In 1974, on May 16th about 2:30 am in a famous NYC music club located in Greenwich Village called ‘The Bottom Line,’ I climbed onto the stage with my guitar and played eleven songs, including many new unreleased ones plus three that had never been played in the studio or anywhere - ‘Citizen Cane Jr Blues,’ ‘Long May You Run’ and ‘Pardon My Heart’.

This picture from a CSNY tour is from the bootleg cover and we always copy the bootleg.

That late night, ‘The Bottom Line’ set went like this:

• Citizen Cane Jr. Blues
• Long May You Run
• Greensleeves
• Ambulance Blues*
• Helpless
• Revolution Blues*
• On the Beach*
• Roll Another Number
• Motion Pictures*
• Pardon My Heart
• Dance, Dance, Dance

In my mind it’s a hazy memory, but this moment really captures the essence of where I was in 1974.
Two months later, the album ‘On The Beach*’ was released, including songs I played that night - ‘Ambulance Blues,’ ‘Revolution Blues,’ ‘On the Beach’ and ‘Motion Pictures.’

Folks at ‘The Bottom Line’ heard seven new songs for the first time. I just remember I was 28 years old, bare and letting it all out.

‘The Bottom Line - “Citizen Cane Jr. Blues”’ is part of the official Bootleg Series now in production and is scheduled for release by Shakey Pictures Records in first quarter 2021. This first edition of the NYA ‘Official Bootleg Series’ will contain at least six complete Bootleg series offerings, the majority of which are from our own original master recordings.
Produced by ‘The Volume Dealers,’ these six albums will provide the highest quality listening available.