Punch Brothers 2010-06-20 - Nightgrass @ Telluride Bluegrass Festival

[3-Fan]

Here's my recording from my recent visit out to Telluride.  I really enjoyed the show and wished it never would have ended.  It just seemed like everyone was getting loosened up and some type of curfew kicked in @ 2:30 am.  Lots of special guests.  I wish the last group would have been able to play longer together, which included Sutton, Fleck, Drew Emmit and Jeff Austin among some others.  I had 2 highlight of the evening.  One was the last song where Thile and Sutton jumped into the crowd and played unamplified.  It was awesome.  The second was when the group called Vasen (from Sweden) came out and played 3 songs with the boys.  Fantastic sound.  And all the guys from Vasen were at least a foot taller and anyone from PB.  They were giants.  The improv Chris had with Bela was great too.  

Ed Helms joined in for a few songs and even joined in the Chris Eldridge Quartet with Luke Bula and another friend named Jake Tylove on mando from NYC.  Jake apparently went to school with Ed Helms and had a band called Roundup.  I've never heard of him, but I'm not in the loop either.  

If I had to pick a favorite song for the evening, it would probably have to be Two Hearted with Vasen.  Just so happens to be my favorite beer too!

I almost got to stay for the secret squirrel jam session after the show with all the greats from the Festival.  They kicked me out at 3:45 am.

If anyone knows the names of some of the instruments, please let me know and I will update the .txt file.  I'll try to attached some .mp3 clips to help out.  

I took some HD video and shot some photos too.  I haven't even pulled them off the camera yet since we just got back from out vacation and work beckons.

Drop me a line and I'll see if I can get you a copy if interested.  

Punch Brothers
Sheridan Opera House
Nightgrass, 37th Annual Bluegrass Festival
Telluride, CO
2010-06-20

Chris Thile - mandolin, lead vocals
Chris Eldridge - guitar, vocals
Paul Kowert - bass, vocals
Noam Pikelny - banjo, vocals
Gabe Witcher - fiddle, vocals

Taper: Greg Johnson
Location: Balcony Platform, DFC, 25' from stage,
Source:SP CMC-4U (cards, DIN) > Church Audio ST-9100 > Edirol R-09HR (24/48 )
Format: 16 bit, 44.1kHz
Transfer: SD > USB > Sound Forge > CD Wave > FLAC (level 8 ) Trader's Little Helper
Editing: Sound Forge: applause compression, normalization to peak (-0.2db), resample, dither CD Wave: tracking

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Set 1
01 'intro banter'
02 Heart in a Cage
03 San Antonio Rose (1)
04 Back Up and Push
05 Punch Bowl
06 'banter'
07 Missy
08 'banter'
09 Incarus Smicarus (2)
10 'banter'
11 On the Bound (3)
12 Ride the Wild Turkey (4)
13 'banter'
14 Through the Bottom of the Glass (5)
15 'banter'
16 Gronlandic Edit (6)
17 Ground Speed
18 Welcome Home
19 'Radiohead banter'
20 2+2 = 5 (7)
21 'Vasen intro banter'
22 Two Hearted (8 )
23 Stämlåten (Tuning Tune)
24 Flippen (The Flip) (9)

Set 2
25 'banter'
26 Lovefool (10)
27 The Woman and the Bell
28 The Lonesome River (11)
29 "intro of The Paul Kowert Trio"
30 Stereo (12)
31 'banter'
32 Roanoke (13)
33 'banter'
34 Please Search Your Heart (14)
35 Little Maggie (15)
36 'intro of Chris Eldridge Quartet'
37 Chug-a-lug (16)
38 'intro of Bela Fleck'
39 improv > (17)
40 If I Should Wander Back Tonight (18)
41 'banter'
42 instrumental (19)
43 'applause'
44 Angline The Baker (20)

Notes:
A 24 bit version is also available
Track 44 was performed with just Thile and Sutton in the crowd unamplified.  I had to boost the levels while editing to even hear the music.  

(1) - Bob Wills
(2) - Mclusky
(3) - Fiona Apple
(4) - Jerry Douglas
(5) - Paul Craft (Eldridge on vocals)
(6) - Montreal
(7) - Radiohead
(8 ) - w/ Vasen
(9) - Vasen - w/Vasen
(10) - The Cardigans
(11) - The Stanley Brothers
(12) - Pavement w/ Thile, Kowert, Eldridge
(13) - w/ Pikelney, Luke Bulla  Jake Tylove, Kowert
(14) - traditional - w/ Ed Helms, Luke Bulla  Jake Tylove & Punch Brothers
(15) - w/ Ed Helms, Luke Bulla, Jake Tylove & Punch Brothers
(16) - Roger Miller - w/ Ed Helms, Jake Tylove, Luke Bulla, & Eldridge
(17) - Thile & Fleck
(18) - Flatt & Scruggs - w/ Fleck and Punch Brothers
(19) - Punch Brothers, Drew Emmit, Jeff Austin, Bryan Sutton, Bela Fleck, & Luke Bulla
(20) - Thile & Sutton in the crowd unamplified

[3-Fan]

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[anitsirko]

Wow, this sounds epic! Is it kosher for a lurker and relative newbie around here to request...? If not, I won't. Either way, I really loved just reading about it and seeing the pics. 

Is the dude in that one picture playing a nyckelharpa? I just saw the boys' show at Caramoor this past weekend, and one of the other performers was a nyckelharpa player named Sandra Wong. It was my first encounter with that instrument, but it produced some strange and beautiful sounds.

[jefflester]

Ed Helms joined in for a few songs and even joined in the Chris Eldridge Quartet with Luke Bula and another friend named Jake (Tylif??) on mando from NYC.  Jake apparently went to school with Ed Helms and had a band called Roundup.  I've never heard of him, but I'm not in the loop either.  

Jake Tilove, I hadn't heard of him either, I just found him through some googling. Did you know the school in common is Oberlin? Where Critter went also.
http://www.fearlessandloathing.com/2009/09/ed-helms-rocks-finney/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq8xSxPZelE

Thanks Greg!

[3-Fan]

That is a nyckelharpa.  THat guy was awsome.  I saw Vasen play in the Town Park at Telluride and he explained all about the instrument.  Very neat.  I recorded that show too, but have a feeling it didn't turn out very well due to the high winds.

Check you PM for the recording.

Greg

[Ken_P]

I've not yet had the pleasure of seeing Vasen, but I've been listening to them for a long time. In addition to their own music, which is  wonderful, their recent album with Mike Marshall and Darol Anger is fantastic. The idea of them playing with Punch Brothers is very exciting - I can't wait to hear it!

[Marvalus]

Saw Vasen with Mike Marshall and Darol Anger last year.  Mesmerizing show.  Seeing Punch Bros./Vasen on one stage would probably just about send me into outer space...

[3-Fan]

Amongst the porn posting, maybe someone will see this.  I updated 4 of the "instrumental" tracks I had listed with their real names.  Still working on 1 more.

04 Back Up and Push
17 Ground Speed
23 Stämlåten (Tuning Tune)
32 Roanoke

[pickgrinlive]

Hey, great photos. Thile and the boys sure know how to put on a good show. Any chance I could get a copy of this set, please?