Music

First, some live recordings of songs we’ve posted on YouTube. Note that if the video seems grainy you may want to go to the gear symbol (the YouTube playback settings) to select higher resolution video.

A Mandolin Orange song (Watchhouse), Until the Last Light Fades. Shot in November of 2024 on a beautiful afternoon out at Fred’s home in the Galisteo Basin. This link will take you to the video on YouTube.

An original, Fire Down the Valley. Our first test recording, to see what kind of quality we could get from one iPhone (the video) plus our mixing board (the audio). This link will take you to the video on YouTube.

And here’s a recent setlist, to provide some idea of what we play. There’s a considerable range to the material; we enjoy tailoring the setlist to the occasion.

  1. 1963 Rambler 990 (Hecht)
  2. A Good Line’s Enough (Hecht)
  3. Angel from Montgomery (Prine)
  4. Dixie Line (Welch)
  5. We’ll Go On (Hecht)
  6. The Weight (Robertson)
  7. I Saw Your Face in the Moon (unknown)
  8. John Barleycorn (traditional; arrangement Winwood)
  9. Waltz About Whiskey (Marlin)
  10. A Kiss at the Gate (Hecht & Milder)
  11. Big Ears (Milder)
  12. New Gilded Age (Hecht)
  13. Little Miss Cutthroat (Winship and Thompson)
  14. Nellie Kane (O’Brien)
  15. Until the Last Light Fades (Marlin)
  16. Randall Collins (Blake)
  17. Across the Great Divide (Wolf)
  18. Fire Down the Valley (Hecht)
  19. Hermit Miner (McLaughlin)
  20. Henry Gunter (Hecht)
  21. Mole in the Ground (traditional)
  22. No Place to Go (Hecht)
  23. Little Worlds (Marlin)
  24. Snowin on Raton (van Zandt)
  25. Tear my Stillhouse Down (Welch)

Plus a link to a page of studio recorded versions of the original songs we’ve included in recent sets.