Paul Simon (w/ Bob Dylan)
Gorge Amphitheatre
George, WA
June 13, 1999
JEMS Master

Taping Gear: Nakamichi 700 mics > Sony D8 DAT Recorder

Transfer: DAT master > Sony 75ES > Wavelab 5 capture 16/48 .wav > iZotope RX 5 and Ozone 5 mastering > iZotope MBIT+ resample to 16/44.1 > Audacity > TLH > Flac

	
01 Bridge Over Troubled Water 
02 Can´t Run But> The Boy In The Bubble 
03 The Coast 
04 Trailway Bus 
05 Mrs. Robinson 
06 Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard 
07 Further To Fly 
08 Graceland 
09 The Cool, Cool River 
10 Slip Sliding Away> Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes 
11 You Can Call Me Al 

(encores) 

12 Late In The Evening 
13 Still Crazy After All These Years 
14 The Sound Of Silence (Duet with Bob Dylan - Bob on harp) 
15 I Walk The Line >> Blue Moon Of Kentucky 
16 Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Duet with Bob Dylan) 


Paul Simon - Guitar, vocals
Bob Dylan - Harmonica, guitar

The band of the tour consisted of (Please note that not all these members were present at all shows):

Vincent Nguini - Guitar 
Bakithi Kumalo - Bass 
Steve Gadd - Drums 
Mark Stewart - Guitars, Cello, Saxophone, selfmade instruments 
Tony Cedras - Accordeon, Keyboard, Guitars 
Andy Snitzer - Saxophone, Synthesizer 
Jay Ashby - Trombone, Percussion 
Jamey Haddad - Percussion 
Alain Mallet - Keyboard, Accordion 
Randy Brecker - Trumpet 
Steve Shehan - Percussion 
Harper Simon - Guitar 
Chris Botti - Trumpet 


In the wake of the passing of our partner Jared (the J in JEMS), the JEMS Archive has moved south, giving me the opportunity/burden of going through thousands of tapes as well as several hard drives onto which Jared put many tape transfers he made in the last five or so years. Here’s another one of the latter, capturing the Paul Simon half of a co-headlining tour stop with Bob Dylan at the Gorge Amphitheatre.

On hand for this one were Jared and SG, the S in JEMS, who can be heard at the end of the show shouting “More!” after Dylan joins Simon for series of duets.

Jared was running his Nak 700s in the hat this night, and while there’s a bit of excited crowd noise around, overall this is very solid capture and pleasurable listen. Samples provided.

We shared the recording with frogster who sent some additional insights on the performance:  "A really fun show. Paul's playing this night is pretty solid (as always) and of course, having by his side the one and only Bob Dylan in the encores made the things so much better. 
The sound is really clear and all the instruments are easily discernible. The banter between songs is really loud, the public is really into the concert and Paul responds accordingly. This show also freatures a great cover of Johnny Cash's "I Walk the Line".
Paul is in a talkative mood and he proudly presents his band mates. When he introduces Bob Dylan to the stage, the reaction is... Wow, quite loud.
I'm sure this will be an improvement or at least a good alternative to the other circulating recording of this show (LB-07143) and will please the collectors out there."

Thanks to frogster for volunteering to do some posting on JEMS’ behalf. Many hands make light work. Also thanks to Jared and SG for recording the show in the first place and making that horrible drive over the mountains and back.

BK for JEMS