Nick's Cafe | February, March & April 2000

Artist . Song . Album . Label

April 20, 2000

This evening's show was recorded on Saturday, April 15 so that I could be in Gardner MA, on stage at The Wachusett Folk Cafe, introducing Greg Brown!

It's a night I will never forget. Greg played 2 very long sets, and seemed to love every minute of it.

Because the intimate space was completely surrounded with white curtains, Greg described the coffeehouse, located in the dining room at Mount Wachusett Community College,
as "The Bull Run on The Starship Enterprise". At first Greg felt strange in this room, but at the end of the evening he told me that he actually liked the room very much.

A sold-out crowd of 300 got to meet yours truly as I nervously told them about the radio show, and then feeling more relaxed I started my intro by saying,
"Well, Greg Brown certainly needs no introduction from the likes of me!", and then proceeded to tell them of my first Greg Brown concert experience, pointed to stage right and said,
"Please welcome Greg Brown!", and in walks Greg...from stage left!

A humorous start to what was a very warm, genuine evening with a true American treasure, Greg Brown.

April 13, 2000

Tonight's show featured an on-air phone conversation with Greg Brown, and we gave away tickets to see Greg at The Wachusett Folk Cafe on April 20.

Thanks for all your wonderful phone calls, and thanks to Fern & Brian MacDonald for the live recordings.

Next week's show will be on tape, as I'll be at the Greg Brown concert. I hope to meet some of you there.

Greg Brown ~ "Dream Cafe" ~ CD: Dream Cafe ~ Red House Records 1992
Greg Brown ~ "Whatever It Was" ~ CD: Slant 6 Mind ~ Red House Records 1997
Greg Brown ~ "Slow Food" ~ Live at The Iron Horse Music Hall - 11/9/99
Greg Brown ~ "Walking Down to Casey's" ~ CD: One More Goodnight Kiss ~ Red House 1988
Greg Brown ~ "Boomtown" ~ CD: The Poet Game ~ Red House Records 1994
Greg Brown ~ "Not High" ~ CD: Further In ~ Red House Records 1996
Conversation with Greg Brown ~ taped phone interview from his Iowa home on 4/6/00
Greg Brown ~ "Just By Myself" ~ Recorded live at The Somerville Theatre - 11/15/97
Greg Brown ~ "Laughing River" ~ CD: Dream Cafe ~ Red House Records 1992
Greg Brown ~ "If I Had Known" > "Vivid" ~ CD: Solid Heart - Live 1/16/99
John Renbourn ~ "At The Break of Day" ~ CD: Traveller's Prayer ~ Shanachie
Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer ~ "Tanglewood Tree" ~ CD: Tanglewood Tree ~ Signature Sounds
Lovetrain ~ "Lovers of The Past" ~ CD: Almost Home
Maria Sangiolo ~ "Blue Earth" ~ CD: Blue Earth
Phil Ochs ~ "Changes" ~ LP: Phil Ochs in Concert
Peter Mulvey with Chris Smither ~ "All The Way Home" ~ CD: The Trouble with Poets
Patty Griffin ~ "Poor Man's House" ~ CD: Living With Ghosts ~ A&M
Jules Shear with Patty Griffin ~ "Windows + Walls" ~ CD: Between Us ~ HighStreet
Lori McKenna ~ "Don't Tell Her" ~ CD: Paper Wings & Halo
Erin McKeown ~ "Softly Moses"(band) ~ CD" Monday Morning Cold ~ TVP
Kevin Welch ~ "Beneath My Wheels" ~ CD: Beneath My Wheels ~ Dead Reckoning
The Nields ~ "Black Boys on Mopeds" ~ CD: Bob On The Ceiling
The Heartbeats ~ "Spinning World" ~ CD: Spinning World ~ Green Linnet
John Stewart & Darwin's Army ~ "The Boy In The Bubble"
Simon & Garfunkel ~ "Feuilles-O" (1969 demo) ~ CD: Old Friends (box) ~ Columbia
Lucinda Williams ~ "Howlin' At Midnight" ~ CD: Happy Woman Blues (1980)
Bob Dylan ~ "I Want You" ~ CD: Blonde On Blonde ~ Columbia
Jim Kweskin Jug Band ~ "That's When I'll Come Back to You" ~ LP: See Reverse Side For Title
David Bromberg ~ "Send Me to The 'Lectric Chair" ~ CD: Out of The Blues ~ Columbia
Big Bill Broonzy ~ "Digging My Potatoes" ~ CD: Trouble In Mind ~ Smithsonian
Odetta ~ "Pastures of Plenty" ~ CD: Greatest Songs of Woody Guthrie ~ Vanguard
Kristin Hersh ~ "Down in The Willow Garden" ~ CD: Murder, Misery, and Then Goodnight
Davy Graham ~ "The Fakir" ~ CD: Fire In The Soul ~ Topic
Pentangle ~ "Lord Franklin" ~ CD: A Maid That's Deep In Love ~ Shanachie
Equation ~ "Communion" ~ CD: Daze ~ Putumayo
Tom Rush ~ "The Circle Game" ~ CD: The Circle Game ~ Elektra
Joni Mitchell ~ "Both Sides Now" ~ CD: Clouds ~ Reprise

The Folk Scene Collection, Volume Two ~ Red House Records

Nanci Griffith ~ "Love at the Five & Dime" ~ Live 4/13/88
Peter Case ~ "Let Me Fall" ~ Live 3/1/98
Tom Waits ~ "The Heart of Saturday Night" ~ Live 1/12/75
Lucinda Williams ~ "Little Angel, Little Brother" ~ Live 2/24/91
Stephen Fearing ~ "The Life" ~ Live 12/8/96
Eliza Gilkyson ~ "Take Off Your Old Coat" ~ Live 11/2/97
Vince Gill ~ "Good Woman's Love" ~ Live 3/17/78
Greg Brown ~ "I'm This Blue" ~ Live 10/10/97
Tom Russell ~ "California Snow" ~ Live 6/25/97
Chris Hillman ~ "Mr. Tambourine Man" ~ Live 4/27/97
Jim Lauderdale ~ "Planet of Love" ~ Live 5/7/89
Patty Larkin ~ "Justine" ~ Live 10/17/87
Stan Rogers ~ "Song of the Candle" ~ Live 5/28/83

March 9, 2000

Special thanks to my guests, Anni Clark and Philo Recording Artist Ellis Paul, who phoned in to promote local gigs and new recordings.

February 3, 2000

My thanks to Red House recording artist, Lucy Kaplansky, for calling in to promote some local gigs. It was a pleasure speaking with her about her music.

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