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      CommentAuthorhoppedup
    • CommentTimeDec 6th 2011
     
    Wheels are turning. Time off has been approved. Thursday 12/29 through Sunday 1/1 will be a blur.

    Y'all come.
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      CommentAuthortous
    • CommentTimeDec 6th 2011
     
    Man, we seriously considered it but finances and work won't allow it.

    Do me a favor and only post bad shit so we're not jealous.

    Thanks.
    • CommentAuthorBrouche
    • CommentTimeDec 6th 2011
     
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    That is totally bitchin' :) You're going to have such an awesome time! I really want to see them play at the Purple Fiddle - and I hear Thomas is great!

    I wish I could go, but there's no holiday furloughing for me... :)

    Have fun!!!
    • CommentAuthorBrouche
    • CommentTimeDec 11th 2011
     
    Anyone have any hotel/ accommodation information for the Thomas area? We need to set up a place to stay that night
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    About a month ago, the Purple Fiddle said they still had 4 spaces in the hostile. Affordable, but single beds. My wife and I are staying at the Ladybug B and B, but they want a two night commitment. I know there is another place called the Stone Garden B and B and Douglas Falls B and B. Davis, WV has some accommodations also.
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    Holy smokes are you folks in for a treat on this run. So happy for you all and I hope the shows draw and turn some coin for the boys.

    Also quite pleased that you'll be taping for us~ so thanks to you and Yarn in advance.
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      CommentAuthorhoppedup
    • CommentTimeDec 15th 2011
     
    Purple Fiddle hasn't called back but the recorded message said they are only open Fri-Sun this time of year, so that makes sense. Lodging may end up being a little further south than Davis.

    It will work out. Don't think there is much chance we'd bail on a NYE show.

    Jeff, are you coming to Richmond and Harrisonburg?
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    I think something will be available lodging wise in the area.

    My relatives are coming from Florida that week. Richmond is a definite no. Harrisonburg is a small possibility, but I think the relatives will still be around. Not sure if Gray and tapernate will be at these shows since they go to these venues regularly. I'll send you notes from my experiences at Clementines and the Purple Fiddle. Both great venues.

    This will be our fifth show co-taping: 9/17/10 Bristol, 10/23/10 Landhaven, 12/3/10 Ashland, and 12/4/10 The Southern. Not a bad run of Yarn shows.
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      CommentAuthorhoppedup
    • CommentTimeDec 21st 2011
     
    This is gonna make four Yarn shows and a Blake solo acoustic show in two weeks for me, Brouche and Mrs. Brouche.

    Looking forward to taping with empty_pockets again. Always a pleasure. And hopefully meeting some new tapers in Richmond and Harrisonburg.
    • CommentAuthorsuemck2
    • CommentTimeDec 21st 2011
     
    you are blessed hopped! Merry Yarnmas and what a great way to kick off the New Year - safe travels and I can't wait to hear the shows from you and Jeff
    • CommentAuthorBrouche
    • CommentTimeDec 29th 2011
     
    And so it begins! I am I ready for this? You bet!! Starting with a Gingerbread Stout at Hardywood Brewery.
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      CommentAuthorbadlab
    • CommentTimeDec 29th 2011 edited
     
    I am so happy for my friends who get to enjoy three nights of Yarn.
    • CommentAuthorearlbny
    • CommentTimeDec 29th 2011 edited
     
    I wish I was able to go 3 nights of Yarn. Can't wait to hear what they have in stored for NYE. Have fun everyone.
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      CommentAuthorbadlab
    • CommentTimeDec 29th 2011
     
    I heard they soundchecked Maneater. Maybe a set of Hall and Oates is in store for NYE.
    • CommentAuthorBrouche
    • CommentTimeDec 29th 2011 edited
     
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      CommentAuthorhoppedup
    • CommentTimeDec 29th 2011
     
    There are at least 75 people here if earlbny is counting. Around 200 if anybody else is counting.

    Front of room is packed. Back where my audience mics are, three douchebags are chatty, chatty, chatty.

