Bristol Bay (2013)

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Label: Strictly Country Records
All songs by Si Kahn, except “Out on the Lake” by Si Kahn and Jon Vezner; “Once When I Was Young” by Si Kahn and Tom Chapin; and Bristol Bay by Jens Krüger.

1. Dead Man’s Sand
2. Upstream
3. Abundance
4. Once I Was Young
5. Winter Coming On
6. Sailing To Alaska
7. The Beauty of Alaska
8. Fever
9. Out on the Lake (played and sung by Jon Vezner)
10. Seventh Generation
11. Last Trip Home
12. Everything is Bigger in Alaska
13. The Gold Rush Never Ends
14. Down on the River
15. Pebble Mine
16. Bristol Bay (instrumental by Jens Kruger)

April 14th will be a very special show.  My dear friend of over 50 years, Si Kahn, turns 80-years-old on April 23rd and I’m throwing a Si Kahn 80th Birthday Party.  Besides being a frequent partner-in-crime, Si and I co-wrote five consecutive Grammy-nominated albums, toured our Signs of the Times tour (with sign language artist, Susan Freundlich). Not incidentally, Si is the godfather of my son Peter.  I was the first person to record a Si Kahn song, even before his incredible debut album New Wood.  So, I’ll reprise that first song, along with lots more of his great music.  But, most wonderfully, there will be over a dozen artists, including Billy Bragg, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer, Tom Chapin, Jane Sapp, Holly Near, and Kathy Mattea, who’ll be chiming in with tales about Si and singing some of his classic songs.  This will be an incredible evening and a chance to not only hear some great music, but honor the guy I declared, “The best damn songwriter in the South…in his spare time!” back in 1975. 

Even if you’re not able to watch the celebration live, your ticket will allow you to view a recording of the full event for the next two weeks.

100% of ticket sales will go to support the official launch at the concert of the Si Kahn Living Legacy, a new non-profit project that will make available in perpetuity those of Si’s songs, stories, song cycles for children and adults, poems, unpublished books, musicals, and other creative works that have never before been available to the public, and ultimately keep them alive and easily accessible after he’s gone.