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Variations On A Rainy Day+ (J. Rubin)
Company"" (R.L. Jones)
Kudah Duxx"" (R. Ruskin)
Milk & Honey* (Jackson Frank)
The Crossing# (Al Petteway)
Bedlam Boys* (Trad.)
Whalley Range Revisited** (McGoldrick/Rubin/Ciccone)
Cymbeline^ (J. Rubin)
Courting Is A Pleasure^ (Trad.)
Runt^ (J. Rubin)
Lost On The River% (Giddens/Mumford/Dylan)
Fogline** (J.Rubin)
Yvette In English> (Mitchell/Crosby)
Gloomy Winter's Noo Away% (Trad.)
The Month of January* (Trad.)
The Pacific** (Hans Zimmer)
Geordie* (Trad.)
Farewell To The Gold^ (Paul Metser)
Black Waterside# (Trad.)
Black Is The Colour# (Trad.)
Next Time# (Al Stewart)
Siuil a Ruin/Pretty Girl Milking A Cow# (Trad.)
The Blacksmith# (Trad.)
The Sea# (Sandy Denny)
Rainy Day Redux> (Petteway/Rubin)
All tracks: arrangement, guitar and vocals -- Jon Rubin
* recorded at Absolutely True Sound studio, Emeryville, 2014-2015; Erica Hockett – lead vocals; Trevor Lloyd – violin; Nancy Kerr – addtl. vocal on Geordie; Laurel Thomsen and Deanna Lynn -- violin & viola on The Month of January
^ recorded at CCRMA studio, Stanford University, 2013; Aine Brolly – vocals; Cal Keaoola – violin on all CCRMA tracks except: Courting Is A Pleasure, Deanna Lynn – viola
# recorded live at Red Rock Cafe, Mountain View, Feb. 2015; Erica Hockett – lead vocals; Hanna Mignano – violin
% recorded live at Red Rock Cafe, Mountain View, April 2015; Erica Hockett – lead vocals; Anne Goess – violin, penny whistle; Evelie Posch -- backing vocals
+ recorded at Expression College, Emeryville 2016; Hannah Mignano -- violin
> recorded live at Red Rock Cafe, Mountain View, Feb. 2016; Suellen Primost -- cello
** recorded live at Red Rock Cafe, Mountain View, Oct. 2016; Adrianna Ciccone -- violin
"" recorded at Expresiion College, Emeryville 2018; David Boyden -- violin
Thanks to all for making this music with me and inspiring with their performances. Also thanks to recording engineers Margrit at True Sound; Sandy at CCRMA; Craig, Dave and Fish at Red Rock. Home page photos from The Starry Plough, Berkeley -- thanks to Sluggo Cawley and Prem Dasi.
'Hardly Strictly Trad. Album' 2014 compilation available as free digital download.
Bay Area Beat TV video courtesy Al & Matt Amis.
Bright Side Band 2012 video courtesy Doug Young; special thanks to Laurel Thomsen andShannon Miller.
Farewell To The Gold video courtesy John E Mount http://www.youtube.com/user/JohnEMount
