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RasBobre Recordings Best of 2016 Various Artists This is a compilation of some of my favorite recordings of 2016. There are many reasons why I chose these songs, 37 special moments to me. I have included liner notes for each one of them. In 2016 I uploaded 133 shows to archive.org, there were 16 that I scratched for one reason or another, 42 sets from Guitarfish Music Festival 2016 that I haven’t even started working on, 4 Los Lobos shows that went up on Dimeadozen, 7 shows that I still need to index and upload, plus 7 uploads to The Blake Tapes. That’s 209 projects for 2016 with at least 8 more to go before the end of the year. Holy shit! Tolerate me, when I just smile at you while we’re talking. I truly wish that I could’ve included one song from of every show, but I’m certain you would lose interest in such a lengthy endeavor. I’m sorry to my friends that play in bands that don’t see a song of theirs chosen here. Believe me, seeing friends make music is one of the greatest things to see in my opinion and I enjoyed your sets! Mathematically, this should fit on 3 CDs if you’re still burning. I understand burning happens, but streaming is where it’s at in 2016, ditch the discs that end up at the dump. There is no way I could possibly thank everyone involved with me making these recordings, so I am going to make it short and keep it to the FOH engineers and those that I work with at the  venues. Charles Mallett/Mallett Sound at the Crystal Bay Club; Crown Room and Red Room, Concerts at Commons Beach and Squaw Valley’s Tuesday Bluesday’s, your support of my desire to archive North Lake Tahoe’s music scene is a gift to me and to our community, thank you. Peter Kowalczyk/Music IN Tahoe at Moe’s; you have single handedly built their sound system (Myers Sound) into rocking little club. The potential is huge there and with a great management and booking team, things are looking great for 2017! Thank you for coming to work with a positive attitude every day and allowing people leave with incredible experiences. Thank you John Riley for filling in for Peter when he is not available and carrying on the exact same positive attitude. Armando Tavares/Los Lobos, I always thought your smile was your strongest attribute, but when I recently saw you lose it and search that damn big board for that one guitars DI input, I realized how damn good you are. Those friends of yours on the rail never saw that moment. But I know they seamlessly enjoyed the song. Thank you for the many years of support. John Dean/Cerberus Sound/UltraSound, Guitarfish Music Festival. Your tolerance to allow me to sit next to you 4 days and 40+ sets is a profound display of your professionalism and patience, and perhaps your likeness of Lagunitas. Bill Wood, Jeff Rogers, Jim Gamble, Jerry Laurita, Peter Kowalczyk, Kyle Miller, Brent Harding, Devil Dog Productions at the Crystal Bay Club. Eric Pilcher, Josh Wallick, Abby Piotrowski, Bryan Lipman, The Chefs at Moe’s Original Bar B Que. Stacie Lyons, Brent Dana, Big Tree Productions at Concerts at Commons Beach. Armando Tavares, Rick Deputy, Dan Gale, John Skeels, David LoVine, Steve McCracken, Tee Cazz, Joe Main from Los Lobos.   Best of 2016 01 - Sorry C. Nasty & Skittles, two of the funniest moments I caught on tape this year.   02 - Monophonics opening for Dumpstaphunk on NYE at the CBC. “There’s a Riot Going On”. This band really has a sweet vibe, regardless as to how they set up their stage. 03 - Mojo Green in the Red Room is ALWAYS a fun show! Ride……huh. I got you toooooo! Funkalicious! How do you like your Mojo? Mojo Green will be in the Red Room 30-DEC-2016 after party for North Mississippi Allstars/Monophonics show.   04 - New Monsoon. Psychedelic Rock, Southern Rock, Blues and Harmonies. Alaska; Fun story of a troubled Dad and a rock star daughter.  Whether they’re on Commons Beach, CBC or Moe’s  Original Bar B Que, go see this band. Good times. 05 - Sophistafunk, openers for The Motet. From Syracuse New York, I bet this band jammed in a NYC subway once or twice, they jammed The Crown Room. 06 - Baskery, The Three Bitches from Sweden memorized me halfway through their first song. Traveling with ALO put them on the map. Cat Flap…tie your dogs up, you tell me. Pure feministic talent, striking low. I got to see them at High Sierra Music Festival and recorded them at California World Music Festival also in 2016. A fun, sexy, talented family (sisters) band. They actually played the Kids Camp at the last festival mentioned. 07 - The Sextones, Another opening act, for Con Brio in the Crown Room. 6 songs into the Best of 2016, 4th opening act. A lot of people miss out on this shit showing up for the headliners only. Get out of the garage people and Push on Through. Just a solid song from a four piece band that is always pushing it. Lots of great sounds coming out on this one. 08 - Dead Winter Carpenters, Winters Dead Weekend 2016, one of my favorite back-to-back nights of the year at the CBC. If I Wrote You A Song. This song is powerful, this is the song I love to hear DWC play. The intro guitar work, the fiddle, then Jenni’s voice, Jesse’s harmonizing, the words. Strength throughout. DWC opening for Leftover Salmon at The Fillmore, 14-JAN-2017. 09 - ALO, Animal Liberation Orchestra, Zach, Steve and Lebo are from my high school, Saratoga CA and I think they have the opportunity to be a historic Californian band. Storms and Hurricanes, a love song. 10 - Poor Man’s Whiskey, whether at Commons Beach, Bill Graham’s 80th Birthday Celebration opening for Los Lobos (with Jackie Greene), or the CBC... Always a Rockstar on the Weekend kinda show. They took a portion of my pull and threw it on a CD, 04-MARCH-2016, doing Graceland. Coming to Moe’s Original Bar B Que, 11-FEB-2017! 