I’m constantly looking for new music and I’ve found shows to be a great place to do some recon. Amidst the Eagles and Eva Cassidy filled hallways, there are some gems to be heard. To properly demonstrate their gear, vendors tend to select the best recordings they could get their hands on. That said, there’s no better way of evaluating gear than to bring your own music to these shows.

I’ve sprinkled a few the demo tracks in my show report. Here are a few more from the show:

  • Gaia – James Taylor
  • Adios Nonino (Tango Rapsoida) – Astor Piazzolla
  • Abangoma (The Healers) – Hugh Masekela
  • Uptownship – Hugh Masekela
  • Poisonous Shadows – Megadeth
  • Tin Pan Alley (AKA Roughest Place in Town) – Stevie Ray Vaughan
  • A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – Harry Connick, Jr.
  • Die Tanzerin – Ulla Meinecke
  • Jamaica Farewell – Caetano Veloso
  • Isn’t this a Lovely Day? – Ella Fitzgerald
  • New Favorite – Alison Krauss
  • When I Fall in Love – Keith Jarett
  • Bella Luna – Jason Mraz
  • Black Magic Woman – Patricia Barber
  • He’s Late – Phoebe Killdeer & the Short Straws
  • Lie Awake – Alison Krauss & Union Station
  • Born Under a Bad Sign – Jimi Hendrix
  • Spinning Wheel – Blood, Sweat, & Tears
  • Berimbass – Renaud Gracia-Fons
  • Something’s Gotta Give – Jacintha
  • Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Sara Bareilles
  • You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To – Art Pepper
  • Rosalie: How Long Has This Been Going On – Ben Webster
  • Tarnation – Chris Thile
  • No Pude Olvidarte – Binomio de Oro de America
  • Blue Moon – Dean Martin
  • Nardis – Patricia Barber
  • Eleanor Rigby – Musica Nuda
  • Berdus – Ekrem Duzgunoglu
  • Cayo Coco (Originally “Montuno Orita”) – Dave Pike
  • Here Comes the Flood – Erlend Bratland
  • Give you the World – Yello
  • Rio Seco – Juana Molina
  • Mercy Street – Peter Gabriel
  • Walkin’ Down the Road – Eric Clapton
  • After Midnight – Allan Vegenfeldt
  • When the Levee Breaks – Vanessa Fernandez
  • 88 Basie Street – Count Basie Orchestra
  • Crazy – Dave’s True Story
  • Sparrows Over Birmingham – Josh Rouse
  • Daraijin – Kodo
  • Scherazade, Op.35: I. The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship – L’Ochestre de la Suisse Romande
  • Thanks to You – Boz Scaggs
  • Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
  • Ain’t No Sunshine featuring Tracy Chapman – Buddy Guy
  • True Love Ways – Buddy Holly
  • Virus – Bjork
  • My Romance – Gene Ammons
  • No More Blues – Robert Gambarini
  • I’ve Got the Music in Me – Thelma Houston
  • Tenessee Waltz – Holly Cole Trio
  • You and Your Friend – Dire Straits
  • St. Luis Blues – Dave Brubeck
  • Flight of the Cosmic Hippo – Bela Flect & the Flecktones
  • Ballad of the Runaway Horse – Jennifer Warnes (used for the Sumiko setup)
  • Da Doo Ron Ron – Shaun Cassidy
  • No More Blues – Roberta Gambarini. No More Blues (Easy To Love)
  • Album: If You Wait – London Grammar