Becky & The 48's (Late Set)
Rec Park
Milaca, MN
July 24th, 2026

This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS573)

Lineage: LyxPro SDPC-2 mics > Zoom H4Essential (32-Bit Float) + Soundboard > Tascam DR-60D

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https://www.beckyschlegel.com
https://thehigh48s.com

1. Intro
2. Gone Like the Wind
3. Colorado Line
4. Mama Tried (Merle Haggard cover)
5. Today I Started Loving You Again (Merle Haggard cover)
6. Rewriting My Memories
7. Bluegrass Pickin' Man
8. Act Naturally (Johnny Russell cover)
9. Sad Songs on the Radio
10. Little Bird of Heaven (Martha Scanlan cover)
11. California (The Minor Planets cover)
12. Not Coming Home
13. Ole Slew-Foot (Johnny Horton cover)
14. Red Leaf
15. Cheyenne
16. Outro

Becky Schlegel- Vocals, Guitar
Clint Birtzer- Guitar, Vocals
Anthony Ihrig- Banjo
Eric Christopher- Mandolin, Fiddle
Rich Casey- Bass

The High 48s team-up with acclaimed Minnesota singer and songwriter Becky Schlegel, combining their high-energy modern bluegrass sound with Schlegel’s soulful singing and her sophisticated take on three-chords-and-the-truth country songwriting.

“We were Becky fans long before we started the band, but it took us a few years to work up the courage to ask if she had any songs for us,” said the 48s’ fiddler and mandolinist, Eric Christopher. And as it turned out, she did have some songs. Lots of them. The 48s recorded Becky Schlegel’s “Baltimore and Ohio,” which she penned with Nashville songwriter Craig Market, for their 2014 release Great Northern Railroad, and “Christmas Every Day” for 2016’s Holidays with the High 48s.

But each time they picked a song for the record, there were many more gems left on the cutting room floor — not enough room on the album. According to Christopher, “That was our first inkling that there might be more to this collaboration than borrowing a song every couple of years.” So, in the summer of 2023, Becky and the 48s released “Laramie,” their first collaborative single. “Laramie,” a Becky Schlegel original, tells a story of lost love set against the windswept plains of eastern Wyoming. It features Becky on guitar and lead vocals and the multi-talented Kenny Wilson on pedal steel guitar.

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Pictures from the show: mwspictures.org/index?/category/497-becky_the_48_s_7_24_26_late_set

http://www.midwestsoundsrecordings.com/

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Tapers notes: Recording 9 of 9 from Recfest 2026. This closes out RecFest 2026 for me, I did not come back for Sunday. I would have liked to, but I was pretty burnt out due to the previous weekend of shows, and thankfully most of the bands I was interested in played on Saturday, so it worked out ok. Becky Schlegel has become of my favorites...I had seen her in previous years, but really became a super fan of her in 2026, and consider her a friend at this point. It's always a bonus when musicians you admire end up being really good people as well, as is the case with Becky. Looking forward to seeing her at Douglas Saloon again for her winter residency, those shows are always a fun time.

"Got a mind to ramble, got a mind to roam
I'm travelin' light and I'm slow coming home"