Trad, more or less copped from Doc Watson's arrangement.  Both guitars are my old Gibson J-40.

In The Pines

This arrangement is more or less derived from Bruce Springsteen's (of all people!) cover on the _A Vision Shared_ comp.

Vigilante Man

I think I recorded this in about 2002.  The arrangement is based (loosely) on how my band at university in the 1980s did it.

The St. James Infirmary Blues

Another one I learned from Jorma Kaukonen's version, but it was written originally by Clayton McMichen of the Skillet Lickers.  I made hash of some of the lyrics.

Prohibition Blues

This is the song more or less as I originally wrote it.  For the sake of my tattered dignity, I'd like to point out that I thought of the two-chord section towards the end more in terms of "Driver 8" than "Patience"!

Stereo Wasp [conventional acoustic version]

This song was issued by Will Shade (as Victor 21725) under the mouthful of a title "Better Leave That Stuff Alone" (the B side has the rather promising title "She Stabbed Me With An Ice Pick", but I've never heard it).  I prefer the shorter title even though it raises the possibility of confusion with about 237 other songs.

The upright bass is a cheap Chinese instrument; the guitar is a Froggy Bottom H-12.  I don't remember what microphones I used.

Canned Heat (Better Leave That Stuff Alone)

It's really hard to get a good take of this song; this version is sloppy, but at least it has all the verses included and most of them in the right order.  Guitar is a Seagull Grand; mics are an MXL 550/551 pair.

Diddie Wa Diddie

Poor quality recording (it was originally to cassette 4-track, with some internal bouncing if I remember correctly), but I haven't gotten a performance I liked into the digital domain yet.

Ibogaine

This really is just guitar/bass/vox, with the benefit of a strange little reverse reverb pedal.  The libretto is from Dylan Thomas.

Children Of Darkness Got No Wings

The mix is a first cut and I'm not sure I have the vocals balanced right yet.

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