From the Archives: The River, Where She Sleeps (Live with Intro) (Patreon)

Date: October 28, 2000Venue: WFMT Folkstage, Chicago ILHost: Rich Warren

Work continues on the CD-to-hard drive transfer of live shows, demos, and interviews. Delighted to share with you a live recording of "The River, Where She Sleeps," complete with full introduction, from our Folkstage performance at Chicago's WFMT radio in 2000. 

Tip o' the archival iceberg here... but it's getting done, thanks to YOU.

This recording is top-notch, and I suspect there might be a way to secure the rights to offer it to the public. I will keep you posted! For now, the recording is just for patrons... :)

Setting up a song in live performance is an art unto itself and -- no surprise -- Dave Carter was a master. Dave's intros were never off-the-cuff. They were always as thoughtfully-rendered as his songs and always true -- though not always factual, and like any living, breathing art, subject to slight changes. As I transfer these interviews and performances, I'm studying many aspects of performance but especially how the songs, the performances, the set lists, and the backstories morph across time. So far, this is one of the more complete intros I've found for this song, and a solid performance, too. I hope you enjoy them both!

xotg