1 Kettle of Fish(Steve Katz)
2 Take your fingers of it(Will Shade)
3 Steve's song (September fifth)(Steve Katz)
4 Sometimes in winter(Steve Katz)
5 On the road again (Will Shade)
6 King Kong Kitchie Ki Me O(Traditional)
7 Love will endure(Patrick Sky)
8 Crow Jane (Skip James)
9 Meagan's gypsy eyes(Steve Katz)
10 Richland woman blues (Mississippi John Hurt)
11 Valentine's day(Steve Katz)
12 Green Rocky road(Traditional)
13 Candyman (Traditional)
14 Young woman blues(Bessie Smith)
15 Sweet Jane(Lou Reed)
16 Hollywood (Steve Katz)
17 Ephemera
It started out as a live album. Most of it still is, some of it in front of an audience, and some live in the studio in a few takes or less.
It is an acoustic retrospective of the way he originally wrote some of the songs, the songs that inspired him from his early folk days.
This retrospective includes his song “Kettle of Fish” about what it was like growing up in the Greenwich Village folk music scene
of the 1960’s; to acoustic versions of songs recorded throughout his career.
there is “Take Your Fingers Off It” recorded with the Even Dozen Jug Band; “Steve’s Song” recorded with The Blues Project;
and “Sometimes in Winter” recorded by Blood, Sweat, and Tears; and these are just some of the songs reprised from these bands.
Katz pays tribute to Lew Soloff a great jazz trumpeter and member of BST; and to bluesmen Skip James, Mississippi John Hurt,
Reverend Gary Davis, and Dave Von Ronk. He also pays tribute to Bessie Smith and Lou Reed and others from his musical career.
This is not just a sentimental journey but a truly beautiful album from Katz whose voice seems to have improved with age.
