1994-02-21: modern rock live
1994-03-26: eddie's attic - decatur, georgia (new mongrels)
a pretty good recording of the only know public performance of the "new mongrels", a band comprised of musicians from seattle and atlanta (including amy and emily) that released one record on the daemon label.
1994-04: indigo hotline message for "swamp ophelia"
1994-04-20: the difference - radio program
an excellent quality recording of an acoustic duo in studio radio performance, featuring a terrific cover of neil young's "cortez the killer", which is much more subdued that the live version, as well as a terrific rendition of "least complicated".
1994-04-22: snivley arena - durham, new hampshire
1994-04-23: the cage - amherst college - amherst, massachusetts
a really nice sounding recording of a neat show from the second night of a short tour leading up to the release of "swamp ophelia". all but one song from the new record are played ("fare the well" is the exception), and it is cool to hear the crowd react so well to so many songs they have never heard before, including "touch me fall" with its electric guitars. some slight distortion in places, but it does not take away from a great show.
1994-04-24: rochester institute of technology - rochester, new york
1994-04-25: union college - schednectady, new york
a really nice sounding recording of a cool show, highlights include "pushing the needle too far" (amy forgets some of the lyrics and it turns into a sort of jam session with some great guitar work from emily) and an 8+ minute version of "touch me fall".
1994-04-25: union college - schednectady, new york (alternate recording)
1994-04-30: earth jam - stone mountain, georgia
a good recording of a really neat show, guests include viva la diva, kristen hall, jackson browne, mary chapin carpenter, nanci griffith, and murray attaway. covers include "london calling", "southern man", "big yellow taxi", "where do the children play", and "what's so funny 'bout peace love and understanding".
1994-04-30: earth jam - stone mountain, georgia (alternate recording) (24bit 48khz)
a good sounding recording of "viva la divas" set included "london calling" with amy and emily.
1994-05-09: dj's on 99x - atlanta, georgia
a really good sounding recording of an hour long stint as djs, no in studio performances but amy and emily got to pick and introduce the songs they played, and made some neat choices.
1994-05-13: world cafe radio show
a very good sounding radio show from four days after the release of "swamp ophelia". all the tracks were done live in the studio, including a duo performance of "touch me fall" and a great rendition of "the wood song". another set of terrific performances and good interview segments.
1994-06-02: radio - england
a pretty good sounding recording of an in studio radio performance including "dead man's hill" and "least complicated".
1994-06-03: greater london radio - england
another pretty good sounding recording of an in studio radio performance, this time with "least complicated" and "the wood song".
1994-06-03: hammersmith apollo - london, england
a really nice sounding recording, which also includes the hour plus soundcheck.
1994-06-17: city stages - birmingham, alabama
1994-06-18: johnny walker radio one - england
1994-06-18: peace center - greenville, south carolina
1994-06-21: classic amphitheatre - richmond, virginia
1994-06-23: wolftrap - vienna, virginia
1994-06-24: wolftrap - vienna, virginia
1994-06-25: mann music center - philadelphia, pennsylvania
a terrific sounding recording of a great show, highlights include kristen hall singing "let it rain" and also sitting in with cooper tisdale for "southern man".
1994-06-28: radio city music hall - new york, new york
a pretty good sounding recording of a great show from the "swamp ophelia" tour, pieced together in its entirety by combining tracks from two commercial boots of that era, nothing to hide and days of wine and roses. in addition to a number of guest appearances, there is also a short stream of conscious segment during "touch me fall". shortly after this leg of the tour "touch me fall" started extending out past the 10 minute mark, and on occasion more than twice that number. if you have a particular interest in stream of conscious lyrics there is a fan assembled boot called rants and raves that has nothing but, the sounds quality of which varies greatly from track to track.
1994-06-28: radio city music hall - new york, new york (alternate recording)
1994-06-29: radio city music hall - new york, new york
1994-06-30: the knitting factory - new york, new york
1994-07-01: great woods - mansfield, massachusetts
1994-07-01: great woods - mansfield, massachusetts (alternate recording)
1994-07-02: johnny walker radio one - england
1994-07-02: yale university - new haven, connecticut
1994-07-02: yale university - new haven, connecticut (alternate recording) (24bit 48khz)
1994-07-03: stratton mountain - stratton, vermont
an excellent sounding recording of a terrific show, includes rache alpert guesting on "summertime", a by then rare performance of "center stage", and an always stunnningly beautiful "language or the kiss".
