Fribootdayleg. Hayden, Madison, 2-28-02
Does the title make sense? Not really. Do you get what I’m going to try and bring you every friday? Yes? You can shift your over-active brains into slow-mo mode to try and pick up what I’m throwing down? Good. Very goood.
Hayden is and has been for a very long time one of my favorite singer/songwriters. I forget how I was turned on to him, but some kid lent me his 45s when I was in High School and I never gave them back. He emailed me on MySpace just a few months ago wondering where they ended up and I have no idea — but I would suspect that they are worth a few bucks on ebay. Haydens been with me on plenty of adventures. I rarely leave the house without him on my ipod or stuck in my head.
So yeah. I’m a Hayden fanboy. I’m not ashamed. I’m ashamed that you’re not one.
The very first bootleg in this series is going to be one that I recorded. The quality is ok, you get to hear me talking to random people (Haydens girlfriend) in the beginning and trying to get a good microphone position, but by track 3 I’ve got it all sorted out and the quality is very good. It’s at a bar and even though I believe tickets were $12, there are still plenty of people there to drink that I don’t think even realized a show was going on — so there is some crowd noise issues from time to time.
This post also feeds into the next post in our 50 states project: Wisconsin. As I drove down from Minneapolis for the show I was faced with many obstacles. It was snowing and hailing so hard that Hayden (who was also in Minneap. the night before) commented he thought the windshield on his van was going to give out. When I showed up to the show — frightfully early — I found out it was 21+ and I was still 19. Luckily, as I was hanging out outside trying to figure out my options (songs: ohia was playing across the street) I saw Hayden pull up in his van. I introduced myself and offered to help him out with his stuff if he could get me into the show. Everything obviously worked out, a-ok.
Without further ado, Hayden – Live in Madison. Recorded on February 18, 2002.
Hayden – Live in Madison – Track 1
Hayden – Live in Madison – Track 2
Hayden – Live in Madison – Track 3
Hayden – Live in Madison – Track 4
Hayden – Live in Madison – Track 5
Hayden – Live in Madison – Track 6
Hayden – Live in Madison – Track 7
Hayden – Live in Madison – Track 8
Hayden – Live in Madison – Track 9
Hayden – Live in Madison – Track 10
Hayden – Live in Madison – Track 11
Hayden – Live in Madison – Track 12
Hayden – Live in Madison – Track 13
Hayden – Live in Madison – Track 14
Hayden – Live in Madison – Track 15
Hayden – Live in Madison – Track 16
Hayden – Live in Madison – Track 17
Hayden – Live in Madison – Track 18
Hayden – Live in Madison – Track 19
Wow, thanks for this post.
April 13th 2007 - 4:12pm