Alabama Shakes

[RevMatt]

Matt--there are benches around the outside if you don't want to take your chair...

Bringing my chair has become a tradition. I might as well extend that to The Shakes.

[Penny Lane]

thanks to Lew Ashby, I have extras for tonight....does anyone in the NYC area need one? (Brooklyn Bowl)

you'd be joining UR, CG, Bill, Prof and I...


EDITED---found a taker!

[beantownbubba]

Thanks to all a youse for taking such good care of my "3rd son" (my kids' best friend and a loooong time family friend) tonite in brooklyn. He'd never heard the alabama shakes before but he now loves the shakes and the 3dd crew.

[Penny Lane]

Thanks to all a youse for taking such good care of my "3rd son" (my kids' best friend and a loooong time family friend) tonite in brooklyn. He'd never heard the alabama shakes before but he now loves the shakes and the 3dd crew.

no problem! any 3rd son of yours is...a ...twice removed 3rd cousin of ours. ....

[uncle rickey]

^^ Yeah Bubba he fit right in. Nice guy.

I got a couple of good shots of Brittany last night:



Damn that was a fun show. DBT will be opening for them before we know it.

[RevMatt]

Getting geared up for tonight's show!

Who from the 3DD crew is a go for tonight?

[Jonicont]

Me and JimmyC

[Jonicont]

Another great show last night. Matt--where were you hiding? Closed with "How Many More Times". Takes balls to cover that one. They killed it!!! I'll get the audio up.

[RevMatt]

Jon, I was in my usual spot. Back corner near the soundboard sitting in my red lawn chair.

I showed up around 8:30 wearing my black cowboy hat and boots. Made a beeline for the area near the soundboard and set up my chair. As soon as I sat down I looked up at the woman next to me. Turns out I set up next to Brittany. I shake hands with her and she asks, "Are you a southern man." I say, "No, I'm from Jersey but come January I'm gonna wish I was a southern man." She asks, "Where'd you get the hat?" I said, "I swiped it from Waylon Jennings." She laughed and said, "I swipied mine too."

Great show. They hit it out of the park and then some. Afterwards David Rat and I chatted with Brittany and the rest of the band for a bit. Turns out Brittany is a fan of David's writing.

David Rat and I must have been the only dudes wearing cowboy hats in NYC last night. On the subway this pretty little blonde girl kept looking up at us. Now, I know she wasn't making eyes at this old cowboy. Turns out we were being sketched!

[CooleyGirl]

Diggin the ep. Played Hold On about 5 times in a row.

Yes! Me too! They absolutely killed it at the Brooklyn Bowl show. I can't wait to see them again in DC and Athens. I haven't been able to stop listening the the EP since we picked it up at the show last week. Just outstanding! And standing at Brittany's feet live, wow, that is something else.

[crowes74]

Gonna try to make it to the st.louis show.
How long they been playing on the headlining shows?

[sg207]

Gonna try to make it to the st.louis show.
How long they been playing on the headlining shows?

They played about an hour and 20 minutes last night.

Believe the hype too.

[lajakesdad]

Just got my ticket in the mail for the January 25th show in LA at the Troubadour. First show in LA at a legendary venue. I couldn't miss this one. I wanna look back and say, "I was there!!"

[roland]

Hey Gordon... any chance you'll get the Ziggy's set up by my drive to DC for New Year's?

[Kudzu Guillotine]

Alabama Shakes make yet another best of list for 2011, this time for EPs:

The 11 Best EPs of 2011 (Paste)

[beergut]

Brittany Howard is the best front woman I have ever seen.

Saw the Shakes at a small club in Evanston IL with about 200 other extremely lucky people.

[Rusty Shackleford]

This weekend I was listening to The Spectrum on Sirius XM, and they played "Hold On."

People are really starting to take notice of this band.

[crowes74]

Well, believe the hype! Just go if ya gotta chance.

[gordonlw]

torrent

http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=551342

or archive

http://www.archive.org/details/alabamas ... k40.flac16


Alabama Shakes
11/13/2011
Ziggy's
Winston Salem, NC

source: Neumann ak40 > lc3 > km100 (din) > Lunatec V3 > Edirol R-44 @ 24/48
location: front right corner of sbd cage just roc
transfer: SDHC card > PC > wavelab 6.1 > cd wave > traders little helper (flac level 8)

all editing (fades, Crystal Resampler (high), dither w/ iZotope Ozone 4) done in wavelab 6.1

*16bit/44.1khz fileset*

recorded and transferred by Gordon Wilson

A Team Dirty South Recording

01. Hold On
02. Hang Loose
03. Goin to The Party
04. I Found You
05. Worry'n Blues
06. Boys And Girls
07. Be Mine
08. Hurricane Strut
09. I Ain't The Same No More
10. Rise To The Sun
11. You Ain't Alone
12. The Shakes

opened for Drive-By Truckers

[tinnitus photography]

Brittany Howard is the best front woman I have ever seen.

sounds like a good topic.


on another note, i was reading the Lefsetz essays about The Shakes.

[Flying Rabbit]

Brittany Howard is the best front woman I have ever seen.

sounds like a good topic.

No doubt. I'd say right now, I'm firmly in that camp. Her charisma, playing, and overall stage-presence is incredible. I could rattle off several amazing women who own the stage when they get up there, but Brittany doesn't simply entertain you--see grabs you, and makes you not want to be anywhere else. So incredibly talented.

[RolanK]

torrent

http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=551342

or archive

http://www.archive.org/details/alabamas ... k40.flac16


Alabama Shakes
11/13/2011
Ziggy's
Winston Salem, NC

Amazing! Thanks for posting.

Thrilled to finally going to get to see them in Athens in a few days.

[Sub]

Yeah thanks for the recording sounds pretty good. I'm planning on seeing them at the end of the month should be awesome.

[rawkshow]

torrent

http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=551342

or archive

http://www.archive.org/details/alabamas ... k40.flac16


Alabama Shakes
11/13/2011
Ziggy's
Winston Salem, NC

yr the man for this, thanks!

[blackwll]

The show from the 29th of Dec on archive is quite good as well, headlining the Orange Peel. Kickin'

[Sub]

I waited too long making up my mind about going to see them and now the Portland show is sold out. Might have to jump through some hoops to work this out.

[Kudzu Guillotine]

KEXP is promoting them pretty heavily, heard "Hold On" again earlier today. Wonder if it'll keep up after they've played their show there.

[oilpiers]

Well...count on me as one of the converted. Posted a video on Facebook, and got some very positive remarks. That is some real music.

[lajakesdad]

I waited too long making up my mind about going to see them and now the Portland show is sold out. Might have to jump through some hoops to work this out.

The LA show sold out over a month in advance. Glad I didn't lag, got the ticket in my drawer.

[Sub]

pretty damn impressive for a band that hasnt even released a full album huh?

I'll probably just shell out the 40$ and stub hub it, not thrilled to pay 4x the original price but it is my fault for draggimg my feet and I'm not missing the shakes over 30 dollars.