    Luckily, I'm getting board and stage lip too. Hopefully something good comes out of it.
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      CommentAuthorhoppedup
    • CommentTimeDec 29th 2011
     
    badlab, you're out of the trust circle.
    • CommentAuthorBrouche
    • CommentTimeDec 30th 2011
     
    Night two begins. Just ran into Rod and Bobby walking down the street. Both were in high spirits as usual. Just might be another epic night of music.
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    That's so kick ass - wish I was there too! Have fun, guys!
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      CommentAuthorhoppedup
    • CommentTimeDec 31st 2011
     
    Great three hour set tonight. I got there later than I should have. Thought the balcony where the soundboard was located was too far back. Didn't notice the delay speakers up there. Didn't see the other taper up there, but we met after the show. His tape and two cam video will probably smoke. Blake even suggested I go up there, but I'm stupid.

    Again, it was a great show. Tight playing and jamming. Big crowd for Clementine. I'd guess 200+.

    Must now rest for an epic set tomorrow night.
    • CommentAuthorearlbny
    • CommentTimeDec 31st 2011 edited
     
    Never thought they would be able to top Sullivan hall but like always it sounded like they did. Wow Hall and Oats. I can't wait to hear that.
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    Thanks for the updates folks. 200 people?! That's awesome.
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      CommentAuthorhoppedup
    • CommentTimeDec 31st 2011
     
    Purple Fiddle is sold out tonight and I think I read it holds 300. The guys are in fine form and the crowds have been really into the shows. It is awesome to behold.

    Opted for water in lieu of beer last night. And got a full 8 hours of sleep. I imagine I'll need the strength about 12 hours from now.
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    Wow, that's so cool. Why do they ever play up my way?.....we're so musically fucking stupid. There wasn't three hundred people at the last 4 yarn shows I've seen. Kudos Yarn and go GET "EM TONIGHT!!!
    • CommentAuthorearlbny
    • CommentTimeDec 31st 2011
     
    I can't believe I am missing out on all the fun.
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      CommentAuthorhoppedup
    • CommentTimeDec 31st 2011
     
    The venue has a hostel. They had a cancellation. So now we have a room with 5 beds right next to the band's if anyone wants to come on down.
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    hopped, remember to report only things that suck.
    • CommentAuthorBrouche
    • CommentTimeDec 31st 2011
     
    What luck we've had. From the dread of having an hour plus drive for a place to stay to sharing the hostel with our friends. What a special New Years this will be. Be safe all. As long as we can walk up the stairs after the show we'll be just fine.
    • CommentAuthorsuemck2
    • CommentTimeJan 1st 2012
     
    what RC said LOL
    Happy 2012 everyone ;) May it be a YARN-filled year for all
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    Well, fellas.....??? How was your evening at the Purple Fiddle?! Saw the post about the room at the hostel - main thing stopping us was the NYE party we were throwing! I decided to invite 25 people over to the house to help me forget that I wasn't in Thomas, WV!

    Happy New Year, 5Gs! New year's resolution: more Yarn!!! :)
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      CommentAuthorhoppedup
    • CommentTimeJan 1st 2012
     
    Detailed review when I get home later. We had a blast with the best damn band in the land for three days.
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      CommentAuthorhoppedup
    • CommentTimeJan 1st 2012
     
    Thursday, December 29,2011:

    Me: "No more late night drunken requests, I promise."
    Blake: "Shit, why not?"

    Rolled in to Richmond and made the requisite stop at Legend Brewing. Always something good on tap here. Using the handy dandy Find Craft Beer app on my iPhone, we find out there is a new brewery in Richmond. So we head over to Hardywood Park Brewery for some pretty amazing Gingerbread Stout. Tasty, but 9.2% ABV packs a wallop. We met some nice locals. We were running short on time so we headed over to check in to our swanky downtown hotel. I don't stay in nice places much. Those bed linens do make a difference. I slept like a log. We walked the one mile to The Camel and arrived to hear Yarn soundchecking "Maneater" by Hall & Oates. Odd. Then "You're Making My Dreams Come True". Okay, now we're getting an idea of what the midnight NYE cover set would be. I waited around a while for the local taper to show up so I could follow his lead. He was a no-show so I clamped to the soundboard cage and grabbed a board feed. Sound guy was cool. I threw a third rig on-stage for coverage. The band sounded mighty fine and the room wasn't bad as all. About 200 people, I'd guess. The boys roared through most of the usual suspects, nothing crazy in the set list. Christopher Street was pretty smoking. The crowd was way into it and I believe the merch sales were decent. Stayed pretty sober.

