Lifelike by Bill Davie

released March 10, 1996

Produced by Bill Davie
Concert produced by Dick Meyer
Concert Sound and Recording by Rob Folsom, OMB Sound
Mixed and mastered by David Lange and Bill Davie at David Lange Studios, Edgewood, Washington
Photos by Sue Misao
Typesetting and design by
Wisdom Tree Design/Music (Mark Spittal)

What was life like on 3/24/95?

Ray had come more than a week early from The Methow Valley to dedicate himself to this concert. We were practiced and tight. I was just over a two month cold, had flushed a lot of poisons from my system and was feeling amazingly energetic for a parent of two. I was looking forward to the show at The Antique Sandwich Company, a venue that has been good to many musicians for many years, sporting one of the longest running open mics in the Northwest, put on by Victory Music every Tuesday night for 15 years, as well as weekend concerts, great food, wonderful atmosphere, and one of the most righteous groups of proprietors, Tamie, Shirley, and Dick, that any player, patron, or community could ask for!

I hadn't completely alienated my wife and kids with pre-show jitters, Tim and Demetra's daughters hadn't canceled out on babysitting that night, new strings, reasonable traffic, time enough for a great turkey sandwich and salad before sound check . . .

We got a wonderful hometown crowd of friends and fans for both myself and Marjorie Richards, the great songwriter/performer/artist/friend who played the first set.

With a minimum of crises, the show went off nicely and we played our guts out.

These are the only takes of the songs we did that night, it's the entire set in the order we played it (with the exception of "Notebook," moved from #3 to #1 because it is a more recent representation of what life is like).

It's lifelike because it's got buzzes and bumps, lifelike because Ray could have been mic'ed better, lifelike because of a slight nasal quality in my voice, lifelike because "light" should be "write," and lifelike because this is what I sound like.

Thank you for helping to make it possible.

Special Thanks To:

THE AUDIENCE!!!
Ray Robertson for his trust, artistry, leadership and good company.
Marjorie Richards, David Lange, Tamie Herridge, Shirley Herridge, Dick Meyer and Rob Folsom for their dedication to making good music happen.
Mug for being such a great sister.
The Hoodoo and Oval Boys for helping me find some misplaced items.
The Barnaby Project for their irresistible example.
God for the mysteries.

Sue, Alyce and James for everything else, and lots of gravy.

This album is dedicated to my Mom, Katherine Strep.