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If you bought a real disc from us you may notice the liner notes are slightly out of order.
Following is the correct order of tracks.

       
The Tunes:      

1. Blue Mountain [TK] / The Plot Thickens [TK] / Ig-Night [SG & BQ]
Written for the Blue Mountain Humane Society in Walla Walla, WA. A  good mystery makes a great tune. Ig-night celebrates the Phoenixville Firebird Festival.

2. Thundersnow [SG] / Harpoon [TK] / Whiskey Business [TK] 
A storm tune.  A whale tune.  And the aftermath.

3. Sidmouth [BQ] / Tampico Road [SG] / On A Roll [TK] 
Sidmouth and Tampico Road are two of S & B’s most favorite places.  Tom was on a roll after a few weeks of writing a tune a day.

4. Ashokan Twilight [TK]
Tom wrote this tune for the wonderful Ashokan Fiddle and Dance camps which have had a profound impact on his life. 

5. 10,000 Lies [SG & BQ]/ Cherry Cordial [TK] 
After one dark day of many in our country’s history, only an adult beverage will do.

6. Snow Day [TK] / The Antidote [TK] / Snow Day [TK]
When weather comes in and you can't go out, a tune is the antidote.

7. Hell Hot and Heaven Sweet [SG] / F-Bomb [SG & BQ] /  Devil in the Strawstack [Trad.]
Our naughty set... “Next Sunday preaching Hell Hot and Heaven Sweet!” -- seen on a church sign in North Carolina. Bill wondered what a musical F-bomb would sound like, so we made a tune to find out. Our arrangement of Devil in the Strawstack is anything but traditional.

8. The Clootie Well [SG] 
A tune in 3/2 inspired by a visit to the Munlochy Clootie Well in Scotland.

9. Ever Efter  [SG] 
A hambo for BQ

10. Bill's French Tune [BQ] / Epstanbul [SG] / The Wren [Trad.] 
Our International Set. The first tune was never officially named and got passed around as “that French sounding tune Bill wrote” and so Bill’s French Tune it was. Epstanbul was written for our friend Steve Epstein to indulge his love of Klezmer modes. 

11. Flying Mango [TK] / East Falls [TK]
It's very hard to catch mango in your mouth. Go ahead, try it!

12. The Comeback [TK] / Nancy in a Shirttail [SG] / Big Phat Ragg [SG]
“Nancy in a Shirttail” was Sarah’s Mamaw’s colorful expression for getting caught naked. Big Phat Ragg was written for Sarah and Bill’s English ceilidh band.

13. Côte à Côte [SG]
Side by side, cheek to cheek, a mazurka.

14. Bamboo Forest [TK] / Fire Jig [BQ] / Live Wire [TK] 
A tune from traveling, a tune from home, and a tune for us!

       

©2019 by Live Wire Sarah Gowan [SG], Ben Kennedy [BK], Tom Krumm [TK], Bill Quern [BQ] 

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