Well I thought I'd seen every potential variation of recording a band, but every once in a while you get to experience something entirely new, and extremely fun. Monday was one of those times.

I had wandered over to the House of Blues to tape Limbeck doing an exclusive acoustic set for Lullabyes, before their gig with The Format later that night. I had planned to record them through the soundboard, but the doors to the venue had opened earlier than expected and that wasn't going to be option.

Rising to the challenged, we decided we were going to get an acoustic set one way or another - so we ended up on a landing in the the stair well leading up to the dressing rooms, with yours truly holding up microphones while the lads in Limbeck played in a little semi-circle around me. There's a first time for everything!

We taped two songs in the stairwell and then two songs in the "small" secondary venue at the House of Blues called The Cambridge Room. Even though the session was captured in the most low-fi way imaginable the recordings came out beautifully.

The acoustic interpretations of Limbeck's normally electric songs highlighted gorgeous (and perfect) backing harmonies along with their strength as musicians and songwriters.

I'm excited to offer these fantastic and exclusive recordings of Limbeck. Enjoy!

Live MP3 MP3s:
Trouble
Names for Dogs

Limbeck's touring extensively over the next couple of months - be sure to check them.

Tour Dates:
7/22 St. Petersburg, FL
7/24 Ft. Lauderdale, FL
7/25 Atlanta, GA
7/26 New Orleans, LA
7/27 Memphis, TN
7/28 Tulsa, OK
7/29 Albuquerque, NM
7/31 San Diego, CA
8/1 Hollywod, CA
8/2 Anaheim, CA
8/3 San Francisco, CA
8/4 San Francisco, CA
8/5 Seattle, WA
8/7 Vancouver, BC
8/9 Calgary, Alberta
8/10 Edmonton, AB
8/11 Saskatoon, SK
8/12 Winnipeg, MB
8/15 Ottawa, ON
8/15 Rochester, NY
8/16 Toronto, ON
8/18 So. Burlington, VT
8/19 Boston, MA
8/21 New York, NY
8/22 Sayreville, NJ
8/23 Philadelphia, PA
8/24 Norfolk, VA
8/25 Washington, DC
8/26 Carrboro, NC
8/28 Cincinatti, OH
8/29 Cleveland, OH
8/29 Cleveland, OH
8/30 Grand Rapids, MI
8/31 Detroit, MI
9/1 Chicago, IL
9/2 St Paul, MN
9/4 Iowa City, IA
9/5 Sauget, IL
9/6 Lawrence, KS
9/7 Eaglewood, CO

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