yonder first night pre-festy opener at telluride conference center:
(right now it's top of this torrent list, click through for show details or to launch torrent):
http://www.cotapers.org/torrents.phpThe YMSB show at T-Ride conference center was dedicated to Sandy Alexander who passed away June 5,2009. a great human being and a much missed friend.
The conference center show was a replay of this show, except for the two encores:
http://www.archive.org/details/ymsb1999-10-02.shnfSo, a little history of the original, Stafford Lake show, words by Sandy's widow, Stella:
"It was a recording
that Sandy made with his much loved Neuman mics, put in a artsy cover
and distributed far and wide. Yonder considers it a catalyst to
their success as it turned many folks onto their music in the "early
days." A total vocal workout for Jeff as he sang the majority of the
songs, with most of the rest sung by Ben. Adam and Dave didn't have
many of their own songs yet at the time, so it was a little different
dynamic in that respect. You could feel Sandy smiling hugely down on
all of us, and dancing crazy in that quirky way of his. There was a
small "shrine" to Sandy on stage between Adam and Jeff's equipment
that included an empty chair, a flower arrangement with a picture of Sandy, the
master copy of the original show he made, an small urn with some of
his ashes"
For the Stafford Lake show, there was probably 50 people tops, all squeezed into the smallest tent you can imagine, it was quite the evening/early morning, the energy is palpable to say the least...
Enjoy both!!
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