11 - Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band going Old Skool at Moe’s! This song is not a great representation of a great band, but I thought it was fun. A Commons Beach after party show. If you have some greenery, throw it on stage the band needs some smoke tonight.   12 - Sneaky Creatures singing my mantra at Moe's! A great, great Truckee band! Livin’ The Life Long Dream! Boogie Woogie Honky Tonk!   13 - A Night Out on The Townes, 4th annual benefit at Tahoe Flow Arts Studio, Tahoe Vista  CA, an incredible amount of talent and a couple Alibi kegs on tap and a tip jar looking for donations. Come out and take advantage of this NLT friends, no brainer. Great flying dancers, great music, great friends. 14 - They’re The Record Company, they play rock n roll. Opening for Galactic in The Crown Room was an awesome pairing. I was stoked to see them again at High Sierra Music Festival 2016. Another great opener. 15 - Gipsy Moon doing Nancy Sinatra. Sexy and tight, a full moon rising over Lake Tahoe at Moe's Original Bar B Que, sexy and tight!  Chill out on your cello Andrew, you’re blowing shit up. Bang Bang! 16 - Emi Sunshine all ages seated show, youngest performer ever to grace The Crown Room stage, on a Sunday, Mothers Day. A band nor crowd that I had no knowledge about, yet anticipated both and was blown away with the mothers and daughters that turned out in their bests, but also the family love in the band and the great big bus, all the way down to the merch seller.   17 - Hot Buttered Rum, a band that opened (ANOTHER OPENER!) for DWC in the Crown Room, open for MLB fans singing the National Anthem at Game 4 of the Giants vs Cubs 2016 NLDS Playoff game (http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/94951848/v1205659583/chcsf-gm4-hot-buttered-rum-performs-national-anthem), and close Moe’s Original Bar B Que’s doors for a night with a killer set. Don’t miss these guys if they’re ever in your town!   18 - Donavon Frankenreiter, it was Father’s Day Sunday, straight from the Commons Beach show. First time seeing Donavon, but had enjoyed a recording with himself, G. Love and Jack Johnson for years, so I made the run. The crowd participation is really, really cool on this one. I hope someone tracks it down for her. 19 - Jackie Greene has a perfected way of tripping out and getting into his inner psychedelic self but Spooky Tina is foot stomping dance song that gets a crowd moving. … and then some Dead songs. 20 - Drought. Dry. Jordan Smart. Dry. You might think so, but I spent time talking to him and I have figured him out. A true minimalist that is happy in his incredible journey. I can’t wait till he returns to Tahoe and if he’s in your town, listen to his music and you’ll be reminded of a traveling musical from the 1800’s. And that is a compliment. Congratulations in becoming a Dad in 2017 Jordan! 21 - Could you be love in the middle of hate? Could you get high in the middle of hate? There’s a lot of hope in the Gene Evaro Jr. Band, they Don’t Need To Be Sold.  They worked their asses off in 2016, High Sierra Music Festival, Guitarfish Music Festival, Commons Beach and here in the Red Room. Catch them opening for Galactic at the CBC in February 2017. 22 - Larry Keel doing what he does very well with a hint of Tom Waits, with his wife Jenny on stand up bass. Throw in Zebuel from Hot Buttered Rum band on fiddle and it turns into trips & bliss. At that blessed Moe’s Original Bar B Que place in Tahoe City. 23 - Eric Lindell; Fun story about this night. Eric’s mother lives in Reno and he spent as much time with her as he could that afternoon (she attended the show) while on tour. He ran late due to his devotion and when he arrived 10 minutes till stage I asked him if he needed anything before showtime. His reply was some weed and some sweet tea. I took care of one of his requests immediately, had to run upstairs to the restaurant for his other. NOLA (via San Mateo)in NLT! Who Dat?! 24 - We got a 5 time Grammy award winning band member. One of the hardest rockers and gentlest souls that ever graced the Crown Room stage doing two hours of cover songs. Free show. Friday night. What’s better? So intimate. Jason Newsted, doing Bruce Springsteen’s Atlantic City. His hearing might be shot, but I’ll listen to whatever he’s got. Look for a collaboration with Lars Ulrich in 2017, nothing like Metallica.   25 - Personal Pemberton. I hit up the SPB for a guest list long before doors and Scott puts down my daughters 1st Grade Kings Beach Elementary school teacher’s name. I thought huh, and then reminded that she was kinda cool 15 years ago. An hour before stage and inseparable, I see Scott talking with her. Later I found out Ms. Mieske is Scotts cousin having grown up with him in southern California. She got the first copy of this show. 26 - 7 Come 11, first time I saw them was opening for the Funky Meters at the CBC. Was blown away when Moe’s booked them. This is a two piece band till Tahoe poacher Andy joins on the tenor sax. 27 - Beer Gardeners. Squaw Valley. Here on Commons Beach, Tahoe City. Pure nostalgia back to 1991. Chuck a peanut and envision a Blake B. Gardener slide guitar solo. 28 - The Good Bad. A very good not bad band out of San Francisco. Bluegrass/newgrass, for Lil Smokies. Another opener. The way I like my GnR!   29 - John Kadlecik, from Golden Gate Wingman, Further, Phil & Friends, painting a masterpiece, back in the Sierra Nevada. A great free-flowing artwork of night at the CBC. 30 - Simply Sam Ravenna singing his words of love. The producer opening (OPENING) for The Original