    Friday, December 30,2011:

    We took our time getting out of Richmond and checked out a couple of local spots. Found a great little spot called Commercial Taphouse & Grill. Brouche and I ate at a mediocre Thai spot, but Mrs. Brouche made the right call and grabbed a sandwich at Commercial Taphouse. Everything fresh and from scratch every day and really nice owner. Check it out if you make it to Richmond. We made our way over to Harrisonburg and checked in to the hotel. A little nap turned into a big nap and the next thing you know we need to get downtown. We ate at a Greek place next to the venue where I highly recommend the Greek pork chops. We make it over to Clementine and it is crowded. The boys are ready to soundcheck so I throw the on-stage rig together. "She's Gone" sound check confirms the suspicions of Hall & Oates set for NYE. I look at the balcony and it was way back, so I decided not to set up there. I didn't see the delay speakers that made it sound tits up there. There was a taper up there with a Soundfield rig and two cameras. His recording will smoke mine. Hope he puts it up soon. The bartenders wanted to ignore me, so this was my very first completely stone sober Yarn show. The boys played around three hours without a set break. The crowd was probably around 250 or so if I had to estimate. They danced and danced.. Covers were "Brokedown Palace" and "Ramble On Rose". Trevor was in the line-up tonight. The sound was great. Minus the bartenders, this is a really nice place to see a show.

    Saturday December 31, 2011:

    Ricky B: "2012 baby, this is the year of Ricky B"

    The drive from Harrisonburg to Thomas WV was absolutely beautiful, albeit on slow, twisting mountain roads. Mrs. Brouche called The Purple Fiddle to ask about cancellations and they said they'd call us if they had any during the day. Not long after we pulled out of Harrisonburg, we were without signal on our phones. Right at the intersection where we had to decide whether to head over to the nearest hotels in Elkins or push on to Thomas, telephones started beeping with voicemail tones. We had signals and after a brief game of phone tag, a room above the venue. Bam. We headed toward Thomas and stopped at Blackwater Brewing in Davis. Beers were drinkable, but new owner/brewer was there and said his first batch was in the tanks, so there is hope for this place. We then took the two minute drive over to Blackwater Falls and it was quite impressive. We then went to Thomas and checked in to our room. I bought my wife and daughter hand made scarves at the local general store. We went back for dinner at Purple Fiddle and empty_pockets showed up. We finagled a clamping spot. empty secured a board feed. We went back upstairs to relax and play a couple of games of pool. The show started around 9:15. Another night of the boys in fine form, but Blake's voice started to go in the first set. There were some real characters in the audience, but this is rural WV, after all. Again, there was lots of dancing and revelry. I felt really tired at one point and went upstairs to lie down for a few minutes. I missed the toast and H & O set, but I'll listen later. The show was over around 1:10. After the show, several people wanted to find another bar. I was sober and offered to drive, but all the bars were closed. We chatted a bit before drifting off to sleep. Breakfast with the boys at Flying Pigs gave us the energy for the 6 hour drive back, which is the only part of this whole trip that sucked.
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    Sounds like it was a blast! I can't wait to hear the shows - thanks as always for taping, hoppped!
    • CommentAuthorearlbny
    • CommentTimeJan 1st 2012
     
    I 2nd what Amy said.
    • CommentAuthorsuemck2
    • CommentTimeJan 1st 2012
     
    Man what a way to ring in 2012! Hope y'all made it home safe and, as always, thanks for taping ;)
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      CommentAuthorhoppedup
    • CommentTimeJan 2nd 2012 edited
     
    A taste of sound check from Clementine:


    Soundcheck - She's Gone 2011-12-30

    Only thing I had time to process this morning before I head out with the family.
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    Happy New Year! The Purple Fiddle was a venue to welcome 2012. The boys played two sets around an hour and a half each with Yarn classics,Hall and Oates, and covering Going Down the Road Feeling Bad>We Bid You Good Night as the Grateful Dead did. My wife and I stayed in Thomas an extra day and returning home this afternoon. It's currently snowing here.Both the audience and soundboards came out well. I should be able to post in a few days. Yesterday, I made my first matrix with the soundboard and audience. It sounds good. I'll probably post the matrix and one of the other sources (audience or soundboard). Nice seeing you again hoppedup!
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    Here are mp3 copies of the encores of NYE.
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    Thanks so much for the updates and for taping for us you guys. Glad y'all had so much fun.
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    Let's try this again. Here are the encores http://www.sendspace.com/filegroup/xW1J35WEB74Gjexq%2F%2BKkFA

    Let me know what you think. I haven't posted a matrix before, so I am little nervous.
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    Yarn
    December 31, 2011
    New Year's Eve
    Purple Fiddle
    Thomas, WV

