks heading for the back of the Pioneertown Motel for what has become a tradition - that of the Porchstock! As promised at Fi-Stock I, Chris LeRoy brought his acoustic guitar, and joined in with Johnny and the crumbs to make music and merriment.


Flash photos always pick up the dust in the desert air and make it appear to be snowing. It has not snowed when I have been there, but the desert does get some snow occasionally.

Jason Crossman came up with the notion that we could make a "Porchstock Songbook" and print up some lyrics to our favorite singalong songs. In the weeks before the campout, we brainstormed some selections, I tracked down the lyrics, assembled the cover and printed a few up. It came in handy during the late night event. I'll probably do an expanded edition for Campout V, if anyone wants to give me some suggestions for new additions.

Saturday, Sept 13, 2008:

The day trip today took us to the natural beauty of Joshua Tree National Park, home of MONZOGRANITE!

We visited Cap Rock, where Gram Parsons' abrupt funeral pyre was held after he died and road mangler deluxe Phil Kaufman (aka The Human Trombone) stole his body from LAX.

Diana took this photo of Jason and me.

Then I thought I would try out the panorama feature of my camera, and stitch the photos together when I got home. I think it worked out pretty nicely.

From pitown 08

Just to give you an idea of the scale of these rocks, here are Jason, Randy and Gene atop one of the medium sized ones.

Then it was back to the Pitown Motel for the first of the celebrity autograph sessions, this one with The Beachbum. He had his promotional pens, and leather tush covers, but no fake photos this year.

Next up on the schedule of events was the Crumb group photo by Arie. (Of course I shoot back.) Be sure to click on her photo, it links to her gigantic web album, chock full of great images!



Then a little soundchecking, you can tell it's not the gig, cause Sal doesn't sit down during the show! Plus it's daylight and there's no crowd to speak of.



Then for the second autograph session of the day, the Cracker and Camper band members, including Chris LeRoy, were on hand to meet, greet, sign things, pose for photos, and schmooze.

Then it's TAPERS GET READY, cause the music will be starting soon.

A quick self-portrait with Soundman extraordinaire, Casey Martin. . .


And tune in for the next installment featuring the Saturday night musical selections. . .

Labels: Cap Rock, Crampout, Gram Parsons, Joshua Tree Park, Pappy and Harriet's, Pioneertown Motel, Porchstock

morst's PITOWN 2008 (pt 2)

Labels: Crampout, Greg Lisher, Jonathan Segel, Kenny Margolis, Pappy and Harriet's, Pioneertown, Victor Krummenacher