Gary Louris: May 1, 2010 Truck America Festival – Flac and MP3 Downloads

[photo by nyctaper]

The last time I saw Gary Louris perform on stage, it was an off-night of a long Jayhawks tour for the criminal under-appreciated Sound of Lies (circa ’97-’98) at a semi-secret show at Mercury Lounge. At close range, one of the 90’s most influential alt-country bands (even after the exit of Mark Olson) were a pleasure to behold and that Mercury gig is a great memory. Although several members still occasionally play together, the slow demise of the Jayhawks was one of the more sad turns of the early 00’s. So it was with great joy that we read of the new plans for a 2010 reunion in Minneapolis, with plans to play some East coast shows including NYC later in the year. At the Truck America Festival last weekend, Gary Louris played a set of his solo and Jayhawks material, and provided an excellent preview of this much anticipated reunion. Gary’s unique baritone has not worn with age, and his guitar work is as melodic as ever. To close the set, Gary was joined by the “barn band”, which included the Bennett brothers, Tim Easton and Cat Martino. The group performed three numbers, including “best of” Jayhawks classics “I’d Run Away” and “Blue”, and if fan pages are to be believed, the finale brought tears to the eyes of Jayhawks devotees.

Gary Louris plays NYC this coming Friday May 14 at Le Poisson Rouge, tickets are still available here.

We recorded this set with the same equipment and location as the Mercury Rev set and the sound quality is excellent. Enjoy!

Direct download of MP3 files (HERE)

Download the Complete show in FLAC [HERE].

Gary Louris
2010-05-01
Truck America Festival
Big Indian, NY USA

Digital Master Recording
Soundboard + Audience Matrix

Soundboard + Neumann KM-150s > Edirol R-44 (Oade Concert Mod) > 2x 24bit 48kHz wav files > Soundforge (level adjustments, mixdown, set fades) > CDWave 1.95 (tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 7, align sector boundaries) > flac

Recorded and Produced by nyctaper
2010-05-09

Setlist:
[Total Time 56:43]
01 [introduction]
02 Angelyne
03 D.C. Blues
04 Tailspin
05 Everybody Knows
06 Listen Joe
07 Settled Down Like Rain
08 I Need You Tonight [new song]
09 Poor Little Fish
10 Save It For A Rainy Day
11 She Only Calls Me On Sundays
12 Waiting For The Sun
13 All the Right Reasons
14 I’m Gonna Make You Love Me
15 I’d Run Away
16 Blue

If you email nyctaper for access to this recording, we expect that you will PLEASE SUPPORT Gary Louris, visit his facebook page (most updated info), visit his website, and purchase his official releases from the Store at his website [here].