Wailers Band, Moe’s. Positive. Music is Sam’s life, Sam lives life well. 31 - The Original Wailers. Al Anderson, lead guitarist on Bob’s Crazy Baldhead track and and his Live! lp. From Wikipedia; Live! is a Bob Marley and the Wailers live album, released on 5-December-1975. Live! was recorded 18-July-1975 at the Lyceum Theatre in London. The performance remains one of Marley's most famous. Live! at Moe's. 32- Roger Clyne doing Mexico in Tahoe City, Moe’s. Lost erections and warm beers; The Peacemakers in the house certainly knew the lyrics and made the show an incredible living room experience. What happens in Mexico stays in Mexico, what happens in Moe’s, more people need to know.   33 - Percy Thrills the Moondog. I have been enticed since I learned of their formation at the Berklee College of Music, with a band member from Truckee! Touring with New Mastersounds on a co-bill, this night at the CBC, opening. 34 - Night two of Yarn pulling a jazzy version of The Who’s “Eminence Front”. Absolute pure bliss, at Moe’s Original Bar B Que! 35 - Los Lobos, not just another band from East LA, can pull out a cover song at any moment. Traffic’s, Light Up or Leave Me Alone, first time playing. The Fillmore, SF, 02-DEC-2016. 36 - Back to back to back covers RasBobre? Powerful bands can do that, and with a name like Kung Fu, no need to fuck with them. Ask not what your country can do for you. A great co-bill with Particle at Moe's. 37 - Peter Joesph Burtt, PJB singing a love song while playing the kora.  Honestly, what could be better? Kings Beach local giving back some love at the High Fives Foundation benefit in The Crown Room. RasBobre Recordings Best of 2017 Various Artists This is a compilation of some of my favorite recordings of 2017. There are many reasons why I chose these songs, 39 special moments to me, whether what was going on on stage or what I was hearing. I have included liner notes for each one of them. In 2017 I uploaded 172 new recordings to archive.org, 5 to dimeadozen.com, 13 to The Blake Tapes (archive.org) and 11 aborted. That’s a total of 201 projects for 2017, down from 209 in 2016. I must be slacking. I wish that I could’ve included one song from of every show, because I know for a fact that there was a song or a moment that I enjoyed hearing, but I’m certain you would lose interest in such a lengthy endeavor. I’m sorry to my friends that play in bands that don’t see a song of theirs chosen here. Believe me, seeing friends make music is one of the greatest things to see in my opinion and I enjoyed your sets! There is no way I could possibly thank everyone involved with me making these recordings, so I am going to make it short and keep it to the FOH engineers and those that I work with at the  venues. Charles Mallett/Mallett Sound at the Crystal Bay Club; Crown Room and Red Room, Concerts at Commons Beach and Squaw Valley’s Tuesday Bluesday’s, your support of my desire to archive North Lake Tahoe’s music scene is a gift to me and to our community. Thank you for tolerating my desire to add multiple microphone configurations, snaking through your systems and for pushing record for me when I decided to nap before a show and would’ve missed the first 15 minutes (Joe Marcinek). Peter Kowalczyk at Moe’s & guitarist in Drop Theory; Thank you for coming to work with a positive attitude every day and allowing people to leave with incredible experiences. Thank you for unabated attitude while recording Drop Theory, your band has come a long way in the past 10 years and I really enjoy archiving and re listening to your performances. Thank you John Riley for filling in for Peter when he is not available and carrying on the exact same positive attitude at Moe's. Armando Tavares/Los Lobos; Your carefree attitude while being in complete control of all aspects of a major touring Grammy award winning band is enough respect in itself. But throw in a taper that isn’t seeing his signal through a board feed that you have just been introduced to (Earlfest) and making sure that I’m “hot” before the band takes stage is an absolute gift from your professionalism. Thank you for the many years of support. Daren McLean and DJE Sound and Lighting, djepro.com, at June Lake Jamfest 3; Thank you for allowing me to hang out and chat NFL with you for the course of 11 bands over two days. Your professionalism producing this festival has made it a “go to” weekend for me and I look forward to seeing you again at JLJF4. Bill Wood, Jeff Rogers, Jim Gamble, Charles Mallet, Jerry Laurita, Peter Kowalczyk, John Riley, Will Finn, Mike Young, Kyle Miller, Sam Shear, Brent Harding, Devil Dog Productions at the Crystal Bay Club. Eric Pilcher, Josh Wallick, Abby Piotrowski, Bryan Lipman, Maria Hart, The Chefs at Moe’s Original Bar B Que. Rich Wilson, Brent Dana, Big Tree Productions, Eric T, Brandt  at Concerts at Commons Beach. Armando Tavares, Rick Deputy, Dan Gale, John Skeels, David LoVine, Steve McCracken, Tee Cazz, Joe Main, Myles Jacob with Los Lobos. Random notes: 01 - Dead Winter Carpenters, The Fillmore, San Francisco. Mixed by John Dean. “Find Your Home”, DWC has found their “home” while they roam on the road playing their bluegrass/americana music from Maine to California. I was thrilled to see them at one of the greatest Californian venues, The Fillmore opening for Leftover Salmon. 02 - Galactic, The Crown Room, Crystal Bay Club. “He Calls Me Baby”, (all night long). What woman doesn’t want to hear that?! Erica Falls. BABY! Galactic brings it every time. 03 - Poor Man’s Whiskey, Moe’s Original Bar B Que. “Let’s Go Out Tonight”, PMW at Moe’s is a great night to go out. In fact one of the many Sunday Summer Session sell outs. Shit kickin’ to it’s fullest! 