McCrary Sisters Banjo Stage Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival San Francisco, Ca October 4,2014 Recorded by Daspyknows Recorded appx 50 feet from stage, left side of center rail next to trash cans Schoeps MK4 w/NBox Tascam DR-2D 24 Bit 48K Processed using Soundforge 11, resample, to 16bit 44.1K TLH to convert to Flac Master 2014.32 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06 07. McCrary Sisters For The McCrary Sisters, the daughters of the late Rev. Samuel Mc- Crary (one of the original members of the legendary gospel quartet The Fairfield Four), music is a birthright, a lifelong love affair, a sometimes career, an indescribable joy, and occasionally, a cross to bear. After the Day 1 experience we had a plan for getting the right spot. My friends were staying a few blocks away and in the middle of the night he got up to put the blankets down at multiple stages. I arrived at 7 and we were set to go. I found good parking in a 100% safe spot. Last year I was towed on Saturday afternoon despite being legally parked. In this case I was parked between two other cars so I was happy. I located the blanket at Banjo next to the trash cans. This space is perfect except for the occasion beer bottles clinking as they are tossed. Saturday tends to get more talking and drinking. For the most part the talking wasn't too bad. I was able to move a bit to avoid it. The one time I gave someone a STFU was when this guy finds his friends right in front of me, then proceeds to call his friend on his iphone while the music was playing. The first band The McCrary Sisters I knew nothing about. About 30 minutes before the start they did their sound check. I was impressed, they were a r&b gospel band and seemed like a fun way to start the day. Next up was Alison Brown Quintet. She plays a mean banjo and I enjoy seeing her at this festival. Next up was The Time Jumpers with Vince Gill. I was told he plays with this band every week in Nashville. The fourth act is one of my favorites. Its the Hollar Down the Hollow set which is a tribute band to artists/songwriters who have passed away. Lots of people joing the band for a song playing "bluegrass" versions of everything from Johnny Cash to the Ramones.After that was the Dave Rawlings Machine which features Gillian Welch and John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin. This set is a must have. After this set my friends left for King Crimson and I was given their airbnb apartment code to drop off blankets for Sunday. By this time we were also paying close attention to the SF Giants game on our phones. Finally, Steve Earle played his usual excellent set. The Giants game was seriously into extra innings. I got to my car, dropped off the blankets and drove home switching the car stereo between my recordings and the game. I pull up to my house and as I am about to listen to one last pitch it is a game winning home run in the 18th. Perfect end to an amazing day. I typically have Steve Earle Just the basic taper requests here and please no vitriol: Don't be an ass by selling this or using it in a video that is sold Don't modify the info file Don't remaster and/or post on other sites that are not 100% free If shared keep info file intact but create a second file with any changes Don't convert to lossy formats except for personal use Do support the artists