Ani DiFranco Santa Cruz Rio 10-13-09 Providence

This clip features Providence. Ani DiFranco at the Rio in Santa Cruz October 13th, 2009. Shot hand held, above shoulder level, about 20 feet from the stage with the Sanyo Xacti HD camcorder. Afro guy and tall guy in front made for some interesting challenges. Could of got closer but then I'd be more conspicuous. Even if no one stopped me it would feel a bit weird pointing a camera at Ani's face the whole time.

You can see some old Ani concert photos of mine from 1998-2001 here: http://www.picslive.com/ani-di-franco-concert-photos-and-pics/

Weird format. They removed the first 15 rows of chairs to create a pit. The rest was seats. Problem is that the Rio has a gentle slope so the standing folks blocked the sitters. This created this weird effect where there was a tight standing group in front of the stage, then some emptly space, then people scattered in seats. Kind of a continuity breaker. I had to shoot over the tops of peoples heads so instead of tucking the video camera tight into my chest area, I had to keep the camera elevated above shoulder level. When you see the camera start to shake, this is the shoulder fatigue setting in. At one point my heartbeat was making it shake because I was so tired. My shoulders are still killing me today even after some ice, herbal patches and ibuprofin. But hey, no pain, no gain. I shot 9 songs. I'll be posting them all, just takes along time. Enjoy.

Category:

Music

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• Ani
• DiFranco
• Santa
• Cruz
• 10
• 13
• 09
• Providence
• rio

[heathsthree]

Thank you so much for this!

[claybutler]

You're welcome.

[amandajacksonmiller]

Clay -- I am so glad you taped this! Thanks for sharing with us all. Hope your shoulder is feeling better today.

[claybutler]

You're welcome. Shoulders feeling pretty good now. If you want to see some old concert photos I took between 1998 and 2001 Google "picslive" and then search the categories on right for Ani DiFranco and keep clicking till you get to the gallery. You can also download all the photos. I have to give instructions because YouTube prevents posting website addresses.

[elizlaural]

Thank you for this. Last fall it brought tears to my eyes when I saw her play this live for the first time.

I hope it makes it on an official bootleg!!

[wabush81]

Amazing!  Thank you!

[smokeverbs]

YEAH! I fuckin love this song, never seen it live before. Thanks so much!

[feelquiet]

Thanks for capturing and sharing this rare footage ....

[lexioyo]

i'm with francoapple on this....AWESOME!!! thanks so so so much. to our knowledge, she hasn't played this live since late 2001.

[francoapple]

AWESOME!!!...thank you VERY MUCH!!! :D