Farewells and Acknowledgments,
First of all, we must thank anyone and everyone who listened, helped, laughed and let me sleep in their chairs.
I'd also like to thank the song writers, for all the songs we used throughout the production, here is a list compiled by Skyler Fell:
Brother Can You Spare A Dime - Written in 1931 by lyricist E.Y. "Yip" Harburg and composer Jay Gorney, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" was part of the 1932 musical New Americana.
One Jug Ov Whiskey - by Fiddlin' Mike of The Sour Mash Hug Band
Old Rub Alcohol Blues - by Moran Lee "Dock" Boggs
St James Infirmary Blues - is an American folksong of anonymous origin, though sometimes credited to the songwriter Joe Primrose (a pseudonym for Irving Mills). Louis Armstrong made it famous in his influential 1928 recording.
Whiskey Your The Devil - Traditional Irish Drinking Song
Griselda - traditional
Mussel Slough Song - written by Skyler Fell specifically for Eva's Outlaws
The Cuckoo (Jack o' Diamonds) - Traditional
The Nonsense Song - by Charlie Chaplin
Freight Train - by Elizabeth Cotton
Bei Mir Bist Du Shane - by Jacob Jacobs & Sholom Secunda
The Voice of The Lobster - music by Chains & Sean Lee, inspired by Lewis Carroll
Bubamara - written by Saban Bajramovic
For the Love of Whiskey & Beer - by Chains & Dylan Blackthorne
When You Die - traditional by Accordion Plague
The Big Rock Candy Mountain - by Billy Mack 1928
Dirty People's Anthem - by Sansa Asylum & Jesse Trashed
Silver Wedding - traditional klezmer tune
The Gomper - by Sean Lee aka The Gomper
Green Balloons - by Zombie Dan Abbott aka Professor Plague
Folsom Prison Blues - by Johnny Cash
Finally it's time to thank the players. It was a grand old ride but now it is done. The Evans and Sontag gang is disbanded, each riding towards his or her own sunset, I'd like to wish us all well on our journeys.
First I'd like to thank Lisa Bartfai, host of the show we hijacked for a month, and our beloved Eva. She continues her Passerby broadcasts, thepasserbyshow.blogspot.com, making wednesday morning commuters and slackers alike happily entertained from 8-10am with her silver tongue and glorious record collection. Check her out at Pirate Cat Radio 87.9FM.
Then our dear Dan Field, writer, actor, legend of the obscure knowledge. If you have any questions about anything, Dan is more likely to know than to not know, and even if he doesn't know, he'll probably be able to tell you anyway. Expect to hear his sonorous soliloquies on the Passerby as a correspondent from the Far East starting in August.
Danny Drachsler is a sort of jack of all trades, writer, actor, sound man, baker, farming enthusiast. He brought energy and guts to the project whenever those two ever important ingredients were lacking, and even when they weren't lacking he piled 'em on anyway. Danny continues to work and live in San Francisco, so if you see him on the street, please ask for challah and tell him I sent you, you'll never see bread the same way again.
Skyler Fell owns and operates an accordion repair and sales shop in San Francisco that you can check out on the web at accordionapocalypse.com. She also gives lessons, and is a member of the ever enigmatic jug band "The Hobo Goblins". Her accordion and funny voice expertise was put to valuable service in our little production, and we wish her all the best for her upcoming birthday.
Seamus McMullan is from Connecticut, a very recent transplant to San Francisco, though it is not his first time exploring the west coast. He has roamed and rambled much in his young life. A constant of the last three years has been his guitar, an instrument featuring prominently in episode 4. His willingness to step right off the plane and into the lead role of Chris Evans was much appreciated, as was his winning personality.
Andrew McMullan is an accomplished chef, a graduate of New England Culinary Institute and the master of a very dry wit. His contributions, beyond playing John Sontag and various nefarious fellows, namely consist in snickering off mic during the most touching scenes, to add a sense of realism that this piece sorely needed. He continues to live and Work in San Francisco, so please eat his food at the soup kitchen, or the Warfield theatre.
And well I guess that leaves me, Brendan McMullan. I am leaving sunny California for a pickup truck sojourn to the great north lands in about 8 days, and from there I know not my blessed route. I leave behind great memories and close friends, and I look ahead to the next great adventure.
Thank you for listening!
