Photos by Tom Brandt
Set opener, “Loves Me More”, set 1, Byron’s Bar, Pomeroy, Iowa, 10/16/21, Curtis McMurtry and Diana Burgess. “Spite Pop”.
Curtis McMurtry & Diana Burgess “Loves Me More” 10/16/21 Byron’s Bar Set 1 Opener
Category: NW Iowa Live Music
Archive of live music performances local to Northwest Iowa.
Michael Charles “I’m Nobody’s Fool” 10/17/21 Byron’s Bar, Pomeroy, IA
Recording Notes:
Last song, first set, 10/17/21 “I’m Nobody’s Fool”
Audience recording, Zoom H2n, about 8′ from the stage to the right, about 8′ high
eMastered: widened stereo, raised volume a notch, raised bass & mid a notch, reduced high a notch
converted to mp3 320 kbps for web use
audacity: fades
Chad Elliott & Friends 10/10/21 End of Set 3
Chad Elliott
Kevin Boehnke
Kathryn Fox
Nate Benzing
First Performance, “Troubled Land”, Chad Elliott & Friends, long version, 10/10/21 Byron’s Bar, Pomeroy, IA
Chad Elliott
Kevin Boehnke
Kathryn Fox
Nate Benzing
Poster: Mark Gerking
Photos: Tom Brandt
Recording: Steve Ross
Mastering: eMastered
Chad Elliott & Friends “Homefire Blues” 10/10/21, Byron’s Bar, Pomeroy, IA
“Homefire Blues” (from Wreck And Ruin)
10/10/21 Byron’s Bar, Pomeroy, IA (set opener)
Chad Elliott
Kevin Boehnke
Kathryn Fox
Nate Benzing
Full audio, when it’s processed, will be posted here:
Society Of Broken Souls “Trouble You No More”, 10/3/21 Byron’s Bar, Pomeroy, IA
Society of Broken Souls is the Folk Noir songwriting duo of multi-instrumentalists Dennis James and Lauryn Shapter (that’s mostly swiped from their web site). They’re from Fairfield, Iowa.
Shapter specifically asked me not to upload the night to Archive.org, based on her dissatisfaction with parts of the three sets due to the condition of her voice and a couple of missed chords. I argued valiantly that nobody would ever hear the chords (wherever they were) but until I convince her otherwise (evil grin), that’s the way it is.
She DID however acquiesce to my pleading for permission to just post a song or two on my own site, so we’ve selected the opening number, which we’d like to turn into a regular practice around here for the Pomeroy shows. This is a particularly appropriate day to do that since Facebook has been down for hours now.
“Anna Lee” (Elmore James version), Matt Woods Band, 9/26/21, Byron’s Bar, Pomeroy, IA
Matt Woods Band
Matt Woods, guitar, vocals
Erich Gaukel, bass
Dwight Dario, drums
Band was also joined by Jammin’ Jimmy Shieffer, harp and vocals, not included in this track.
Recording information:
Zoom H2n, side mics set at -4, gain set at 4, about “6 paces back” from twin Bose L1’s, to the right, about 8′ high.
Wav -> eMastered: EQ (widened the stereo a notch, raised the lows a notch, lowered the highs a notch and bumped the loudness a notch) -> Mp3 -> Audacity: fades, labels
Shawn Holt & The Teardrops “Shake Your Moneymaker” 9/19/21 Byron’s Bar, Pomeroy, IA
Shawn Holt & The Teardrops “Shake Your Moneymaker”, (Elmore James 1961), Set opener, set 2, 9/19/21, Byron’s Bar
David Zollo & The Body Electric “Dead Flowers” 9/10/21, 5:13 Bar, Spencer, IA
“Dead Flowers”, Jagger/Richards (1971)
David Zollo & Body Electric “Excuse Me (I Think I’ve Got A Heartache)”, 9/10/21, 5:13 Bar, Spencer, IA
set opener, set 1, wait for it, takes about 45 seconds for the audience to quiet, intro is usually longer, but edited here for talking
Excuse Me (I Think I’ve Got A Heartache) – Buck Owens (1960)
Body Electric:
David Zollo keyboard, vocals
Brian Cooper drums
Ryan Bernemann bass
Randall Davis guitar
Deeper listen: mixed down to mono to eliminate some out-of-phase audience noise, eMastered to widen stereo width and bring up the lows and mids a notch, returned to two tracks with fades:
“Pickled Peaches”, Ryne Doughty, 9/5/21, Byron’s Bar, Pomeroy, IA
Brian Johannesen and Ryne Doughty alternated sets on this night. This is Ryne’s set two opener:
“Customer Of The Month”, Brian Johannesen, 9/5/21, Bryon’s Bar, Pomeroy, IA
Ryne Doughty and Brian Johannesen played Byron’s Bar in Pomeroy, IA on Sunday September 5, 2021. We’ll have the full show up soon at Internet Archive, but in the meantime, here’s a song by Brian, “Customer Of The Month” that spoke to me. According to Johannesen, it was inspired by his college roommate who ate the same plain peanut butter sandwich with Lay’s regular potato chips every day. There were certainly songs of arguably greater importance by both singers throughout the night, but sometimes I need the mundane stuff.