    AKG 463 90 degrees coincidence>pointed at left speaker>8 feet high>Sound Devices Mixpre>Zoom H4n
    Audacity (normalize to -3 dB, tracking, Flac conversion level 8)

    01. Intro
    02. Desperate Amy
    03. Dear Mama, I'm so Sorry
    04. Let Us Pray
    05. Can't Slow Down
    06. The Dirt Road
    07. Abilene
    08. Roadhouse
    09. I Wanted to Get High
    10. Tennessee
    11. Down on Your Luck
    12. Lies I've Told
    13. Christopher Street
    14. That's Just Fine
    15. Alone on the Weekend
    16. Almost Home
    17. NYC Found
    18. Music's Only Outlaw>
    19. For What It's Worth>Music's Only Outlaw
    20. Turn the Light Off
    21. New Year's Countdown
    22. She's Gone*
    23. Maneater*
    24. You Make My Dreams Come True*
    25. Bad Bad Man
    26. Salt Creek>
    27. Woman on the Interstate
    28. Don't Break My Heart Again
    29. Going Down the Road Feeling Bad+>
    30. And We Bid You Goodnight+


    *= Hall and Oates Covers
    += traditional songs performed as the Grateful Dead covered

    http://www.archive.org/details/Yarn2011-12-31.akg463
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      CommentAuthorhoppedup
    • CommentTimeJan 3rd 2012
     
    Sounds real nice, Jeff. I'll probably post Blake solo and the other two shows before I get around to this one. This one was a lot of fun, even with the Wild, Wonderful crowd.
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    Thanks Jeff....just got to listen here at work. Love that the boys fill your halls down there but man the fucking talking would drive me NUTZ! Recording sounds great though~

    ....and as long as I'm risking being a naysayer, there are some really bad Hall & Oats songs. I know Blake and John are buds so no offense intended and I hope John's noteriety transfers to Blake but I can't say I'm too stoked about those covers.
    • CommentAuthorBrouche
    • CommentTimeJan 3rd 2012
     
    I don't get the feeling you'll see those songs in set lists too often. I think the comment I heard most from the band was "that was weird". I thought "She's Gone" was awesome and would love to see that pop in a set from time to time.
    • CommentAuthorsuemck2
    • CommentTimeJan 4th 2012
     
    I hear ya RC! strange choice of covers - when I first saw She's Gone I thought- typo for He's Gone LOL!!

    Thanks Jeff ;)
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      CommentAuthorhoppedup
    • CommentTimeJan 5th 2012 edited
     
    This one will be up tomorrow:

    Yarn
    December 30, 2011
    Clementine Cafe
    Harrisonburg, VA

    Source : CA-14 cards stage lip> CA-9100> Sony PCM D50 (24/48)
    Transfer: PCM D50> PC> Audacity (16/44.1)> CDWave> flac level 8

    01. Empty Pockets
    02. Can't Slow Down
    03. Annie
    04. Almost Home
    05. New York City Found
    06. Strikes And Gutters
    07. Nuthin' But Time To Give
    08. Down On Your Luck
    09. No Future Together
    10. Salt Creek> Jam>
    11. Woman On The Interstate
    12. Turn The Light Off
    13. Abilene
    14. Ramble On Rose
    15. Music's Only Outlaw
    16. Fussin' And Fightin'
    17. That's Just Fine
    18. Ain't That A Sin
    19. Brokedown Palace
    20. Tennessee
    21. Don't Break My Heart Again
    22. Five Guitars
    23. It's All Over Now


    Yarn is:

    Blake Christiana - acoustic guitar, vocals
    Trevor MacArthur - acoustic guitar, backing vocals
    Andrew Hendryx - mandolin, electric mandolin, harmonica
    Rod Hohl - electric guitar, backing vocals
    Rick Bugel - upright bass
    Bobby Bonhomme - drums


    Go see Yarn and buy their merch. Support taper-friendly bands.
    • CommentAuthorearlbny
    • CommentTimeJan 5th 2012 edited
     
    Thanks hopped. That's just fine from NYE has been on repeat for the last 24hrs. What a smoker. That song makes me want to speed down the highway.
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    ....the cop said I was speedin' I didn't believe him but he wrote me up alright~
    • CommentAuthorsuemck2
    • CommentTimeJan 5th 2012
     
    lookin forward to it hopped! Ramble on Rose? wow

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