04 - Dead Segalls, Moe’s Original Bar B Que. “1972 Mercedes Benz”, I’ve known Luke Funicella since his North Tahoe High School guitar playing days with the Jazz Band and North Lake Blvd. It was awesome to see his band open for The Stone Foxes. Not sure if this is a love song for a car or a woman, but the surf rock tune jams. 05 - Pimps of Joytime, The Crown Room, Crystal Bay Club. “Bring Your Body to The Party”, PoJ knows how to party. Don’t think too much, show up, bring it on down. Funk at it’s finest, pure pimpy and so joyful! 06 - Hot Buttered Rum, WinterWondergrass Tahoe, Grass After Dark, Moe’s Original Bar B Que. “Home”, HBR has made a pretty nice home at Moe’s with their third visit. The Official Bluegrass Band of the San Francisco Giants are welcome in my home, anytime! 07 - Pickin’ On The Dead (Grant Farm), Winter Wondergrass Tahoe, Grass After Dark, Moe’s Original Bar B Que. “Truckin”, Tyler Grant, Grant Farm, Pickin’ on The Dead truck their asses across the country constantly. One of the hardest working bands/musicians that I saw (5 times) in 2017. Sold Out. 08 - The Lique, Moe’s Original Bar B Que. “Billie’s Holiday”, The Lique dressed to a T in matching suits and ties took the stage at Moe’s opening for Joy & Madness. I didn’t know anything about this band, but after one 60 minute set, I wanted more. Since this show in April, they have had a couple of two night runs at Moody’s Bistro in Truckee where I was able to see them again. 09 - Pato Banton and The Now Generation, Sheas Tavern, Reno NV. “It’s All About Love”, Pato expresses love, constantly. He throws some love to FOH engineer Mike Young and Brother Rob at the start of this one. Lot’s of love in the house that night with Charity and Cassidy, and the positive vibe of Brother Todd. Irie Mon! Never miss a Pato show…. and do not sniff the coke, only smoke the sinsimeila! 10 - Scott Law & Ross James, The Crown Room, Crystal Bay Club. “Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line”, Waylon Jennings cover. Waylon (not Willie) was my first country music influence and is still my all time favorite of that genre. Drinking and Dreaming? Scott and Ross pull off a guitar laced version here. Great night supporting Dead Winter Carpenters. 11 - The Stone Foxes, Moe’s Original Bar B Que. “Everybody Knows”, everybody needs to know that when The Stone Foxes come to Moe’s it’s a loud rocking party. This was one of those nights where I was thankful for building codes and proper engineering, because the Foxes had Moe’s bouncing. I was sure we were all going to end up downstairs. Stone Foxes back at Moe’s 30-DEC-2017! 12 - Margo Cilker, Great Basin Brewery, Sparks NV. “Used to Be Montana”, for a young lady that gave me the impression of a young, Bonnie, Emmy Lou or Rickie Lee, I don’t know how she could possibly be anything else than who she was… wonderful and wild and free. She and her sister harmonize beautifully with a set that was full of creative original music. I invited the two up to Moe’s for the following nights Stone Foxes show and I got see that Montana in her… wild and free. I hope to see Margo’s career blossom whether in Spain (where she probably went to after Montana), California or in Montana. The girl has talent! 13 - Peter Joesph Burtt and The King Tide, The Crown Room, Crystal Bay Club. “This Ain’t That”, this is definitely all that! Once Peter gets through a few verses and the chorus, listen up! This song has some jam! Huge amount of talent coming from PJB and all of the King Tide. I’ve probably recorded this band a dozen times and every new recording I tell myself that it’s a new favorite, this song doesn’t defer my belief. 14 - String Cheese Incident, The Crown Room, Crystal Bay Club. “Deal”, it was a BIG DEAL to get SCI for a three night run to close out their Winter Tour, 2017. Tickets went wickedly fast and I know for a fact that there were some deals going on in the casino for extra tickets. This one is an AKG 414 XL II rafter mounted audience recording, my first show with my new mics. I also purchased the officially released soundboard recording of this show and I honestly say that I am very happy with my recording in comparison. With 3780 downloads of this recording on archive.org, it is my most shared recording. 15 - Con Brio, Moe’s Original Bar B Que. “Liftoff”, Zieke McCarter says it, nothing can hold his spirit down. The spirit was high in another sold out Moe’s show this night. Opening for Grace Potter at the CBC, rocking 1500 people on Commons Beach or playing for 200 people at Moe’s, Con Brio puts on the same high energy show that will make any concertgoer liftoff. 16 - Carolyn Wonderland, The Crown Room, Crystal Bay Club. “The Things You Do”, Carolyn Wonderland is a Texas slide blues player that has a penchant for whiskey. This night at the CBC she had the perfect amount of everything working for her. With a new singer on stage with her (and her manager) she was right in line. Blake Beeman would’ve been proud of the things she was doing! 17 - One Grass Two Grass, Moe’s Original Bar B Que. “Desert Dance”, Run like a little lizard wagging your tail? Yip, yip, yip till you feel alright? OG2G makes me feel more than alright while I’m wagging’ my tail! An incredibly talented band with great work ethics and great personalities. If I ever hit the lottery, this band will be playing one night of my 7 night celebration party run! Look for their new release in early 2018. 