1994-07-03: stratton mountain - stratton, vermont (alternate recording)
a pretty good sounding recording, the in between song talk has been cut out.
1994-07-05: st. denis theatre - montreal, canada
a really good sounding recording of an acoustic show from early in the swamp ophelia tour season. it includes a ten minute version of "touch me fall" (later in the tour it would stretch to twenty plus minutes), complete with stream of conscious lyrics, and jane siberry adds some beautiful vocals to "language or the kiss" and "mystery".
1994-07-10: fraze pavillion - kettering, ohio
a really nice sounding recording of a terrific performance that inclues caroline aiken guesting on "white house blues", and a 13+ minute "touch me fall". if you've never heard caroline aiken highly recommend "white house blues".
1994-07-14: riverside theater - milwaukee, wisconsin
an excellent sounding recording of a terrific acoustic duo show, opens with "strange fire" and includes a stunning "language or the kiss". guest appearances by mrs. fun, michael lorant, and shiela doyle.
1994-07-16: northrup auditorium - minneapolis, minnesota
1994-07-16: northrup auditorium - minneapolis, minnesota (alternate recording)
1994-07-17: northrup auditorium - minneapolis, minnesota
a pretty good sounding recording of a very cool show with guest appearances by big fish ensemble ("peace, love, and understanding", "this train revised", and "chickenman") and mrs. fun (a really powerful arrangement of "dead man's hill"), other highlights include "the wood song" and a ten plus minute "touch me fall", which includes a soc segment.
1994-07-24: chastain park - atlanta, georgia
1994-07-25: chastain park - atlanta, georgia
1994-08-07: the newport folk festival - newport, rhode island
1994-08-13: red rocks amphitheater - morrison, colorado
a great sounding recording of a radio broadcast of the show, highlights (including the amazing oft changed setlist) are caroline aiken guesting on "white house blues" (with a very, very funny chat with the crowd running up to it) and "finlandia", and big fish ensemble guesting on "this train revised" and "kid fears".
1994-08-13: red rocks amphitheater - morrison, colorado (alternate recording)
an alternate and also great sounding recording of a radio broadcast of the show, which includes the entire 16+ minute "touch me fall", but missing "finlandia".
1994-08-16: the pier - seattle, washington
1994-08-17: the pier - seattle, washington
1994-08-20: on the edge radio program
1994-08-20: the greek theater - berkeley, california
1994-08-21: the greek theater - berkeley, california
1994-08-22: ksca studios - glendale, california
an excellent recording of a chaotic but very fun radio appearance from the swamp ophelia tour. in addition to some terrific interview segments, the acoustic duo song performances are wonderful as well, including a standout rendition of "reunion".
1994-08-23: modern rock live radio program
an excellent recording of a neat radio appearance, notable both for the terrific in studio performances and the length of the interview segments.
1994-08-23: modern rock live radio program (alternate recording)
1994-08-24: county bowl - santa barbara, california
1994-09-01: the backyard - austin, texas
1994-09-02: kges - austin, texas
1994-09-02: the backyard - austin, texas
1994-09-03: the woodlands - woodlands, texas
1994-09-25: ford amphitheater - vail, colorado
1994-09-29: arie crown theater - chicago, illinois
an excellent sounding recording of a neat acoustic duo show, includes "peace love and understanding" with big fish ensemble. "center stage" and "this train revised" are both standouts. there are references throughout to security at the shows, which was apparently pretty strict.
1994-09-30: arie crown theater - chicago, illinois
another excellent sounding recording of a terrific acoustic duo show, outstanding performances includes "joking" and "virginia woolf", and there is a really fun run up to "center stage". the references to the strict security carry over from the previous night.
1994-10-01: shoreline amphitheater - mountain view, california (bridge school benefit)
1994-10-02: shoreline amphitheater - mountain view, california (bridge school benefit)
1994-10-02: shoreline amphitheater - mountain view, california (bridge school benefit) (alternate recording)
1994-10-08: hill auditorium - ann arbor, michigan
1994-10-09: the palace theater - columbus, ohio
1994-10-14: rochester auditorium - rochester, new york
1994-10-15: shea's buffalo center - buffalo, new york
a pretty good sounding recording, includes sandy garfinkel on several tracks and the first known live performance of "what's the buzz" with amy and emily and big fish ensemble.
