Alison Krauss & Union Station feat. Jerry Douglas MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods, Mashantucket, CT August 06, 2011 Paper Airplane Tour ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Source info: Sennheiser ME-104's>Tascam DR-07 (16/44.1, 40hz bass rolloff) >USB> PC> GoldWave v5.56 (audience adjust & slight eq)> CDWaveEditor v1.96 (track split)> TLH> Flac (6) Taper: Ringfedder Location: Parterre center, first row behind board Sound Quality: Excellent ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Setlist: 01. Paper Airplane 02. Dust Bowl Children 03. Instrumental 04. Daylight> 05. Sinking Stone 06. Let Me Touch You For A While 07. Ghost In The House 08. Baby, Now That I've Found You 09. - Intro Ron Block - 10. Rain Please Go Away 11. Sawing On The Strings 12. Wild Bill Jones 13. Every Time You Say Good Bye 14. - Intro Jerry Douglas - 15. Jerry Douglas Solo 16. Pastures of Plenty > 17. The Boy Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn 18. Dimming of the Day 19. Searching 20. Stay 21. - Intro Dan Tyminski - 22. Bonita and Bill Butler 23. Miles to Go 24. - Intro Barry Bayles - 25. Man of Constant Sorrow 26. - Intro Josh Hunt, John Deaderick - 27. Any Old Time 28. Oh Atlanta 29. - Band Introductions Encore: - 30. When You Say Nothing At All 31. Whiskey Lullaby 32. Down to the River to Pray 33. Your Long Journey 34. There is a Reason The Band: Alison Krauss - Violin, Vocals Ron Block - Banjo, Guitar Jerry Douglas - Dobro, Guitar Barry Bayles - Bass Dan Tyminski - Mandolin, Guitar John Deaderick - Piano Josh Hunt - Drums ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hello Everyone: Another fabulous evening of music with Alison Krauss and Union Station. I've always loved bluegrass, there's something about the combination of banjo, fiddle and mandolin that brings me joy. As I mentioned in my Court Yard Hounds post, add to the mix a beautiful musician such as Alison and you're in for a good time. The instrumental talents of the rest of the band is not to be understated. Jerry Douglas plays the dobro like no one I've ever heard and Dan Tyminski with his unique vocal style, was great on mandolin and guitar. The setlist has been pretty much unchanged for the tour, looks like Jacob's Dream has been dropped, good thing or there would be a whole lot of weeping on the recording. Speaking of recordings, this has to be one of the top best captures for the year. The people in my immediate area were very quiet clappers and being seated in the middle provided an excellent mix. I'm also developing better techniques for editing the wave. I've been a heavy user of the hard limit or wave hammer function in Goldwave. Depending on the threshold setting, excessive compression can become noticeable and undesirable. I'm using more of the shape volume feature to fade out and in the audience between songs effectively attenuating the audience without sharp transitions. I think the results came out good. With more practice I hope to perfect this technique. Enjoy!