“Masters of Steel String Guitar” featuring Albert Lee, Jerry Douglas, John Cephas, Ledward Kaapana, Wayne Henderson and Cal Collins

February 28, 1991
Cabrillo College Theater
Aptos, California, USA

Some mighty fine guitar playing on this interesting tour! This is from KUSP pre-broadcast soundboard reels. The second reel sounds a lot better than the first - quality is fairly OK but flat up to the end of Ledward Kaapana's set [disc 2 track 15] but then is excellent for the remainder. Please check the samples to get an idea for yourself how this sounds.

disc 1 - 51:38
101 [3:22] host Joe Wilson talk with John Cephas intro
102 [1:17] John Cephas talk
103 [5:45] Brownsville
104 [4:07] Mamie
105 [1:05] John Cephas talk with Phil Wiggins (harmonica player) intro
106 [5:16] Blue Day Blues
107 [5:55] Guitar Man
108 [2:11] Joe Wilson talk with Wayne Henderson intro
109 [2:26] Leather Britches (instrumental)
110 [2:44] Steel Guitar Rag (instrumental)
111 [0:32] Wayne Henderson talk
112 [3:59] Carter Family medley (instrumental)
113 [3:41] Wheelhouse (instrumental)
114 [3:39] The Victory Rag (instrumental)
115 [2:48] The Alabama Jubilee (instrumental)
116 [2:08] The Black Mountain Rag (instrumental)
117 [0:43] Joe Wilson talk

disc 2 - 60:59
201 [2:20] Joe Wilson talk with Ledward Kaapana intro
202 [1:01] Ledward Kaapana talk
203 [4:02] The Radio Hula (instrumental)
204 [0:24] Ledward Kaapana talk
205 [2:39] Slack Key With The Hammer Down (instrumental)
206 [1:15] Ledward Kaapana talk
207 [3:18] E Huli Ho'i Mai
208 [0:54] Ledward Kaapana talk
209 [2:33] Wai O Ke Aniani
210 [1:43] Weeha Swing (instrumental)
211 [0:29] Ledward Kaapana talk
212 [2:32] The Mauna Loa Slack Key (instrumental)
213 [0:24] Ledward Kaapana talk
214 [2:56] I Kona
215 [3:22] Joe Wilson talk with Jerry Douglas intro
216 [3:55] A Peaceful Return (instrumental)
217 [1:28] Jerry Douglas talk
218 [5:53] From Ankara to Izmir (instrumental)
219 [0:44] Jerry Douglas talk
220 [3:23] Bill Cheatam (instrumental) [with Wayne Henderson]
221 [0:49] Jerry Douglas talk
222 [5:23] Grant's Corner (instrumental) [with Rob Thomas on fiddle]
223 [2:29] Lonesome Pine Specials theme (instrumental)
224 [0:46] Jerry Douglas talk
225 [6:17] instrumental

disc 3 - 60:18
301 [1:46] Joe Wilson talk with Cal Collins intro
302 [4:56] instrumental
303 [6:50] Day In The Life Of A Fool (instrumental)
304 [5:52] Prelude To A Kiss
305 [0:41] Cal Collins talk
306 [4:10] Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone [with John Cephas on vocals]
307 [2:07] Joe Wilson talk with Albert Lee intro
308 [4:01] instrumental
309 [6:01] Seventeenth Summer (instrumental)
310 [2:49] The Tiger Rag (instrumental)
311 [0:22] Albert Lee talk
312 [4:50] Country Boy (instrumental) [with Jerry Douglas]
313 [1:17] Albert Lee and Joe Wilson talk
314 [7:08] Flip Flop And Fly [with everyone]
315 [7:12] Big Boss Man [with everyone]
316 [0:16] Joe Wilson talk

source: KUSP-FM pre-broadcast Revox B77 7.5 ips 1/2 track reel master.

transfer: Revox A700 [with azimuth adjustment] > Macintosh with Digidesign AudioMedia III sound card > Pro Tools [minor "nip and tuck" edits, normalization and tracking - no equalization or noise reduction] > Aiff files > xACT (Flac level 8 files with sector boundaries verified).

Note: There are a couple of short minor dropout spots on reel 2.

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