Note 1: "4 track. 1960. Seems some overlapping at least on Uher. But has part of main conversation with Pat about things. Also background tapes of Nahama, Phil, Bill, - Prison songs, Jazz (must be another tape, also???)"; Note 2: CDI 1. ambient loft and door sounds, with ambient music form radio/tv? And Pageboy, cat sounds, buzz. 2. cont'd, high pitched female voice talking with Smth 3. Smith talking, with woman 4. cont'd 5-7. cont'd, then with jazz in loft 8. More talk 9. buzz and talk, loft CDII 1. Pageboy, talk cont'd Smith: "Well I haven't had fifteen cents in my pocket for two or three weeks, oh well." 2. cont'd with Smith talking 3. female voice reciting on LP/radio Dylan Thomas peoms Do not go gentle in to that good night, Eye of the fisherman, others -13. CDIII 1. cont'd, loft with LP/radio poetry 2. cont'd 3. cont'd 4. Recoord stops and Smith talking with person coming in 5. cont'd 6. cont'd 7. cont'd 8. "nobody knows the troubles I've seen" 9. Smith talking at end with child and piano 10. Smith playing and singing 11. drop out and resumes with better sound quality. Traffic audible and Smith Sining and some singing with young woman (same as previous CD) with a high pitched voice CDIV 1. cont'd clearer talk, woman:"if he comes home and I'm not there" and more talk with Smith and woman. Smith sings a song fragment. 2. cont'd acapella and Smith's blues with discussion 3. cont'd discussion including Khrushchev's speeches. Smith's poetic rambling. 4. Smith cont'd and conversation inlcuidng work talk CDV 1. cont'd loft footsteps, and Smith and woman takling, cont'd. "sick" 2. cont'd food talk 3. knock "Fred, is anybody there?" no answer 4. "*** corner diner on Broadway and 29th. directions and talk with Phil, who's been working there. , Nehama singing John Henry 5. cont'd, with song and talk 6. cont'd 7. cont'd with "What time is it?" "4AM" 8. cont'd, 9. Phil and Smith talking 10. Nehama singing with Smith talking. 11. cont'd, Harold Feinstein, supposed to arrive before morning, but doubtful. 12. Nehama sings and plays. 13. cont'd 14. House of the Rising Sun by Nehama CDVI 1. cont'd Nehama singing. New song Smith's voice then Way down in the Mississippi Valley song by nehama 2. jumps to female voce and loft putter 3. Begins playback of loud jam session played by Smith in loft midsong (on another tape player). Talk by Smith: Freddie Redd in loft "what the hell that is, he came up here with Freddie Redd one night" . "You were eating lunch when I arrived?" "First food I had all day" 4. cont'd, "Waiting I guess for Gary to come home" "Stopped to see Hall for a minute" story. Dave Youngs place to open..." "staked out where all my pictures are" and "Phil, you've got things to do tomorrow, you better go, boy." "Is it 2:30am already, I haven't even eaten yet." talk and piano upstairs hummming and steps on stairs, Puerto Rican demonstration day the following day to be photographed or attended by Phil. CDVII 1. cont'd, voices down stairwell, Hall's voice? Smith saying ogood night to PHil Dante. and "Come on now Pat, you've got to fight it" Serious addiction talk. 2. ***Smith war wound story Steps on stairs, Phil Dante leaving. 3. Smith on David X. Young 4. Dante taking food order for delivery/take out. "This is 821, right?" 5. loud music on tape 6. different tape then turned off. 7. Smith talking and hot water and coffee mention 8. Smith's drug use, coy: opium, alcohol. Bellevue, greatest strength, to laugh at self. Food delivered. 9. medical bills, and war wound lessons, smoking and addiction*** 10. cont'd 11. Hall Overton, about. Town Hall Monk concert. Monk, Seattle, Ray Charles, Freddie Greenwell. *** 12. Smith looking for old blues record and "that boy upstairs sticks close to his piano, doesn't he?" 13. Blues record played (call and response field holler) "Ray Charles" as subject and talk on LP simultaneously. ;