anon-C203 Peter Rowan & Red Hot Pickers 1978-11-xx JAPAN
Anonymous Collection Cassette #203
Peter Rowan with The Red Hot Pickers
(Richard Greene, Tony Trischka, Andy Statman, & Roger Mason)
Tokyo, Japan
Early-November 1978
Side A:
1. Little Rabbit
2. The Hobo Song
3. Wild Horses
4. Used to Be
5. Shenandoah Breakdown
6. The Old, Old House
7. Muleskinner Blues
8. Arkansas Traveler (x)
Side B:
1. (Andy Statman Intro)
2. Arkansas Traveler
3. Footprints in the Snow
4. Cold Rain & Snow
5. Soldier’s Joy
6. (Tony Trischka Intro)
7. Follow the Leader…
8. …Follow the Leader (Trischka solo)
9. Tune in 9/8 (Statman solo)
10. Bass Solo (Mason)…(joined by Statman & Trischka)
11. Three Fellas (x)
Anonymous Collection 1 Cassette Tape #203 Listed as “Peter Rowan & Red Hot Pickers 1978-11-xx JAPAN”
Transfer by Keith Kreider 10/22/2006
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Anonymous Collection Cassette #203 features Peter Rowan with The Red Hot Pickers (Richard Greene-fiddle, Tony Trischka-banjo, Andy Statman-mandolin, & Roger Mason-bass) performing in Tokyo, Japan in November 1978 (this was likely recorded early in the month, as the group performed in Sapporo on 11/6/78). Rowan mentions their having recorded several LPs for Columbia Japan the night before this performance; “Bluegrass Album” and “Hiroshima Mon Amour” have been reissued, in part, by Sugar Hill Records as “Peter Rowan with The Red Hot Pickers”. The first set and several solo and small group tunes are found on this tape. This unique group was short-lived and few tapes of them circulate, making this a nice one for the Rowan collectors out there.
–Mitchell Wittenberg
