Kate Wolf - Back Roads - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Kate Wolf had a great affinity for the California coast, and she frequently performed in Mendocino County venues in the middle years of her career. When Nicholas Wilson told Kate's family that he had recorded many of these shows, we were excited about the prospect of releasing them. Nick's 15 hours of tapes were made directly from the soundboard at each concert, and he painstakingly digitized nearly 200 song performances. We then turned to Nina Gerber, Kate's long time accompanist, who had compiled two other posthumous Kate Wolf collections. Her deep and intimate familiarity with Kate's music, along with a desire for quality that matched Kate's, resulted in a selection of 20 tracks that we feel beautifully represent Kate. We're particularly delighted about the inclusion of three previously unreleased Kate Wolf songs Album Tracks 1. You and I Together 2. Rain Song 3. She Rises Like the Dolphin 4. Links in the Chain 5. The Heart 6. Across the Great Divide 7. I Don't Know Why 8. 20/20 Vision (And Walking Around Blind) 9. Back Roads 10. Scott's Creek Bluff 11. The Trumpet Vine 12. Golden Harmony 13. Safe at Anchor 14. 2-4-D 15. Riding in the Country 16. The Lilac & the Apple 17. Early Morning Melody 18. Lonesome 19. Great Love of My Life 20. Everbody's Looking for the Same Thing

Kate Wolf's final studio album, which was awarded Best Folk Album by NAIRD in 1986. Album Tracks 1. Poet's Heart 2. Carolina Pines 3. Muddy Roads 4. All He Ever Saw Was You 5. Brother Warrior 6. Crying Shame 7. Slender Thread 8. In China or a Woman's Heart (These Are Places No One Knows) 9. See Here, She Said

This is a second album of songs from the north coast of California. Kate is a singer, songwriter and radio personality who lives with her husband Don, two children, two dogs, one cat and nine chickens on 3 acres outside of Santa Rosa. Her band, The Wildwood Flower, includes Don, Paul, Barlow and Blair (featured on OWL 001, InchBack RoadsInch). They are joined on this record by several friends and four members of the Cache Valley Drifters, David, Cyrus, Bill & Wally. Like InchBack Roads,Inch this record was recorded live in a living room over a period of one week with almost no overdubbing. The band, sound crew and cooks took over the bunkhouse at Chanslor Ranch overlooking the Pacific Ocean, with horses and sheep on the hillsides and pinball machines a 5-minute drive away in Bodega Bay. Album Tracks 1. I Don't Know Why 2. Lines on the Paper 3. You're Not Standing Like You Used to 4. Picture Puzzle 5. The Heart 6. The Trumpet Vine 7. I Never Knew My Father 8. Amazed to Find 9. Everybody's Looking for the Same Thing 10. The Lilac and the Apple 11. Midnight on the Water 12. Lay Me Down Easy