John Butler Trio
2006-03-14
Le Grand Rex
Paris, France

Source: Sony ECM-719 > Sony Hi-MD RH10 (PCM mode) > USB / Sonic Stage > WAV > Adobe Audition 1.5 (normalization and track splitting) > shntool (fix SBE) > FLAC
Location: 1st balcony, 6th row, middle. About 20 meters in front of stage.
Taper: XWayne

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01. Ready for You (?, new song)
02. Treat Yo Mama
03. Company Sin
04. Improv (tech problems on bass) >
05. What You Want
06. Ocean
07. Peaches & Cream
08. Fire in the Sky (new song)
09. Old Man
10. Betterman
11. Something's Gotta Give
12. Pickapart
13. Hello
14. Encore Break #1
15. Damned to Hell
16. Zebra
17. Encore Break #2
18. Funky Tonight
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Total time: 2:20:22

Notes: awesome show in Paris, with many highlights (Ocean as usual, Peaches & Cream with audience singalong, Betterman solos, new songs). The show is complete except for a little part between Ocean and Peaches & Cream, I had a recording error with my MiniDisc during the standing ovation, but apart people cheering and a short snippet of Stairway to Heaven played by John Butler (before the AC/DC's T.N.T. riff), nothing important is missing.

Sound is really good even if I was far from stage, there's some distortion on loud parts but it's not too noticeable. I have increased the volume on Peaches & Cream as this part of the show was really quiet (the band was in the middle of the stage with only 1 microphone). Sorry for the coughing, I was dead sick that night !

The show can be splitted on two discs, with a cut between Fire in the Sky and Old Man.

John Butler: lead vocals, banjo, acoustic guitars, lap steel
Michael Barker: drums, percussion, backing vocals
Shannon Birchall: double bass, electric bass, backing vocals