18 - Freddy & Francine, Moe’s Original Bar B Que. “What Did You Do With My Love?”, these two, a married couple, definitely haven’t lost their love for one another, as I witnessed all 4th of July weekend, on and off the stage. Support for Mimi and Jay from Fruition rounded out the perfect duo weekend. Freddy and Francine are fun. 19 - Willy Tea Taylor, Moe’s Original Bar B Que, “Knuckleball Prime”, Willty Tea’s title track to his latest release about a baseball player not wanting to give up an aging career so he picks up the knuckleball to pitch. Much like Willy’s career as a musician wasn’t solid at the time, so he matched up with some power hitters, producer Michael Witcher (Dwight Yoakam, Dolly Parton), Benmont Tench of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Gabe Witcher and Noam Pikelny of The Punch Brothers, Sara Watkins, Andrew Combs, and pedal steel guitarist Greg Liesz. He wrote songs from his heart about experiences in his life and hit a home run with Knuckleball Prime. He’s a Giants fan. 20 - Muddy Magnolia’s, The Crown Room, Crystal Bay Club “Hogs For The Cause”. “Devil’s Teeth”, Jessy Wilson was a backup singer for John Legend, Kallie North was a church going gospel singer married to a soy bean farmer on the Mississippi Delta when they met in 2013 in Nashville through a photograph. They were a match made in heaven. They have played with Grace Potter, Gary Clark Jr, Zac Brown and performed at Lollapalooza, Hangout Festival and Austin City Limits. To have this band in the Crown Room for benefit to raise money for families with children fighting pediatric brain cancer was pure bliss. I’m on the lookout for some more Muddy Music! 21 - Kanekoa, Great Basin Brewery, Sparks NV. “Ever Since”. ever since I heard a recording of Kanekoa opening up for Los Lobos on a Hawaiian tour I have dug this band. A four piece ukelele ensemble and a percussionist that sits on chairs and literally jam. I have seen them twice at World Music Festival, Grass Valley, twice at the Crazy Horse Saloon in Nevada City and this show in Sparks. They will be opening again for Los Lobos in Campbell, CA 24-MARCH-2018. This is one band that I would really like to see play North Lake Tahoe, Moe’s? Opening in the Crown Room? Red Room? …..Concerts on Commons would be AWESOME! Have a mai tai and enjoy! 22 - Drop Theory, Truckee Brewfest, Truckee River Regional Park. “Pilchers Baby”, lil William Pilcher has a song! And it has some funk to it! Since this performance it has a new name, Willie The Pilch. I love seeing my friends play music and with this song, they are playing music in honor of my friends child. How cool is that? Get that boy a tambourine! Congratulations Eric and Katrina! 23 - Lebo and Friends, Concerts on Commons, Tahoe City. “Do It Again”, Dan was a late bloomer to Steely Dan’s music through the probing from Steve Adams. I have always been a huge fan. This one goes out to Walter Becker who we lost just about a month after this performance. Great times on the beach! Let’s all Do It Again in 2018! 24 - Hibbity Dibbity, Pignic Pub & Patio, Reno. “Born to Ride”, this was probably my most unique show of 2017. I’ll go wherever the HibbDibbs play and being in Reno, hitting the Pignic Pub was a no brainer. But I had no idea they were going to be playing in a living room. BYOB (bring your own beef), Q it up and grab a brew. Interesting converted home in a mid-town neighborhood. 25 - The Who, Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena at Harveys, Stateline NV, “Eminence Front” (AUD), The Who across my Lake! I don’t miss The Who when they are on tour and to be able to drive around the lake to see them was a gift. Kathy Kixmiller securing the sweet spot to pull off a near perfect stealth recording was quite the gift too. Dress yourself to kill… always. 26 - Scott Pemberton, Moe’s Original Bar B Que. “Let’s Do It”, SPB does it every time. A bit Prince funk, a bit  Gary Clark Jr, the energy this guy puts out every show contagious. Another sweaty night at Moe’s that all the foxy ladies enjoyed. Room 309 invite. 27 - Brothers Comatose (w/Scott Pemberton), Concerts at Commons, Tahoe City, “Trippin’ On Down”, Scott’s band loaded in to Moe’s early afternoon on this day and Scott got some BBQ, dropped off a few guitars and then immediately skated down the bike path, guitar in hand, to join the Brother’s on the beach. Add a slide guitarist to a bluegrass band and you get a trailblazing sound. I like it! 28 - Z Man, Moe’s Original Bar B Que. “Microphone’s Mine”, I had no idea what the night had in store at Moe’s this night. A sold out show at 230 and another 100 wanting in, over 100 degrees in the room and a lot of fluids being consumed. Challenging to say the least. Fun without a doubt. Z Man and Zion I (vegan) were gentleman and a pleasure to work with. 29 - Melvin Seals and JGB, June Lake Jam Fest, June Lake CA. “That’s What Love Will Make You Do”, JLJF3! New festival for me, thank you Kyle! It was an incredible weekend near Mammoth Lakes, music, lakes, kayaking, torpedoes and friends. Not kidding you, at the end of this song the sky closed up and it started to pour in the warm afternoon, last song of the festival, no other weather issues. Good times! 30 - Crystal Garden w/Tinsley Boyd, The Crown Room, Crystal Bay Club. “Shakedown Street”, having Tinsley Boyd (Dave Matthews Band) at the CBC was a show that I was really looking forward to. About halfway through the show I realized it was really Crystal Gardens show. tons of talent on stage throughout. Shakin’. 