Without her amazing stop-frame animations as a visual complement to this audio, you’re really missing out on the true Laura Goldhamer experience.  So do yourself a favor and head out to see the next show.

Laura Goldhamer and the Silvernail
1.08.2011
Mercury Cafe, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Little Baby
3. Lion
4. “True Hearts” (new song)
5. One Day the River
6. Gently Now
7. Humpty Dumpty

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.
FLAC files can be downloaded as a zipfile here.

(Photo by Vicki Robison.)

Here’s Thursday night’s Roger Clyne solo show to keep you warm on this cold, snowy evening.

Roger Clyne (solo acoustic)
1.06.2011
Soiled Dove Underground, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. I Do
2. ¡Americano!
3. Hello New Day
4. Mexico
5. Counterclockwise
6. Feeling
7. My Best Friend’s Girl -> Easy
8. Buffalo
9. Ballad of Lupe Montosa
10. Switchblade
11. Better Beautiful than Perfect
12. City Girls
13. Tell Yer Momma
14. Maybe We Should Fall in Love
15. Leave an Open Door
16. Mekong
17. banter *
18. Banditos *
19. Wanted *
20. intermission *
21. Marie *
22. Beautiful Disaster *
(Encore)
23. Whiskey Rain %
24. Lonesome Johnny Blues %
25. Green and Dumb %

Notes:
* = with Jim Dalton
% = with Jim Dalton, Johnny Hickman and Jeremy Lawton
(Mics were placed at head height, along the front drink rail.)
Thanks to Chip for the setlist help!

A zipfile of the MP3s is available here.
FLAC files and other formats are available at the LMA.

(Photo by Pat Rosenthal.)

Colorado’s Hickman-Dalton Gang, a collaboration between Johnny Hickman (Cracker) and Jim Dalton (Railbenders, Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers), is in the studio this month working on a followup to their 2007 EP, creatively titled Volume #1.  ;)  The pair opened for Roger Clyne at the Soiled Dove Underground this week, and were joined by proficient multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Lawton (Big Head Todd and the Monsters).

The Hickman-Dalton Gang
1.06.2011
Soiled Dove Underground, Denver, CO

Source: Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by: Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Too Many Years
2. Papa Johnny’s Arms *
3. Mexican Jail #
4. You’ve Got a Problem *%
5. Long Tall Pine Tree *
6. Justin O. Picker *
7. Old Border Town #
8. Mr. Wrong *
9. Let’s Toke the Whole Day Off *%
10. banter
11. Friends *

Notes:
* = with Jeremy Lawton on lap steel
# = with Jeremy Lawton on accordion
% = live version omitted pending release of the upcoming album
(Mics were placed at head height, along the front drink rail.)

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.

I stopped in Tulsa on the way home to catch the wonderful husband-wife duo Shovels and Rope, pairing Cary Ann Hearst with Michael Trent of The Films.  In addition to their combined effort, both musicians have recently released new solo records–Michael with The Winner, Cary Ann with Lions and Lambs (available at shows) and the Are You Ready to Die EP.

The pair has plenty lined up this spring, including an obligatory Texas Invasion.  Catch them on your way to SXSW!

1/8 – Farm 255 Athens, GA
1/21 – Snug Harbor, Charlotte, NC
1/27 – Pour House, Charleston, SC
2/5 – The Earl Atlanta, GA
2/11 – The Pour House, Charleston, SC
2/12 – The House, Columbia, SC
2/18 – The Well, Augusta, GA
2/22 – Double Wide Bar, Dallas, TX
2/23 – Ardvark, FortWorth, TX
2/25 – Dan’s Silverleaf, Denton, TX
2/25 – Lola’s Saloon, Fort Worth, TX
2/26 – Poor David’s Pub, Dallas, TX
3/1 – McGonigel’s Mucky Duck, Houston, TX
3/2 – Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe, Galveston, TX
3/3 – Courville’s, Beaumont, TX
3/4 – Dosey Doe, Woodlands, TX
3/5 – Firehouse Saloon, Houston, TX
3/8 – Saxon Pub, Austin, TX
3/9 – Cactus Cafe, Austin, TX
3/9 – Sam’s Burger Joint, San Antonio, TX
3/11 – The Phoenix Saloon, New Braunfels, TX
3/12 – Threadgills Austin, TX
3/31 – Southgate House, Newport, KY
5/14 – Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO

Shovels and Rope
1.04.2011
Crystal Pistol Saloon, Tulsa, OK

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. intro
2. Gasoline
3. The Country Wave
4. Boxcar
5. Kemba’s Got the Cabbage Mouth Blues
6. Whose Gonna Raise These Babies
7. Hells Bells
8. Tell the Truth
9. The Winner
10. When I…
11. “Ticking Bomb”
12. Forsaken Blues
13. Are You Ready to Die?

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.
FLAC files can be downloaded as a zipfile here.

Tennis will be releasing their debut album with Fat Possum in a week and a half.  Cape Dory can be pre-ordered here.  Here’s the Thanksgiving-eve show played in Denver, which contains performances of all songs from the album!

Tennis
11.24.2010
Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtech Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Take Me Somewhere
2. Seafarer
3. Cape Dory
4. Marathon
5. Bimini Bay
6. Pigeon
7. Long Boast Pass
8. South Carolina
9. Is It True?
10. Baltimore
11. Water Birds

Notes:
Occasional wind noise in right channel, due to a fan positioned behind the mics.

A zipfile of the mp3s is available here.
FLAC files can be found via BitTorrent at Dime.