Jack Hardy, Suzanne Vega & Guests from the Songwriter's Exchange
The Bottom Line
Greenwich Village, NYC
Saturday, 18 November 2000

Lineage: Sony Stereo Walkman -> Vestafire MR-10B -> Creative Soundblaster -> Creative WaveStudio -> 16 Bit/44.1 KHz WAV -> About a Dozen Years -> Trader's Little Helper -> FLAC Level 8

On Saturday, November 18th, 2000, Suzanne Vega and four members of The Songwriter's Exchange joined Jack Hardy for a benefit performance at the Greenwich Village folk landmark The Bottom Line. Citing Jack's frequent absences -- hardly surprising for a touring folk singer/songwriter with an international following -- Hardy's landlord sought to evict him from the rent-controlled apartment that had been his home for the past quarter century -- and served as the weekly meeting place for the Tuesday-night Songwriter's Exchange for the past 17 years. The Bottom Line benefit provided a means for longtime friend Suzanne Vega, Songwriter's Exchange members Tim Robinson, Alan Orsky, Frank Tedesco and Bob Hillman, and a few hundred supportive fans to assist Jack by defraying at least a part of the considerable legal costs involved in fighting his eviction.

Disc One:
Jack Hardy's First Set
1. Memory
2. Eclipse
3. Sile na gCioch (Sheila)
4. I Ought to Know
5. Out on the Edge (Tim Robinson)
6. Arrow
7. Uley Mill Song
8. When Your Baby's a Baby (Alan Orsky with Tim Robinson)
9. The Boney Bailiff
10. The Hunter
11. Willie Goggin's Hat (Encore)

Disc Two:
Suzanne Vega's First Set
1. Marlene on the Wall
2. Small Blue Thing
3. Caramel
4. When Heroes Go Down
5. Rock in this Pocket
6. Stockings
7. My Friend Millie
8. Widow's Walk
9. Harbor Song
10. Some Journey
11. Room Off the Street
12. Open All Night (With Jack Hardy)
13. Luka
14. Betty the Waitress
15. Tom's Diner
16. Rosemary (Encore)

Disc Three:
Suzanne Vega's Second Set
1. Marlene on the Wall
2. Caramel
3. Gypsy
4. When Heroes Go Down
5. Rock in this Pocket
6. My Friend Millie
7. Neighborhood Girls
8. Harbor Song
9. Penitent (First Public Performance!)
10. Room Off the Street
11. Queen and the Soldier
12. Left of Center
13. Widow's Walk

The following songs performed in the second set were not recorded:
14. Open All Night (With Jack Hardy)
15. Luka
16. Tom's Diner
17. In Liverpool

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