31 - Brad Parsons, Moe’s Original Bar B Que, “Set Me Free”, wanna know what the definition of a laid back, gentleman of a performer is? Go see Brad Parsons. He and drummer Al Smith were a pure joy to work with and they put on a hell of an Americana show. 32 - Sam Bush, The Crown Room, Crystal Bay Club. “One Love”, Sam does Bob. Lots of love under the Crown for Sam that night. Lots of picking going on here. I’m sure Bob would be saying (with one eyebrow up) Irie Mon! 33 - Joe Marcinek Band, The Crown Room, Crystal Bay Club. “Eyes of the World” (Grateful Dead), as George Porter Jr entered into his bass solo on this song, monitor engineer Jerry and I were in awe. This song fucking jams. Definitely a highlight of my November. Joe, Jerry, Alan Evans and Scott Guberman mad an incredible band. I recommend a re-listen of this entire night. Thanks Charles! 34 - One Grass Two Grass, The Red Room. Crystal Bay Club. “The Road Goes on Forever”. yes a second Best of for OG2G. Like I said, they will be playing my lottery winning week party. And this Robert Earl Keen song may just be the theme of it all. 35 - Tyler Grant, Moe’s Original Bar B Que. “Listen to Your Heart”, I heard a lot of Tom Petty tribute songs after we lost him. I felt that this one was the best. Listen to your heart. Listen from your heart. 36 - Groove Session, The Crown Room, Crystal Bay Club. “Etta and Luigi”, just a great instrumental jam from a three piece that has opened up for Los Lobos. A good vibe. 37 - Dragon Smoke, The Crown Room, Crystal Bay Club. “Take Me Back”, w/Peter Joseph Burtt! Once again, how I LOVE seeing my friends make music! PJB with Eric Lindell, Ivan Neville, Stanton Moore and Robert Murcurio… Dragon Smoke. Smokin’. I am extremely proud of the home Peter has made in North Lake Tahoe and the group of friends he hangs out with. 38 - Los Lobos, The Fillmore, San Francisco. “Viking”,  I include this one in my Best of to inform friends and listeners about Los Lobos. This is a rocking song that comes from 1999’s This Time release. Everything is about everything, and this is so far from their cumbia, traditional music that many people think of when they think of the band. Heavy bass, heavy, drums, heavy sax and heavy vocals. I remember. Check out this classic video of the song, Technoviking; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvMboJDEZD0 RasBobre Recordings Best of 2018 (The Covers) Various Artists Thought this would be a nice addition to The Best of RasBobre Recordings 2018 (https://archive.org/details/TheBestOfRasBobre2018). The Covers. 01 - Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe - Show Biz Kids (Steely Dan) 02 - One Grass, Two Grass - I Know You Rider (Grateful Dead, traditional) 03 - Kanekoa - Going to California (Led Zeppelin) 04 - Los Lobos - Have You Ever Loved a Woman (Derek and The Dominos) 05 - Golden Gate Wingman - Going Down The Road Feeling Bad > And We Bid You Goodnight (Bonnie & Delaney, Grateful Dead) 06 - Bayberry Cast - Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby (Louis Jordan) 07 - Eric Johnson - Black Mountain Side (Led Zeppelin) 08 - Keyser Soze - Let’s Stay Together (Al Green) 09 - Kai & The Monsters - Under Pressure (Queen) 10 - Petty Theft - Mary Janes Last Dance (Tom Petty) 11 - Alastair Greene - Merry Go Round (Fleetwood Mac) 12 - GrooveSession - Master Blaster (Stevie Wonder) 13 - Benny, Penny & Dude - Better Now (Darden Smith) 14 - David Bromberg - Tennessee Waltz (Patti Page) 15 - Dead Winter Carpenters w/ Jeff Austin - Bird in a House (Railroad Earth) 16 - Vince & Silas Herman - Moonlight Midnight (Peter Rowan) 17 - T Sisters - I Will Survive (Diana Ross) 18 - Todd Sheaffer - Peggy O (Grateful Dead, traditional) 19 - Tracorum - Rock and Roll Heart (Lou Reed) Thanks to the sound engineers that allow me to plug into their boards and share their work; Charles Mallett, Armando Travares, Crux Audio, Peter Kowalczyk, DJE Sound & Lighting, Todd Rold, Geoff Smith RasBobre Recordings The Best of 2018 Various Artists In 2018 I uploaded 159 new recordings to archive.org, 6 to dimeadozen.com, 9 to The Blake Tapes (archive.org) and 27 aborted. That’s a total of 201 recording projects. I had 201 projects in 2017,  209 in 2016, keeping on a pretty good pace. My most popular recording of 2018 was The Kitchen Dwellers, Winter Wondergrass “Grass After Dark”, Hacienda del Lago, Tahoe City CA, 07-APRIL-2018, FOH John Riley, with 1790 downloads. This is a compilation of some of my favorite recordings of 2018. There are many reasons why I chose these songs, 35 special moments to me, whether what was going on on stage, what I was hearing, who I was with or where the songs took me in my head. I have included liner notes for each one of them. Special thanks goes out to the venues that support live music, especially in North Lake Tahoe. The Crystal Bay Club: Bill Wood. Moe’s Original Bar B Que: Eric Pilcher & Josh Wallick. Hacienda Del Lago: Rhonda Gramanz. Guitarfish Music Festival, Concerts on Commons & River Ranch Summer Concert Series: Brent Dana. Lost Sierra Hoedown: Azariah Z. Reynolds. None of these recordings would be possible without the expertise and cooperation of the sound engineers that allow me to plug into their boards and copy their work. Huge thank you’s go out to: Charles Mallett, Peter Kowalczyk, John Riley, Jerry Laurita, Armando Travares, John Dean, Sean O’Brien, Kyle Porter, Phillip Johnson, Todd Rold, Mark Materne, Larry Maldonado, Ryan Kronenberg, Geoff Smith, Chad Roberts, TJ & Crux. 1) Orgōne makes it, they don’t fake it. Smooth. Funky. Be good to your brothers, be good to your sisters. It’s the give and the take. Pretty simple message here and Orgōne delivers it with a killer horn section thrown in. They’ll be back March 16th, 2019 at the CBC. 2) Funkify Your Life. In my opinion, The Motet have gone through some changes over the past year or two, but they still bring the funk. Regardless, they bring a party. They bring people dressed in outrageous outfits. Always a good time. And a good time will be happening March 1st & 2nd, 2019 in The Crown Room. 3) Smoking’ at the CBC. Stick Figure is todays roots, rock, reggae and they bring a sell out, smokin’ crowd. A positive band with the right mix of f bombs thrown in, RasBobre’s kind of music. Smokin’. 