Fast Folk Musical Magazine (January 1997, Vol. 8, No. 8): Live at the Bottom Line 1996

This issue of Fast Folk Musical Magazine features 15 performances recorded January 27, 1996, at the Bottom Line. Richard Meyer opens with a song about a loner whose life is interrupted by a sweet interloper (“I Was a Loner”). Along the way, Louise Taylor sings of “Katie’s Smile,” Jack Hardy sets his song in Ireland (“The Passing”), Tim Robinson is caught “Drinkin’ Alone,” Wendy Beckerman sings “Balloons” and “The Widow’s Lament”—and is joined by Louise Taylor and Annie Gallup on “Carriage Horse”—and Chuck Brodsky introduces “Bill and Annie,” who love one another but are married to other people. David Hamburger’s dobro and steel guitar accompaniment throughout the recording adds a touch of “country” to the musical proceedings. A facsimile of the magazine is included.

Track Listing

101	I Was a Loner (Live)	Judith Zweiman and Duane Bergman	02:33
102	The Next Best Western (Live)	Richard Meyer, Jack Hardy, Chuck Brodsky, and Catie Curtis	04:19
103	Katie's Smile (Live)	Louise Taylor	03:30
104	The Fool's Last Mile (Live)	Richard Meyer and Richard Shindell	04:11
105	Phoney Phrench (Live)	Tim Robinson, Jack Hardy, Chuck Brodsky, and Richard Meyer	02:52
106	Balloons (Live)	Wendy Beckerman	02:34
107	The Passing (Live)	Jack Hardy, Wendy Beckerman, Louise Taylor, and Dave Anthony	04:30
108	Drinkin' Alone (Live)	Tim Robinson, Jack Hardy, and Wendy Beckerman	02:44
109	The Flood (Live)	Annie Gallup	05:57
110	Intro-Straight Life (Live)	Patrick Brayer	01:21
111	Straight Life, No Chaser (Live)	Patrick Brayer, Wendy Beckerman, and Louise Taylor	04:31
112	What's Wrong with the Man Upstairs? (Live)	David Massengill and Wendy Beckerman	04:34
113	The Widow's Lament (Live)	Wendy Beckerman, Louise Taylor, Annie Gallup, and Catie Curtis	03:21
114	Bill and Annie (Live)	Chuck Brodsky	04:40
115	Carriage Horse (Live)	Wendy Beckerman, Louise Taylor, and Annie Gallup	06:29
116	Diamond Mines (Live)	Chuck Brodsky and the Company	06:12