Doc & Merle Watson - Bear's Sonic Journals: Never the Same Way Once: Live At The Boarding House

Total download size: 11.2 GB Total play length: 5:34:56 Cover art and liner notes included

This set contains all four nights of this legendary performance at the Boarding House. Purchase each night's set individually here:

Never the Same Way Once : Live At The Boarding House (Night 1 - May 1, 1974)

Never the Same Way Once : Live At The Boarding House (Night 2 - May 2, 1974)

Never the Same Way Once : Live At The Boarding House (Night 3 - May 3, 1974)

Never the Same Way Once : Live At The Boarding House (Night 4 - May 4, 1974)

"The most extraordinary Doc Watson ever captured on tape. Ever.” –Robert Baird, Stereophile, Recording of the Month (October 2017)

“A legend recording a legend.” – T. Michael Coleman, Bass

Previously-unreleased live recordings of Doc and Merle Watson from the archive of legendary soundman and counter-culture icon Owsley Stanley.

Audiophile production, mastered from the original archive tapes by Owsley’s hand-picked engineer, Jeffrey Norman, and re-clocked by Plangent Processes to remove timing distortions.

· Doc Watson was an American guitarist, songwriter and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues and gospel music, who won 7 Grammys, and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
· Owsley Stanley, the soundman for The Grateful Dead, was the father of the modern rock and roll concert sound system.
· This is the first release by the Owsley Stanley Foundation from Bear’s Sonic Journals, Owsley’s storied trove of 1300+ live concert recordings from the 1960s and 1970s, including recordings by Miles Davis, Johnny Cash, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Fleetwood Mac, Janis Joplin, and more than 80 other diverse artists and idioms.
· Liner notes include a new interview with bassist T. Michael Coleman, an essay by Starfinder Stanley, son of Owsley Stanley, and original artwork by Mike DuBois.

"The late Owsley "Bear" Stanley spent his life raising consciousness. Whether it was mixing up jars of LSD, building his famous Wall of Sound PA system for the Grateful Dead, or supervising the creation of an incredible library of live recordings, Bear Stanley was after a certain purity, a higher level of quality, epiphanies... Bear certainly did know how to record in this room. The audience is audible, as are the between-tune exchanges among the three men—and most of Doc's jokes are funny. The tapes were processed using the Plangent system, to correct any wow and flutter and to recover lost frequencies. The result is exceptional sound, intimate yet three-dimensional." -Robert Baird, Stereophile Recording of the Month (October 2017)

About the Owsley Stanley Foundation:
The Owsley Stanley Foundation is a 501c(3) dedicated to the preservation of “Bear’s Sonic Journals,” Owsley’s archive of more than 1,300 live concert soundboard recordings from the 1960s and 1970s, including recordings by Miles Davis, Johnny Cash, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Fleetwood Mac, Janis Joplin, and more than 80 other artists across nearly every musical idiom. All proceeds to the Foundation from the development of the recordings further the continuing charitable purpose of preserving Bear’s Sonic Journals and perpetuating Owsley's legacy.

play pause	1. Salty Dog Blues
play pause	2. Doc's Talking
play pause	3. Blue Yodel No 1 (T For Texas)
play pause	4. Miss the Mississippi and You
play pause	5. Wabash Cannonball
play pause	6. Nancy Rowland
play pause	7. Solid Gone
play pause	8. Tennessee Stud
play pause	9. Frosty Morn
play pause	10. Matchbox Blues
play pause	11. Mama Don't Allow
play pause	12. Deep Elem Blues
play pause	13. Introduction
play pause	14. Good Old Mountain Dew
play pause	15. Travellin' Man
play pause	16. Miss the Mississippi and You
play pause	17. Wabash Cannonball
play pause	18. Leather Britches / Cotton Eyed Joe
play pause	19. A Rovin' On A Winter's Night
play pause	20. Tennessee Stud
play pause	21. Black Mountain Rag
play pause	22. St James Infirmary
play pause	23. Love Me
play pause	24. Blue Suede Shoes
play pause	25. Sweet Georgia Brown
play pause	26. Lonesome Moan
play pause	27. Clouds Gwine Roll Away
play pause	28. Three Times Seven
play pause	29. Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia
play pause	30. Poor Boy Blues
play pause	31. Nancy Rowland / Salt Creek
play pause	32. Alberta
play pause	33. Movin' On
play pause	34. Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!
play pause	35. Walk On Boy
play pause	36. Nothin' To It
play pause	37. Blue Railroad Train
play pause	38. Brown's Ferry Blues
play pause	39. Beaumont Rag
play pause	40. New River Train
play pause	41. Doggone My Time
play pause	42. Peace Pickin' Time In Georgia
play pause	43. Poor Boy Blues
play pause	44. Nancy Rowland / Salt Creek
play pause	45. Alberta
play pause	46. Natural Born Gambling Man
play pause	47. Doc's Guitar
play pause	48. Matchbox Blues
play pause	49. Streamlined Cannonball
play pause	50. Summertime
play pause	51. Love Me
play pause	52. Blue Suede Shoes
play pause	53. Mama Don't Allow
play pause	54. Freight Train Boogie
play pause	55. Life Gets Teejus Don't It
play pause	56. Miss the Mississippi and You
play pause	57. Wabash Cannonball
play pause	58. Leather Britches / Cotton - Eyed Joe
play pause	59. Bye Bye Bluebell
play pause	60. Tennessee Stud
play pause	61. South Coast
play pause	62. Sweet Georgia Brown
play pause	63. St James Infirmary
play pause	64. Step It Up and Go
play pause	65. Jailhouse Rock
play pause	66. Introduction
play pause	67. Way Down Town
play pause	68. Billboard Song
play pause	69. Blue Yodel #1 (T For Texas)
play pause	70. Miss the Mississippi and You
play pause	71. Poor Boy Blues
play pause	72. Nancy Rowland / Old Joe Clark
play pause	73. Chicken Road
play pause	74. The Last Thing On My Mind
play pause	75. Solid Gone
play pause	76. South Coast
play pause	77. Going Down The Road Feelin' Bad
play pause	78. Summertime
play pause	79. Love Me
play pause	80. Jailhouse Rock
play pause	81. Hound Dog
play pause	82. Brown's Ferry Blues
play pause	83. Gambler's Yodel
play pause	84. Peach Pickin' Time in Georgia
play pause	85. Wabash Cannonball
play pause	86. Beaumont Rag
play pause	87. In The Jailhouse Now
play pause	88. Lovesick Blues
play pause	89. Black Mountain Rag
play pause	90. Tennessee Stud
play pause	91. St James Infirmary
play pause	92. Sheik of Araby
play pause	93. Step It Up and Go
play pause	94. Mama Don't Allow No Music