4) Dancing in the desert like a joshua tree? I’d love to know where this song came from. Perhaps a night around the campfire in a desert. Regardless, 1G2G gets a crowd going with this one. I’m really looking forward (and you should too) to seeing these guys make their debut at WinterWonderGrass Festival Squaw Valley MARCH 29th-31st, 2019. 5) G. Love laying down the Cold Beverage hip hop at 46 years old. The exact thing a 46 year old man should be hopping about. Drink up and throw up a peace sign for G. 6) Old Salt Union at Haceinda del Lago’s WinterWonderGrass “Grass After Dark”. As FOH Engineer, John Riley shouts at the end of the opening scat, “That was fucking awesome!” Old Salt Union is fucking awesome. Look for big things from this band, they’re definitely on the radar. 7) In my opinion the Kyle Hollingsworth Band is so much better than with String Cheese Incident. I’m sure some people would argue with me about that, send me a DM because “That’s the Way That it Goes”. Everyone knows. 8) Made in Tahoe, Bayberry Cast plays the jazz. I’m not sure which I enjoy more in this song, Darcy’s vocal range or the smooth band. Speaking of Happiness, the soloing in this song is masterful. Look for Darcy and husband Lucas hosting open mic nights at Rosie’s Cafe, Tahoe City on most Tuesday nights. 9) I suspect that Trevor Hall’s love is his audience, because he certainly brings a sold out crowd to his shows. Rootsy, folk. reggae a perfect blend mixed on the final night of the Gamble DCX40 in the Crown Room. It was an epic run Jim Gamble, I miss that dinosaur and the man. 10) A new song from Peter Joseph Burtt and the King Tide at Guitarfish Festival! Blue & Green, reggae style, with Ibou N’gom on percussion from SambaDá and some cat named Jeff on the trumpet. PJB&TKT has played every Guitarfish and for good reason, they bring it every time. The new album is mastered and will be released soon. 11) There was a lot of talk about how Diggin’ Dirt blew the roof off a tent at High Sierra Music Festival this year and I was bummed that I didn’t get a chance to get there and see them. Good job Brent Dana, Big Tree Productions on the booking at the perfect location on the Truckee River and River Ranch Lodge. Soul music with lots of love in the audience. Leather Tramp, refined, yet hungry, with a soulful sax solo that takes you right there with the down and out. 12) Whether Ron Artis II plays a searing blues guitar or as in this one, picks up the acoustic to sing a song of truth and desires. Be a Little Light in The World, try it.  For my friends in New Orleans, look for Ron Artis II and The Truth at Tipitina’s opening for G. Love & Special Sauce 14-FEB-2019. 13) Moe’s Original Bar B Que is back with cajun natural funk and focused groovesman Eric Lindell for their Grand Re-Opening Party at the new location in the Roundhouse Mall, Tahoe City Marina. Bayou Country in the mountains from a man that delivers a great show whether solo or with Dragon Smoke. From a restaurant that “gets live music”. Look for Eric to be back at Moe’s some time soon, it’s an unstoppable relationship. 14) Steve Poltz paints a picture with every song he sings. This one is a dark story about a hermit with a sewing machine written on a challenge. With the stage loaded with approximately 20 young kids at the Guitarfish Festival, Cisco Grove, I seriously wonder what was going through their heads on this one.   15) Big Sam brings big funk to The Crown Room. Love On My Side, shouldn’t we all? Big Sam throws in a Black & Gold, Who Dat?! Who Dat?! line in this song in reference to his hometown New Orlean Saints. Nice one! 16) Local Truckee artists Serina Dawn and Mark Sexton break down a blues break up song with soul and blistering guitar solos at Concerts at Commons, Tahoe City. A little Joplin/Potter like, Serina has the raspy voice of a blues rocker, a unique style that I look forward to hearing more of. A real Silver Lining to our local music scene. 17) Sold out with shenanigans to the brim this night at the CBC. A budding crowd that sang along to every word to Budding Trees that left me corner stage in awe to the connection Nahko Bear had with his fans. 18) I felt it. Another Bitch on the Run. This time Samantha Fish at the CBC had her full band, an added horn section and back up singer. A bit different than the broken down three piece blues version of her band that I originally saw at High Sierra Music Festival, but all the same blistering good. 19) Listen to this mix of 80’s alternative rockers The BoDeans with headphones on. Trippy. Always fun to have an 80’s band of this stature come through the CBC, they’re not fading away, just getting older and better. Aren’t we all? 20) The Red Room consistently brings a party. San Geronimo parties. Hailing from West Marin, San Geronimo plays psychedelic, California soul music. A wet dance floor, egocentricities, and too many things on my mind to even think about that girl. 21) Reed Foehl, never met him before, but after his set we were friends. Didn’t take that long. Great job by the Crown Room fan base to sing along to a total stranger. Friends were definitely made and if you have a chance to see Reed, don’t hesitate, he’s a masterful folk. americana, roots, friendly musician. 