"Jerry Day" 2007

[johnaec]

OK - time for this year's report on the annual "Jerry Day" gig Bo does sound for, held at the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in McLaren Park, San Francisco.

I didn't get there until almost 3pm this time, so I missed some of the early music. Workingman's Ed was playing as we arrived - I could hear the kick drum way before anything else, (which thankfully appeared to be turned down shortly thereafter!).

Sound was very good, but Bo will have to fill you in on all the equipment used. Weather was overcast this time, but that didn't seem to dampen anyone's spirits!

I've posted some pics below.

First is Bo in his usual position, (FOH).
Second is Workingman's Ed.
Third is Melvin Seals and the JGB.
Fourth is one side of the stage. I'm not sure what speaker cabinets those are, but there were stacks of Lab Gruppen amps!
Last is a pic of the crowd, up towards Bo's position. The seats were empty a littl here because it was either a break or they were dancing, (it was so crowded my GF and I had to sit on the grass!).

A great time was had by all! And great sound, Bo!

John

[Mr. Widget]

Lookin' good there Bo... sorry I missed it.

Looks like you had a good turn out despite the typical SF summer weather.


Widget

[boputnam]

Hey...

Thanks for the nudge.

Tremendous day of music. The bands were all excellent, and great people to work with. A great tribute to the work of Jerry.

Jelly
Workingman's Ed
JGB Band

The weather, well, it is San Francisco in the summer... , but it is Jerry Day in San Francisco!!

The system comprised L-Acoustics ARCS (arrayed 4 per side) a-top 2 SB218 subs. I spec'd this cabinet configuration for this year - I wasn't completely happy with the mid-bass response last year. The improvement was remarkable. Coverage, as last-year, was seamless, and tonality remarkable. We used two of my 115XT's as center fills (plenty). Driveracks were xta 448's and LabGruppen amps (~40,000w total). Overall, about the perfect system for that venue. FOH and monitorworld were Yamaha PM4000 (and 4000M); we used only 7 mixes on stage. The Yammies are terrific desks - clean, tons of headroom and (again...) great tonality. They weight over 1,000-lbs in the roadcase, so getting it to FOH up that hill is a difficult challenge. Anyway... Fully parametric EQ on every strip. Outboard gear was mixed, a dozen 160A's (love these), couple 1066's (wasn't as fond of these), couple DS404's(these are OK - I prefer/am used to the response of the KT DN514+), and a dbx162 SL across the stereo buss (I like this a lot, but get by with my Drawmer 1968 just fine, and it takes only 1RU... ).

System gear came from Sound on Stage. An amazing group to work with. Two 16-ft trucks (due to access issues) and four smiling guys (systems engineer, monitor engineer, head tech and crew). I use them every chance I get...

Rental Hammond B3 (for Melvin Seals, JGB), Ampeg SVT bass rig (for Marty Holland, JGB) and DW Kit (for Dave Kemper, JGB) were provided by Studio Instrument Rentals, SF. On-time, effecient, as-promised and lightening quick on load out. Thanks, SIR!! Lastly, Generators Unlimited provided the trailer-mounted gen set (24 KW, 250 amp). I've had two gigs with GU over the past two-weeks and they are flawlessly reliable. Thank-you!

Crowd estimate was 3,500 strong. I'm guessing john's picture showed some vacant seats from people queued for the loo...

[boputnam]

...I could hear the kick drum way before anything else, (which thankfully appeared to be turned down shortly thereafter!).

Workingman's Ed had two full Kits, and one of them has two kicks (do the math... lol), so, it can get pretty punchy!

I'm guessing your arrival time was during dual drummers, and they finished their set with only the one (thus the change). As well, there could have been some coupling with the hillside during your walk in - I was told it sounded good over the hilll... :dont-know

[Mr. Widget]

I was told it sounded good over the hilll...

Widget

[buddy plant]

Very nice shindig... It looks like everyone had a high time... I can just about smell the patchouli oil... Thanks for the pics gents... nothing left to do but smile, smile smile...

[00Robin]

LOVE the Hammond B3's and Leslies's..they growl!

[richluvsound]

Hey Bo,

is that the lab grummpen stuff driving the array ? whats the verdict on it ?

Rich