The Never Ending Pool

In honor of its second anniversary, the famous "downsinging" performance.


http://www.sendspace.com/file/f327dd

great show, great she belongs to me!

thanks for noting WD --

bob's voice these beginning days of the tour in 2006 had a mahogany-like timbre i never had heard before or since -- and this downsinging is so self-confident, it is surprising bob hasn't gone back to it -- great to point it out!!

anyone go to this show? i was there and it seemed like bob never looked up once from the keyboard, but i might be wrong about that... later on he seemed to respond to the crowd's energy, or was that me and my dancing with my blonde friend from Oregon who was in the aisle next to me, har har, -- because the place was as stiff as the the cowtown it once was, and we stood out like banshees!!! -- hilarious bob-life... don't worry we are not 'the screamer', and never blocked anyone's view, har har --

I love this show, not a bad performance on it, love the downsinging too.

The best part about the "downsinging" was that the criticism of "upsinging" was at fever pitch on the old message board. It was as if Bob was saying "I could do this too."

cute

thanks much for reposting this gem.

I was at the first three shows of this leg, which includes Stockton. There wasn't much variation in the songs performed, but it seemed as if Bob really wanted to focus on the songs he had chosen and get their meaning across in the right way.

As far as She Belongs to Me, the downsinging began in Reno a few nights before, and after Stockton it continued into Santa Rosa. I think Stockton is the most enjoyable of the three. Actually, Sotckton is one 06 show I often revisit on recording. The entire show comes off solid on boot. Maggies, Lonesome Day Blues, Highwater, and Till I fell in love are notable performances.

Agreed about the "Timber" voice of early 06. If that she Belongs doesn't suffice as an example, just listen to this Till I fell in love from Stockton http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=E971F44758242980 . I love Bob's attitude on this one, how he sorta talks his way through. And listening to these early Herron-Freeman shows, you can really hear how much they've changed over the years. back then they were much more of a conventional band - taking individual solos in a more flashy, prevalent manner.

Also, Reno was when the organ first appeared. I remember in the opening Maggie's something didn't sound quite right, everything was more circus-like. It took a few verses to realize what was going on.

Thanks, Drifter. A better version than what I had, and thanks for the 320kbps model.

Nice one, Hotter. Thanks

Now, can anyone post an mp3 (not wma) of the soomlos AP 29 06 (beautifully quirky) DesRow, from Jackson, MS? I'm not willing to give up my left nut for it, but I will PM Dylans_Sword_Swallower's amusing link, but with a parental advisory.

TIA

High Water at Stockton was another stonker too ! ....(with wicked chuckles from Bob)

Stockton was the best show of 06 by a long shot, out of all the recordings I have heard from that year (and I heard a hell of a lot) Stockton comes out solid as steel with strong inspired vocals and a band that seemed to be in tune with Bob for a change, love that version of Maggie's and She Belongs to Me, love the whole show in fact.

One thing though that no one has touched on yet, it seems to my ears that the organ is at a much lower pitch than it was later in the year, I think this lower pitch is also a contribution to the greatness of Stockton.

Low organ pitch is essential...and thankfully the Dallas shows this year seem to take stock (no pun intended) of this.

Re the early 06 shows, I agree his voice was unusually strong and smooth. It was also strong at the end of 05 (that great second Dublin concert being a prime example) and we are blessed that he chose to record MT in between those two legs. The result is a vocal committed to posterity as good as we have heard from him since Oh Mercy.

Warren - there's no need to keep thanking me for ripping at 320! I do appreciate it though.

Here's that High Water. An interesting version...Stu plays this odd pentatonic riff and the 2/4 bar in the instrumental verses is nowhere to be found. It really cooks throughout. Donnie's solo is killer. I'd give my left nut for him to start soloing again.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/knscap

Also, here's Highway 61 Revisited from that show. Extremely bizarre...I thought it was blasphemously terrible at first but it has since grown on me.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/wd6i4w

Don't really like the tone of the organ on these early 06 shows. The tone he's using nowadays is the best organ tone of all of those he's used, though I still prefer the piano.