Fast Folk Musical Magazine (Vol. 8, No. 2) Live at the Bottom Line 1994

To note the beginning of their twentieth year as a music venue, the Bottom Line invited the Fast Folk Music Revue to perform. The result is 18 songs performed by 9 singers accompanied by a three-piece band. They sing songs about foreign places (“Cats in the Coliseum,” “The Viennese Drinking Song,” and “Dachau”), love (“Thin Ice,” “Wedding Song,” and “Sex and Consequences”), road rage (“Blow ‘em Away”), losing contact with a brother (“Rider on an Orphan Train”), the challenge of being dyslexic (“Dyslexia”)—and Dave Van Ronk, the “Mayor of MacDougal Street,” makes an appearance with “Loser.” The liner notes include an in-depth interview with Van Ronk discussing his guitar picking style, Reverend Gary Davis, playing in a jug band, and songwriting.

Track Listing

101	Foolish Game	Buddy Mondlock, Jack Hardy, and Richard Julian	03:40
102	Three Kinds of News	Jack Hardy, Louise Taylor, and Wendy Beckerman	04:16
103	Gillianna	Wendy Beckerman and Louise Taylor	02:22
104	Cats of the Colosseum	Buddy Mondlock, Louise Taylor, and Richard Julian	05:02
105	The Viennese Drinking Song	Camille West	04:16
106	Troubled Mind	Catie Curtis	04:03
107	Losers	Dave Van Ronk	02:45
108	Sex and Consequenses	Wendy Beckerman, Louise Taylor, and Catie Curtis	04:53
109	Dachau	Jack Hardy and Wendy Beckerman	06:17
110	Blow 'em Away	Richard Julian and the Cast	04:10
111	Last Chance Dance	Louise Taylor	04:34
112	Hole in the Sky	Richard Julian, Buddy Mondlock, and Catie Curtis	03:15
113	Rider on an Orphan Train	David Massengill	04:14
114	Dyslexia	Camille West	03:03
115	Thin Ice	Louise Taylor, Wendy Beckerman, and Catie Curtis	04:18
116	Wedding Song	Richard Julian	03:11
117	Judy	Wendy Beckerman	04:36
118	Hole in the Bucket	Catie Curtis and Cast	04:47