Lou Terriciano, piano; Freebo, bass (and kazoo); Maria Muldaur, harmony vocals; David Nichtern, electric guitar
18-Aug-02 - I (Kevin Zaleski, www.leopig.com) spent considerable time editing
three source CDs from this collection into this 2-CD set.
I removed silence, removed a duplicate track, patched a two-part track back together,
removed 10-15 minutes of the band tuning up (they needed to re-tune after nearly every track),
shortened the pre-encore applause and smoothed out several rough track transitions.
Note: I did not bother to fix the track indicies, I only fixed the audible problems.
Please, if you trade for this show: leave a link back to www.leopig.com in case someone wants the source recordings. This is the best quality show of hers from the early 1970s that I've ever found, it has historical value.
Location unknown, date as reported is unverified, 1st and 2nd shows, soundboard.
In July of 2004 I received this info:
I got a copy of this from a trader who told me he dubbed it from a reel to reel to audio cdr. This might account for the track markers. I also have copies of the opening act Maria Muldaur for 1 if not both of her opening sets. I was told this is from a set of old reels that were purchased at a garage sale for I believe $1 each. There were some other rare perfomances with the garage sale reels including Mance Lipscomb, John Jackson, Robert Pete Williams, Skip Spence and Dave Bromberg. The source is likely in the Cambridge MA area as it was given as the location from some of the tapes. All were apparently recorded in later 1972.
Etree lists the venue as Sprague Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT but Bonnie mentions "Cambridge guys". Setlist on etree has some incorrect titles, correct titles are below.
It appears that someone did a haphazard hack at some source tapes (bad track indicies, etc,) to make the three source CDs from which these two CDs were produced. The source quality and performance are outstanding, especially considering the age.
The voice track is skewed mostly to the right channel and the bass track is mostly in the left channel; otherwise an excellent recording (clean and crisp).
The second set probably starts with Love Me Like a Man. I trusted the setlists at etree, but I suspect that they attributed what was on the first source CD as being the first set when in fact it is simply what would fit off the reel onto one CD.
Thanks to jayhawk: "Several sources list this title as Goin' Down to Louisiana but I believe this is incorrect--an attempt by somebody early on to give the song a title. Bonnie's Sigma Sound Studios boot gives the song the title Rollin' and Tumblin', which I believe is more correct (if any one title is correct). The majority of the lyrics in the song seem to be ones Bonnie has pulled in from a vareity of classic blues songs (such as Diving Duck Blues). Then, for the final verse, she sings the words from the classic "Rollin' and Tumblin'. So, I guess really no one except possibly Bonnie, knows the real title."
First show - 74:04 01 Love Me Like A Man 02 That Song About The Midway 03 Rollin' and Tumblin' 04 You Got To Know How 05 Nothing Seems To Matter 06 Big Road 07 Kokomo Blues 08 Special Delivery Blues 09 Bluebird 10 Stayed Too Long At The Fair 11 Women Be Wise 12 Love Has No Pride 13 Walk On By 14 Blender Blues 15 Love Me Like A Man 16 Can't Find My Way Home Second show - 66:52 01 Rollin' and Tumblin' 02 Any Day Woman 03 You Got To Know How 04 Under The Falling Sky 05 I Ain't Blue 06 Big Road 07 Nothing Seems To Matter 08 Bluebird 09 Walking Blues 10 Since I Fell For You 11 Women Be Wise 12 Do Right Woman, Do Right Man 13 Baby What You Want Me To Do 14 I Know
If you have any information about this show, corrections to the setlist, or art for this show, please email it to trades [at] leopig.com - thanks!