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Track 1: ADIRONDACK ATTIC - Inspired by The Adirondack Museum (www.adkmuseum.org) and Andy Flynn's columns & books (www.hungrybearpublishing.com) where he tells the stories of artifacts from the museum. Unreleased; recorded March 2008 at BerggrenFolk Studios. [Photo at The Adirondack Museum by Joyce Rodella.]

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April 2005: After Common Thread's concert for the good people of Homorodalmas in Transylvania, they sing a song for us about their village. [Photo by Mark Sustic]

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"Well My Dear, It's Time to Go" was commissioned by the friends of Skye Farm Camp to honor Harold Shippey upon his retirement. You'll hear the last verse fade from the studio to the live event where the song was premiered on February 28, 2009.

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"Annea Rose" is the first of many songs for my granddaughter. It was written late on February 14th, her birth day, and recorded a few days later with a single microphone in glorious mono.

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"When Spring Comes" was written during a blizzard on March 21, 1998. This version is on ROOTED IN THE MOUNTAINS and was recorded at the Fredonia College Lodge in the spring of 2001.

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"River Driving Mix" includes five versions of the song (trad. words collected by Jeanne Robert Foster, tune by Dan Berggren): Berggren; Jeff Warner; Jeff Davis; Berggren, Kirk & Shaw; and Tim O'Brien from his brand new release Chicken & Egg.

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"Brannon's Survey Crew" recorded live at Bluseed Studios, Saranac Lake, NY.

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"Apple Wood" from the album Adirondack Green, 1985.

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(1) "In the Pines" recorded in 1975 at the Payson Hall Coffeehouse, St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY.

(2) "Worried Man Blues" recorded in 1975 in Olmstedville, NY: guitar & vocal - Dan Berggren; banjo & harmony - Jim Burns; mandolin & harmony - Gino Domiano.

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"Did I Miss Anything?" by Tom Wayman is from a November 2009 concert at Caffe Lena (www.caffelena.org) in Saratoga Springs; used by permission of the author. Did I Miss Anything?: Selected Poems 1973-1993; is available from Harbour Publishing.

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Track 1: Fragments of "Laura Jean" by Jim Burns and "Air Mail Pollution" by Dan Berggren, from a July 13, 2010 session with Chris Turano on drums and Dan on guitar and vocal.

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Track 1: "Occupy This Moment, Occupy This World" written and recorded by Dan Berggren, November 16, 2011.

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Track 1: St. Patrick's Session - a mix of tunes and songs recorded March 17, 2012 at The Irish Mist, Troy, NY by Ed Lowman, bass and fiddle; Dan Berggren, vocal and guitar.

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Track 1: Pinch Gut - a tune named for the place where I grew up - the Leonardsville section of the Town of Minerva, also known as Pinch Gut. More than a geographical location, its a regional piece of time that represents a way of life. The name came about because underpaid, underfed loggers had to tighten their belts so much that it pinched their gut. From the album MINERVA - Dan Berggren: fretless banjo, Irish bouzouki, percussion .

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Track 1: Lake Erie Rescue - the story the brave folks who risked their lives to save those stranded out on the water near Dunkirk, NY on January 26, 1978. From the 45 rpm single recorded and sold as a fundraiser for the Lake Erie Heroic Association - Dan Berggren, vocal & 12-string guitar; Dick Gilman, banjo & harmony; Carmen Gilman, guitar & harmony (words, Dick Gilman; music, Dan Berggren) .

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