Show #239- the Town of Woodstock, New York

Over the years I almost never plugged my own projects on the show (sometimes I’d talk about them after the fact), but I did engage in cronyism many times. During this entire show I’m plugging, and exploring the contents of, a great book by my friend Barney Hoskyns, “Small Town Talk”.  

Here’s what I said about it at the time:

It's an in-depth survey of the musical legacy of the Town of Woodstock, NY, a place that I know super-well; I lived there from 1987 to 2005. Barney's book struck an emotional chord with me and was a vivid reading experience. 

This Saturday on the show we'll hear lots of beautiful and brilliant stuff by Karen Dalton, Tim Hardin, Bob Dylan, Karl Berger, Sonia Malkine, Levon Helm, and various usual and unusual suspects.

So, it’s another mini-documentary style installment of “The Best of The Bottlomless Pit w/ Marshall Crenshaw”.

PLAYLIST:

SMALL TOWN TALK- BOBBY CHARLES

BLACK SHEEP BOY- TIM HARDIN

HOW DID THE FEELING FEEL TO YOU?- KAREN DALTON

IT’LL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN- TIM HARDIN

SAME OLD MAN- KAREN DALTON

I’M YOUR TEENAGE PRAYER- BOB DYLAN AND THE BAND

DOMINO- VAN MORRISON

KARL BERGER AND PAUL SHIGUHARA- KORAH

BASQUIAT- DON BYRON

TODD RUNDGREN- DON’T HURT YOURSELF

TOOD RUNDGREN’S UTOPIA- FREEDOM FIGHTERS

SONYA MALKINE- ROBIN

LEVON HELM- FEELIN’ GOOD

LEVON HELM- FALSE HEARTED LOVER BLUES