Punch Brothers
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
Rooster Stage
San Francisco, Ca
October 2,2015

Recorded by Daspyknows

Recorded dead center appx 30 feet back
  
Schoeps MK4/NBox Platinum Tascam DR-2D 24 Bit 48K 

Processed using Soundforge 11, resample, to 16bit 44.1K
TLH to convert to Flac

Master 2015.54


01. My Oh My 
02. Boll Weevil 
03. Watch 'at Breakdown 
04. This Girl 
05. Clara 
06. Rye Whiskey 
07. and Location 
08. Passepied 
09. New York City 
10. Julep 
11. Flippen (The Flip) 
12. Magnet / Alone, Together 


www.punchbrothers.com



Punch Brothers Punch Brothers’ fourth Nonesuch album, the T Bone Bur- nett–produced “The Phosphorescent Blues,” addresses with straight-up poignancy

and subversive humor the power and the pitfalls of our super-connected era. 

Digitally fueled isolation may be a theme, but this virtuosic acoustic quintet offers 

its warmest, most emotive and elegantly melodic work to date - so invitingly 

human in its approach that it practically ushers the listener into the room as these 

guys assemble in front of a mic.


Day 1 of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass followed a grueling work schedule.  My friend Ted was
staying close by and he volunteered to pull the early shift to get the spot.  I woke up at 
4:45 AM and checked my phone.  There was a series of text messages with pictures of each
blanket and location.  I arrived in the neighborhood at 6:30 and found a parking spot 
nearby.  I took pictures so I had proof of legal parking and walked in.  I found the tarp
at Banjo stage and a number of familiar faces.  About an hour before music started I worked 
my way  to Rooster Stage for Jonathan Rice who I had heard when he played with Jenny Lewis.
I spotted another taper friend and easily recorded the set.  Next up was Jessica Pratt who 
was new to me.  Her set started with major sound issues which was kind of funny.  She would 
touch her guitar and there was feedback issues.  Eventually the problem was solved.

At the conclusion of the set I packed up and trecked back to Banjo Stage.  The band on stage
was playing a really hot cover of Psycho Killer as I navigated the crowd. I got back to the
spot as the song ended.  I started the recorder and got the last 20 minutes of the Monophonics 
set.  In some way I regretted not coming back to Banjo for the full set but fellow taper Randy 
got the full set. At the break I was able to set my chair in the prime spot on the tarp and
got a nice recording of the Mavericks.  Not a band I was familiar with but very good.  This
was followed by Punch Brothers.  They were lots of fun.  inally, Michael Franti and Spearhead.
They are very high energy.  The one think I did not enjoy was Michael Franti likes to roam the 
crowd.  At one point I started getting text messages from friends watching the webcast.  While 
he is going into the crowd they could see me recording.  Fortunately no issues.  After the set 
ended it was a quick walk to the car and on the way home.  Day 1 a success. 




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