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THE BOTTOM LINE PRESENTS NEW YORK ON MY MIND

Rosanne Cash will think back on the great days of the Bottom Line at special free show June 22 in World Financial Center Winter Garden (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

River to River Festival
World Financial Center Winter Garden
220 Vesey St.
Wednesday, June 22, free, 7:00
www.rivertorivernyc.com
www.bottomlinecabaret.com

In April 1974, childhood friends Allan Pepper and Stanley Snadowski, who used to book acts at Folk City, opened the Bottom Line Cabaret, at the corner of Mercer & West Fourth St., with a series of shows by Buffy Sainte-Marie. For nearly thirty years, the club hosted some of the best in rock, pop, jazz, blues, and country, with a specialty in unique singer-songwriters. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played a historic set of concerts at the Bottom Line in August 1975, Lou Reed recorded his scathing Take No Prisoners live album there in 1978, and other performers over the years included Miles Davis, Tom Waits, Barry Manilow, Melissa Etheridge, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Emmylou Harris, Muddy Waters, Patti Smith, Taj Mahal, Gil Scott-Heron, Steve Earle, Bob Mould, Richard Thompson, Captain Beefheart, and David Johansen, both with the New York Dolls and as lounge lizard Buster Poindexter. On June 22, the River to River Festival will pay tribute to one of New York City’s greatest-ever music venues, which was forced to close in 2004 when NYU took over its lease, with a free show featuring a cast of Bottom Line vets at the World Financial Center Winter Garden (the venue has moved from Rockefeller Park because of the weather). The stellar lineup includes Rosanne Cash (who first played the club in March 1981), Marshall Crenshaw (June 1982), the GrooveBarbers, Garland Jeffreys (May 1978), Willie Nile (April 1980), Martin Rivas, Suzzy and Lucy Wainwright Roche (April 1978), Catherine Russell (December 1999), “Idiot’s Delight” host Vin Scelsa (1990-95’s “In Their Own Words: A Bunch Of Songwriters Sittin’ Around Singing”), Loudon Wainwright III (August 1974), Dar Williams (June 1994), and additional guests to be announced, with Cash’s husband, John Leventhal, serving as musical director along with Mojo Mancini. The evening will be hosted by Sirius XM’s Meg Griffin, who first hosted a Bottom Line show back in April 1982, when she was a DJ at WNEW-FM. Titled “New York on My Mind,” this night promises to be a very special event, and you don’t have to worry about a post blocking your view — although with the change of venue indoors, a palm tree might get in your way.

HOLIDAY CHEER FOR ’FUV 2009

Rosanne Cash will be checking her list at annual FUV holiday fundraiser

Rosanne Cash will be checking her list at annual FUV holiday fundraiser

The Concert Hall at the New York Society for Ethical Culture
2 West 64th St. at Central Park West
Tuesday, December 8, $45-$500, 8:00
800-745-3000
www.wfuv.org/events/holiday/2009

One of the last of the great radio stations, WFUV, broadcasting out of Fordham University, is hosting its fifth annual benefit concert on December 8 at the Society for Ethical Culture, raising much-needed funds to be able to continue such programming as Echoes with John Dilberto, the Grateful Dead Hour, American Routes with Nick Spitzer, Beale Street Caravan with Daren Dortin and Pat Mitchell, the World Cafe with David Dye, Mountain Stage with Larry Groce, a Thousand Welcomes with Kathleen Biggins, Woody’s Children with Bob Sherman, the Whole Wide World with Rita Houston, Mixed Bag with Pete Fornatale, and Idiot’s Delight with the legendary Vin Scelsa. This year’s concert is headlined by Rosanne Cash, who is touring behind her latest album, THE LIST, a collection of essential country songs her father gave her when she turned eighteen. Also on the bill are Providence’s the Low Anthem and former Soul Coughing leader Mike Doughty. Tickets are $45-$75, with $250 and $500 VIP seats that include admission to the preconcert cocktail party.