Show Time at the County Fair Pt. Two

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The show last night at the Maricopa County Fair was a big success! Thanks to everyone who took time out of their afternoon to attend. The sound was a little rough in spots and the reverb was just too much, but the band played all but flawlessly.

We are still picking through the video footage, which may take a few days, but we have already posted several photos of the show, in this and in part One of this article.




B. Thomas Cooper & Friends perform
at the Maricopa County Fair

In all, we played a total of ten tunes, which is a first for us. It’s much like preparing for a ten round middle-weight bout, only we get to sit on the stool most of the time. No spit bucket, of course. (Kudos to Don Biscoe, who stood in for Michael Buffer).


(L-R) Nick Gill, B. Cooper, Jon Duff

I hope you enjoy the photos. Try back in a day or so, and don’t be surprised when you find we have posted a slew of the new.

Once again, thanks to everyone who contributed. I owe you big time!

Brad

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Show Time at the County Fair Pt. One

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Today is the day. B. Thomas Cooper & Friends perform at the Maricopa County Fair. It’s a nifty ‘eighties’ flashback, indeed! And a nifty ‘seventies’ flashback and judging by the set-list, a psychedelic ‘sixties’ flashback as well!

It is 10:26 a.m. and Nick and I have commenced to watching ‘This Is Spinal Tap’ , a ritual before most gigs. Currently listening to ‘Cups and Cakes’. Life imitates art.

Our bass player Jon Duff will be arriving at 12:30 or so. We go on at 3:00 p.m. for a forty-five minute set, while strangers eating fry bread point at us with their sticky fingers. Ah, spring is in the air.








Jon Duff at Fairgrounds


Nick Gill performing at fair

We’ll be shooting lot’s of digital film. In fact, our camera crew is larger than our stage crew. (Listening to 'Lick My Love Pump.)

We are expecting the temperature to a be a very agreeable 85 degrees. I’m very much looking forward to a great time. More on what transpires later.



See ya' there!

Brad

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Flower Street Station, March, 2008 - Part One

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Flower Street Station, March, 2008 - Part One

For those of you new to Sound and Recording, I’d like to welcome you, and perhaps explain the premise of the site. About once a week we post a new story or article related to sound and recording.

I began SoundandRecording about two years ago at the urging of others. I had my sights set elsewhere, but eventually I acquiesced, and today it’s my most successful blog, with world-wide readership. This is in fact, posting number fifty.



For those of you that are return visitors to SoundandRecording, welcome back, and thank you for supporting our website. We have several new articles in the works, but I can only complete one at a time. Maintaining a successful website is not as easy as one may think.

On to the topic at hand.

B. Thomas Cooper and Friends performed for an intimate crowd at Flower Street Station in downtown Phoenix on the last Sunday of March. Here’s a video culled from Sunday’s show. Enjoy.


B. Thomas Cooper & Friends
Recorded Live at Flower St. Station in Phoenix

In Part Two, I hope to provide you with a little of the inside poop on how a show like this is put together, including the micing techniques applied during recording. I’ll also be posting some photos of the show, and more videos, as well.

In Part Three, I’ll be sharing with you a little about the artists who appeared on Sunday’s bill. This particular bill was special, or so they’d like you to believe, but we’ll go into more on that later.

The artists, in order of appearance were: Paul Bruce, Don Biscoe, Koi Stuertzel, and B. Thomas Cooper & Friends, which included Nick Gill, Jon Duff, and myself, of course.

It was one of those rare nights when nearly everything went well. Not right, per se, as nothing ever goes right, but certainly well. I’ll tell you all about it. You can judge for yourselves.

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