1994-11-20: the academy - manchester, england
1994-11-21: sheperd's bush empire - london, england
an okay recording of part of the last show prior to the disney tv special taping the following night, most notable for the very sweet and very funny discussion that takes place before "virginia woolf", which amy starts off by talking about the issues she is having with the lead guitar part on "fugitive", and emily's responses are priceless.
1994-11-21: sheperd's bush empire - london, england
an excellent recording of the whole show, minus the officially released tracks "language or the kiss" and "galileo". includes an amazing 16 minute "touch me fall-cortez the killer".
1994-11-22: sheperd's bush empire - london, england
a really good recording of a very neat show, was being taped for a disney tv special and there ended up being three encores as a couple of songs needed to be played twice. some of the talking between songs is missing. the "continuity music" leading into the second take of "power of two" is really fun, as is the lead in to the second "fugitive", and the show is closed by a very special "strange fire". at almost two and a half hours, the longest known show since amy and emily's multi-set bar shows back before "indigo girls" was released.
1994-11-22: sheperd's bush empire (broadcast source) - london, england
an excellent quality recording of a radio broadcast of some of the songs recorded for the tv special.
1994-11-27: the variety playhouse - atlanta, georgia (jesus christ superstar)
1994-12-03: the spectrum - philadelphia, pennsylvania
a really nice sounding recording of a great show, highlights include gayle ann dorsey sitting in on several songs, including an amazing "mystery", and a really neat "pushing the needle too far" which includes an extended guitar solo and some improvised lyrics by amy. "touch me fall" is cut towards the end, but contains a great guitar solo and the beginning of a stream of conscious lyrics section.
1994-12-03: the spectrum - philadelphia, pennsylvania (alternate recording)
1994-12-03: the spectrum - philadelphia, pennsylvania (alternate recording 2)
a really nice sounding recording of a great show, highlights include gayle ann dorsey sitting in on several songs, including an amazing "mystery" and a stellar "midnight train to georgia", and a really neat "pushing the needle too far" which includes an extended guitar solo and some improvised lyrics by amy. "touch me fall" contains a great guitar solo and a stream of conscious lyrics section.
1994-12-05: madison square garden - new york, new york
1994-12-08: cumberland civic center - portland, oregon
a pretty good recording of a neat show, includes a 17+ minute "touch me fall"-"cortez the killer".
1994-12-09: mullins center - amherst, massachusetts
a really good recording of a terrific show, includes an amazing 18+ minute "touch me fall"-"cortez the killer" with great vocals from both amy and emily, and some amazing guitar work by emily.
1994-12-09: mullins center - amherst, massachusetts (alternate recording)
1994-12-09: mullins center - amherst, massachusetts (alternate recording 2)
1994-12-10: brandeis university - waltham, massachusetts
a nice sounding recording of a really neat show, instead of amy and emily sitting in with k's choice for "rockin in the free world", k's choice joins amy and emily and their band during the encores, and it is a terrific rendition.
1994-12-10: brandeis university - waltham, massachusetts (alternate recording)
1994-12-11: the patriot center - washington, d.c.
1994-12-20: symphony hall - atlanta, georgia
a nice sounding recording of a neat show, highlights include gail ann dorsey sitting in on "mystery", gerard mchugh on "thin line", and an 11+ minute version of "chickenman", including a spoken word segment where amy tells the story of meeting chickenman.
1994-12-21: symphony hall - atlanta, georgia
1994-12-31: rainy day records - atlanta, georgia (amy ray)
an excellent sounding recording of a solo acoustic performance that amy ray made on new years eve in 1994. rainy day records was a store front record store in a strip mall in northeast atlanta, whose proprietor perry was a big supporter of the atlanta music scene and who used to have a lot of the local artists come by and give afternoon performances in his store. rainy day records was also the source of the "early recordings" series of bootlegs (these are available for download in the "commercial bootlegs" section of this page), the last i heard of perry was that he had retired to the florida keys in the late 1990's. in this recording amy borrows caroline aiken's guitar to play "three hits", "duncan" (a paul simon cover), and "problem child", an early version of "go" with differing lyrics.
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