22) Well there’s a lot I could say about a Todd Snider show, but take a listen to this track I pulled from his CBC show. Maybe a little eccentric, perhaps a little too honest with his songs and stage banter, but he has an engaging act. And an alright guy. 23) The Hoedown, Lost Sierra Hoedown, Johnsville CA, Joe Kaplow in The Lodge. Imagine this; an old ski lodge, I mean old, there was no house electricity and padlocks to secure when not in use. And what it’s used for is beyond me other than the Lost Sierra Hoedown and the annual Plumas Ski Club Downhill Races, since the ski area itself closed in the mid 1990’s. Johnsville Ski Bowl was the first sport ski area in the western hemisphere opening in 1860 when nearby towns were called Whiskey Diggings, Poker Flat and Port Wine to name a few. Longboard ski racing was the sport with competitors reaching world record speeds of 80 mph. Singer/songwriter Kaplow, sits down in front of a circular fireplace and belts out songs from his heart with passion. "How Old is My Soul?" The soul of this festival and location is historic in itself in 2018. 24) I first met Jordan Smart when he played Moe’s Original Bar B Que in 2015. He was a single man living in Monterey playing coffee houses. Today, he’s a married man with a beautiful daughter. “ I Will Be With You Tonight”, from The Lost Sierra Hoedown is a song about a loved lost, but only in dreams. Don’t lose the chance to see Jordan whenever he’s playing nearby, you’ll love him. 25) The Mother Hips, again at The Lost Sierra Hoedown, headliners on Saturday night. The Hips bring it and when Chico organizers were booking for 2018, what better band to get than fellow townsmen Hips? The Hips had been on hiatus since Tim Bluhms accident, but they are back. Killer set to close out the night. 26) Finally, closing out The Lost Sierra Hoedown, The Stone Foxes hypnotized the crowd with the free flowing sweat of Shannon Koehler and the free flowing whiskey and a Shotski. Pure magic Sunday night that gave me just the right amount of energy to drive home immediately following their late night set. Look for the newly reformed Stone Foxes opening up for The Magpie Salute (Rich Robinson, Marc Ford & Sven Pipien of the Black Crowes) in Berkeley, Folsom and Reno in January 2019. 27) “Gone Are The Days”, Darren Senn was gifted the opportunity to perform to a near sold out seated Crown Room, opening for the great David Bromberg. Singing songs from his relic life, telling stories from his heart and ultimately getting pressed to CD and streaming on Spotify, Pandora and SoundCloud. Like Darren said, “How did this happen?” He might not be chasing the ice cream truck anymore, but he has many great days ahead of him performing his craft. 28) Bromberg plays the blues. A catchy lyrical song about relationship issues with searing  soloing and flavorful vocals. I had never seen David Bromberg before and thank you Crystal Bay Club for the booking and opportunity to work with him. He is a kind, precise gentleman with a pinch of humor. Look for Bromberg touring January 2019 with Los Lobos’ David Hidalgo and Larry Campbell. Now that would be a show to see! 29) I can never get enough Whiskey. Poor Man’s Whiskey. Nor “My Sierra Girl”, as the train rolls by the Truckee River….. PMW @ The CBC playing Darkside of The Moonshine with The Wizard of Oz on the tv’s was a sight to see and hear. A full house with a Dorothy and a Toto or two, the bands lost costumes and some in crowd acoustic playing made for an incredible night. Can’t wait for their next visit! 30) OMG! DWC killed it this night in Reno. I have seen the Dead Winter Carpenters way too many times to even guess, but this night at Cargo @ The Whitney Peak Hotel they simply crushed it. I have been heartbroken and skeptical that this band can ever get to higher levels when they lose an outstanding band member as they have, but then they reform and come back better than ever. I will never second guess the talents in this band. “Tahoe Gal” goes all over the place on this psychedelic version with a drum intro, Swimley Hendrix and Jeni all over the place on the fiddle. 31) Margo Cilker and The Cargo Milkers at Pignic Pub, Reno. Margo sings about wishing to be someone else in this one, “Brother, Taxman, Preacher”. She may wish to be someone in the lyrical form, but what she is in real life is a kickass country singer/guitarist! I’ve worn out my bluetooth on this concert recording, take a listen to the full set and if you like what you hear, go see her at Moody’s, Truckee, on the 11th & 12th of January 2019 or at The 40 Mile Saloon in Reno on the 15th. You can thank me later. 32) “Burn It Down”, Lobos, from The Fillmore, San Francisco. This song from Tin Can Trust came at a time in my life that I was going through changes and it really helped me out. Might be a bit direct, but much better than saying c'est la vie. It’s not a popular Lobos song and I was happy to hear them pull it out of their song bag. 33) Tracorum is a San Francisco based  rock and soul, rhythm and blues band that is just loaded with talent. “On The Radio”, wouldn’t it be nice to hear Tracorum on the radio? Again, this song just tells a story in my head. I remember listening to the radio, I still do at times just to try to catch a tune like this. Smooth listening in the Red Room. 34) “Alphabet Aerobics” by Blackalicious has to be the trickiest, fastest lyrical song that I have heard in The Crown Room. I wasn’t looking forward to this show to be honest due to an earlier hip hop show with an up and coming artist, but Gift of Gab and the rest were old skool, respectable and professional. 35) This was a birthday party, but felt like a gift to all that was in attendance at Moe’s Bar B Que for Eric and Z’s birthday celebration. Willy Tea Taylor is a baseball fan and he sings about it. Both birthday celebrants are big baseball fans and we had a Jr. Giant Hall of Famer in the house. Knuckleball Prime was a big hit on a big night.