Reeltime Travelers
2002-07-31
The Blue Heron
Missoula, MT

Source: soundboard (AKG 4033 single-mic onstage + bass mic) > Tascam DA-P1 DAT (48 kHz).  
Transfer: master DAT/master deck > coax > Audiophile 2496 soundcard > PC harddrive > Sound Forge 6.0 (normalized to -16dB, minor edits, fades added, resampled to 44.1 kHz) > CD Wave Editor (sector boundaries verified, tracking) > Flac Frontend (level 8).  
Recording and mastering by Pastor Tim (YonderArchive @ yahoo.com) on May 8, 2009.  

Disc 1 Set 1
01. intro
02. Greasy String
03. Higher Rock
04. Cluck Old Hen
05. Old Joe Clark *
06. Kiss Me Quick Papas Coming
07. Come and Go With Me
08. Tater Patch
09. Shout Lulu
10. Down The River
11. Paddy Wont You Drink Some Cider
12. Maybe the Last Time ^
13. Eyes Like Cherries
14. banter
15. All Night Long

Disc 2 Set 2
01. banter
02. Chelle's Tune
03. Goin' Across The Sea
04. Darling Corey
05. Arkansas Traveler *
06. Little Johnny Brown
07. Hallelujah %
08. Elzics Farewell
09. Sally Goodin
10. banter
11. The 3rd Anniversary Waltz #
12. One Time Charlie's Railroad Blues
13. Groundhog
14. Goin' To Town
15. banter
16. Ain't Gwine Drink A, No More 
17. Fiddler's Dram
*   Heidi clogging
^   no Heidi
%   with The Missoula Tabernacle Choir; for Suzanne
#   Heidi, Brandon, & Martha, trio

Martha: "Well hell, it's hard to look funny in Missoula... there's some stiff competition here." 

REELTIME TRAVELERS:
Heidi Andrade (now Heidi Clare): fiddle, vocals, clogging
Roy Andrade: banjo, vocals
Martha Scanlan: guitar, vocals
Thomas Sneed: mandolin, vocals
Brandon Story: bass, vocals

THE STORY:
     Five days after I'd seen them for the very first time, I jumped in the gun-metal grey 1977 Caprice Classic 
and high-tailed it up over the Continental Divide and down to Missoula to join a bunch of friends who 
clearly had known about Reeltime far longer than I had.  I walked into the grangehall-like Blue Heron 
before doors to set up my recording gear and wondered if people would turn out on such a hot evening, 
but an hour later the place was packed and it felt like a giant house concert -- everyone knew each other 
and the band knew everyone too!  Turns out Martha and Thomas had spent quite a lot of time in Missoula 
in the past, and their friends were out to welcome them back in fine style.
     The band was only about 6-inches off the floor, and it was quite a mix as some music-lovers sat on the 
floor up close to watch the strings, dancers made room all around the perimeter to stomp and sashay, and 
a few folks just couldn't figure out where to stand and ended up leaning on the bar along one side, bobbing 
their heads in time to the music.  
     At one point just before the show I stopped Martha and asked her if she'd be willing to take a look at 
some lyrics for me.  She graciously asked if I could wait til after the show and I realized she thought I 
fancied myself a songwriter, but what I actually had was a transcription I'd made of her lyrics to Hallelujah 
and I just wanted to see if I'd gotten all the words right.  We both laughed over that, she made a couple of 
minor corrections, and to this day I cherish that piece of paper as the beginning of our friendship.  You 
don't meet many of the finest songwriters on their way up, but she's certainly one I'll be listening to for the 
rest of my life.
     There are lots of little sub-stories that take place in the course of this evening, but it's better to listen to 
them in Reeltime than to have me try and retell them in print.  Suffice to say, Reeltime Travelers made a LOT 
of friends in Montana on this run and we were always happy to welcome them back to Big Sky Country.  
ENJOY!
+ Pastor Tim -- May 8, 2009

Please support the bands that encourage the recording and free sharing of their live performances by 
getting out and buying (but never burning!) their commercial releases.  As far as I know you can still 
purchase copies of the band's two CDs: Reeltime Oldtime String Band Music (2000) and Livin' Reeltime 
Thinkin' Old-Time (2002), though Amazon only carries the latter.
Reeltime Travelers: www.myspace.com/ReeltimeTravelers (a fan-based profile page)
Heidi Clare: www.HeidiClare.com
Martha Scanlan: www.MarthaScanlan.com 
If anyone knows what Thomas, Roy, or Brandon are up to these days, please drop me a line at the email above.