Finally the holidays are over and I have the opportunity to sit down and catalog what I have in the way of Taarka bootlegs.

 

A couple of people wrote to me expressing interest in copies; PLEASE write again as my sweet and lovely wife accidentally erased my .pst file which contained the entire contents of my inbox.  Completely unrecoverable.  Life goes on, even without an email record….

 

Here is what I have right now, although I have more than a handful of promises to receive other shows; I estimate that some 25 shows have been recorded.  I would love to get my hand on the opening set we did for YMSB on 11-14-02.  Of course, my favorite show of 2002, the Owl n Thistle on 9-28, was not recorded.  There is a video/soundboard recording of the Tractor Tavern show on 11-30 that I will have a copy of very soon.

 

I have a pretty rough recording of 6-6-02 at the Snake & Weasel.  C- quality. (this is due to the room sound, not the archivist).

 

There is a great sounding soundboard/mic blend from Horning's Hideaway main stage 8-17-02 B+ quality.

 

The widely distributed Mt Tabor 8-17-02 (2 discs) I would give a C+ or B+ depending on which source (and I have two) but my own performance gets a C-. 

 

And a soundboard from the Boom Boom Room in SF 9-19-02 with Paul Hanson (Bela Fleck and many more) sitting in which is only partial from the second set. A- quality, but only five songs.

 

I recently updated my website and am in the process of uploading some Taarka and other bootleg mp3’s for a boots page – it will be up by the end of the month.  http://www.jameswhiton.com

 

Thanks for listening,

 

-jw