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June 3, 2000

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  1. Lead Belly: The Midnight Special Last Sessions SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS SFCD-40068/71

  2. Alan Bibey: I'll Be Alright Tomorrow (B.Osborne/P.Goble) In the Blue Room SUGAR HILL SUG-CD-3910

  3. Sirens: All Through the Night (Nora Galloway) Smilin' BOREALIS BCD123 (877-530)

  4. Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer: Happytown (All Right With Me) (D.Carter) Tanglewood Tree SIGNATURE SOUNDS SIG 1257

  5. Loudon Wainwright III: I'm Alright I'm Alright ROUNDER3096

  6. Tom Ball & Kenny Sultan: I Feel Alright Now (B.McGhee) Double Vision FLYING FISHCDFF 656

  7. Louis Killen & Sally Killen: Pleasant and Delightful (trad) Bright Shining Morning Front Hall FHR-06 (RD1, Wormer Rd., Voorheesville, NY 12186)

  8. Grit Laskin: Cosmic and Freaky Unabashedly Folk BOREALIS BCD124

  9. Del Close & John Brent: Cool / Uncool How To Speak Hip Mercury SR-61245

  10. Claudia Schmidt: Can't Be Cool Out of the Dark FLYING FISH FF70361

  11. 1995 B'way cast: The Company Way (Frank Loesser) How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying RCA Victor 09026-68197-2

  12. Grit Laskin: When I Was a Lad (Gilbert/Sullivan) Unabashedly Folk BOREALIS BCD124

  13. Richard Dyer-Bennet: Vicar of Bray (trad/Dyer-Bennet) Dyer-Bennet #1 SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYSSFCD40078

  14. 1995 Broadway Cast: The Company Way - Reprise (Loesser) How To SucceedÉ RCA Victor 09026-68197-2

  15. Joni Mitchell: The Arrangement Misses REPRISE 9 46358-2

  16. Maria Dunn: Slippery Side From Where I Stand MariaDunn MARCD01 (780-430-8560)

  17. Grit Laskin: It's Not the Life For Me Unabashedly Folk BOREALISBCD124

  18. Fagroon, Klubble & Klubble (Jeff Kust): S.P.A.M. private tape

  19. Christine Lavin: Fly On a Plane Attainable Love PHILO CDPH 1132

  20. Billy Bragg & Wilco: Airline To Heaven (Bragg/Guthrie) Mermaid Avenue Vol II ELEKTRA 62522-2

  21. Loudon Wainwright III: Plane, Too Album II Atlantic SD 8291

  22. Annie Gallup: Airplane (New Year's Eve - 1997) WFMT recording

  23. Michael Smith: Panther In Michigan Michael Smith FLYING FISH FF70404

  24. Julie Gold: Tiger In New Jersey Try Love GADFLY 263 (888-9GADFLY)

  25. Stephan Smith: Ballad of Abner Louima Now's The Time ROUNDER 11661-3167-2

  26. Anne Hills: Just By Offering (Ilene Weiss) Bittersweet Street REDWING RWMCD 5402 (PO Box 577575, Chicago, IL 60657)

  27. Jamie O'Reilly: The Good Angel Of the House (O'Reilly/T.Amandes) The Way the Heart Is Sculpted Rogue RPD-201

  28. Chuck Brodsky: We Are Each Other's Angels (a compilation) We Are Each Other's Angels 1-800-PRIMECD PCD71

  29. Les Crapaudes: A l'age de 15 ans (trad) private release

  30. Eleni Kelakos: Rockin' the Boat and Robbin' the Cradle To The Bone EEK! ER-34582 (323-661-3540)

  31. Charlie Louvin: I Wanna Die Young (At A Very Old Age) (Helen Hudson) The Longest Train Watermelon CD 1056

  32. Nickel Creek: The Cuckoo's Nest (trad) Nickel Creek SUGAR HILLSUG-CD-3909

  33. Still on the Hill: The Cuckoo (trad) Still Pingleblobber 0001 (800-BUY-MY-CD)

  34. Bob Gibson: Cuckoo Again (Shel Silverstein) The Perfect High Mountain Railroad MR 52794

  35. Celtic Castaways: Roll the Old Chariot (trad) Raggle Taggle Bakery no# (818-708-5800)

  36. Bob Newhart: General Chariot Corp. The Button-Down Mind On TV Warner Bros. WS 1467

  37. The Fairfield Four: Swing Low Sweet Chariot Live From Mountain Stage BLUE PLATE BPM-402 (800-521-2112)

  38. The I-10 Chronicles (Bill & Bonnie Hearne): L.A. Freeway (Guy Clark) Virgin Back Porch 48991-2-7

  39. Corky Siegel: Half Asleep at the Wheel Solo Flight GADFLY 254

  40. The Wyrd Sisters: Into the Dreaming (Nancy Reinhold) We Are Each Other's Angels (a complilation) 1-800 PRIMECD PCD71

  41. Peter Mayer: Holy Now Million Year Mind BLUE BOAT BB1204 (800-252-4140)

  42. Larry Long with Pete Seeger: Well May the World Go Well May the World Go SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS SFW-CD40114

  43. Ani DiFranco: When I'm Gone (Phil Ochs) Swing Righteous Babe RBR020-D

  44. Anita Silvert: All Roads Converge Midwest Girl Balancing Act BAM-003 P.O. Box 512, Yardley, PA 19067 (215-369-0220) or email

Performer is composer unless otherwise noted. Song is album title unless otherwise noted. Album titles are in italics, composers in parens ( ).

RICH'S PICKS:

Sirens, Carter & Grammer, Grit Laskin, Maria Dunn, Eleni Kelakos, Nickel Creek, Still On the Hill, Fairfield Four, Peter Mayer, We Are Each Other's Angels

These concerts were mentioned on the program:

Claudia Schmidt at Concerts for a Cause, Saturday, June 17, Shannon Hall, East Side Community Center, East Wilson & Van Buren, Batavia. 630-761-8298

Annie Gallup at the Two Way Street Coffee House, 1047 Curtiss, Downers Grove, Friday June 9 at 8:45. Suzanne McDermott with be there June 30. 630-969-9720

Corky Siegel with Sam Lay and an All-Star Blues Band at the Chicago Blues Festival, Saturday, June 10 in Grant Park.

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