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Steve Forbert - Broadside Magazine Demo Tape May 1977

Track listing:
  1. Grand Central Station 5:28
  2. Goodnight Irene 3:10
  3. The Oil Song 7:24
  4. Midnight Special (snippet) > Thinkin' 4:23
  5. John Hardy - Sis Cunningham 3:30
  6. Worried Man Blues - Steve Forbert, Sis Cunningham & Gordon Friesen 4:21
  7. Worried Man Blues - Steve Forbert & Sis Cunningham 1:24
  8. Old Paint - Sis Cunningham 4:42
  9. Midnight Special - Sis Cunningham 3:18
  10. Midnight Special - Sis Cunningham 3:54

Notes

Broadside Studios
New York, NY

Studio (Audience) > Unknown tape from the early 80's > Cool Edit Pro (indexed/pitch corrected) > CDR

Steve Forbert: Guitar & Vocals
Agnes "Sis" Cunningham: Guitar & Vocals
Gordon Friesen: Guitar & Vocals

Here is an interesting snapshot of an up and coming artist, recorded for the New York Folk magazine "Broadside" before the release of Steve Forbert's first LP "Alive On Arrival". The magazine was devoted to publishing the leading folksingers of the folk revival as well as up and coming folk artists new to ths scene.
This tape was recorded live in the studio using what sounds like a single mic positioned near the performers. The recording itself features Steve and "Broadside" publisher Sis Cunningham and her husband Gordon Friesen.

There is one very telling discussion showing Steve was just a small town Mississippi boy in the big city about Wavy Gravy and his Merry Pranksters and the fact that Steve doesn't know who he is and had never heard of him.