Disc One

World Of Wonders
Lovers In A Dangerous Time
See You Tomorrow
Last Night Of The World
How I Spent My Fall Vacation
Tibetan Side Of Town
Pacing The Cage
The End Of All Rivers
Soul Of A Man

Disc Two

Wait No More
The City is Hungry
Put It In Your Heart
Wondering Where The Lions Are
If A Tree Falls
Celestial Horses
If I Had A Rocket Launcher
Child Of The Wind
Tie Me At The Crossroads

From the Soundcheck

12 String Warm-up, which includes a bit of
The Trains Don't Go There Anymore

Kit Carson
Mama Just Wants To Barrelhouse All Night Long

*****

Over the years, several live CD's have come out with my name on them. For purely circumstantial reasons, they been recordings of me with bands I've had at the time. I've liked this, because each band has been unique and interesting, and it's felt good to have some of the performances preserved and made available to listeners who might not have heard them in person.

Those CDs have been well received, but there have always been people requesting a solo live album. Since half of what I do is solo, this made sense. So here it is. Sorry it took so long.

These performances are drawn from ten concerts recorded in May '08. We've made an effort to put them together as one show, in the hope of giving you the feeling of being present in the flesh. For the same reason, we chose not to apply too much polish. What you hear is what it was.

We recorded all the sound checks as well as the shows. Out of these we captured songs and some random playing which turned out quite well but never ended up in the formal events. Bernie Finkelstein had the thought that we should create a section of the album to to accommodate some of these. I liked this idea, and so as well as the concert, you'll hear "the sound check." (Maybe someday we'll do a whole CD of sound check stuff.)

I think that's all I need to tell you. Thanks are due to Bernie, Colin Linden, Jon Erickson, Steve Martin and Joshua Dick for making both the tour and the recording happen, and to all the promoters and venues involved, whose cooperation was crucial.

A special thank you to Linda Manzer for her guitars.

Hope you enjoy this little slice of the touring life!