Live at The Bottom of the Hill

by The Swingin' Doors

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    This alt-country album is from a 1997 recording direct from the soundboard at the Swingin' Doors farewell performance at the Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco. Music performed in a bar has a special bumpy charm.
    Weighing in 17 songs, all but 4 are written by Jenifer McKitrick and Dwight Been. Earlier they did a few shows around San Francisco, including at the laundromat/bar Brainwash as country duo Dwight and Jenny.
    This recording had been in Stephane's closet since '97 and we talked recently and she had them digitized, mailed me a thumb drive, and I began learning how to master a song.
    The band loved messing with cover songs, and we had a blast while roughing up Black Dog with a rockabilly sensibility, and making All Tomorrow's on vocals Parties appropriate for square dancing.
    The rest are songs by Dwight or me. I won't try here to critique the songs or the record, but suffice it to say that that farewell show was four sets long and we played I think 54 songs that day, and all the songs we chose to offer up feel like a good representation of the band.As for personal anecdotes about the songs, Dwight wrote Red Hot Redhead Rebel after I told him about how Lord Huckleberry gave me a dresser from storage at a hotel he ran and there was something in a drawer-a 50s pinup girl magazine. Thank you, Brian.
    Jennifer Saxer had a hippie poem on her wall that she had written called Earth Providing so I made it into a song, so thanks to you as well.
    And special thanks to Carolyn Getson, founder of the Bettys, for sending me a letter that included the sentences "Write a song called Pantyhose and Beer, It has to be country."
    Thanks for listening, you are who it's made for, and to those of you who make purchases, your support is appreciated beyond the value of the money by far. Supporting independent music should be an automatic ticket to sainthood.
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Listen to the Radio 02:38
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Red Hot Redhead Rebel 03:32
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Bordertown 04:13
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Mama, Why are Your Hands So Cold? 04:13
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I'm worried about my father He's been in very poor health He drinks a bottle of medicine every day And still isn't feeling too well Daddy when are you coming home Daddy when are you coming home I'll try and do better and not make you so mad Daddy when are you coming home I'm worried about my mother She's always making excuses I know she's just real clumsy cleaning house Cause every day she's got new bruises Mama why are your hands so cold Mama why are your hands so cold I wish you'd wake up you've been sleeping so long Mama why are your hands so cold I wrapped a scarf around her pretty face Put my little mittens on her big hands But when I tried to put on her sweater Daddy her arms wouldn't bend Daddy when are you coming home Daddy when are you coming home Please come home and make her cry so I'll know she's all right Daddy when are you coming home Mama why are your hands so cold Mama why are your hands so cold I wish you'd wake up you've been sleeping so long Mama why are your hands so cold Mama why
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Sex Poodle 04:34
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I am a devil dog dreaming on a dog day afternoon Devil dog devil dog Pleasure hog When you coming over baby dammit won't you make it soon Pedigree pollywog How many times must I wait for you to knock upon my door child A dozen more a dozen more it doesn't matter anymore now I'm nothing but a sex poodle nipping at your heels baby Sex poodle nip and bark and bite yeah Sex poodle high strung to the bone Sex poodle never leaving you alone I've been waiting so long babe I think my tail is starting to twitch Why you do me wrong don't you know I ain't no ordinary bitch I'm so tired of sitting around just awaiting all alone yeah Get your lazy butt up off the couch and pick up the phone yeah And let me be your sex poodle nipping at your heels now baby Sex poodle nip and bark and bite yeah Sex poodle high strong to the bone Sex poodle never leaving you alone
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Pantyhose and Beer 02:16
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I was doing my best to look conservative I needed a job break bad On the way to that most important interview I put a runner in the only pantyhose I had So I bought a black marker at the corner store Cause you see these pantyhose were black And I colored in my leg where the hole was But you see it didn't quite exactly match So I went back down to that corner store For pantyhose and beer And you know I will always be back for more Pantyhose and beer Well I wasn't looking too pulled together And anyway it was starting to rain I decided to wait for better weather And go on home and try it later again And I went back down to that corner store for Pantyhose and beer And you know I'll always be back for more Pantyhose And beer
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I WIll Go On 03:07
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I don't understand much about love or much about you I'd like to go out dancing tonight like we used to do But I know you won't go anywhere now with me And I know there's no way it could possibly be It's a worn out romance And I don't stand a chance Cause we're through me and you But I know that when you said that you were leaving me That I knew you were already gone And I know every day you get further away And I don't know how I will go on I will go on and get up and work from sun to sun each day I will go on and do the things I usually do I will go on even though God knows I can't I know I will I will go on and love you without you There's not anything wrong with me what's the matter with you Don't take advice from your so-called friends do what you wanna do So come on now come on have a good time with me Cause you know in your heart that's the way it should be Let's go check out the scene If you know what I mean Just us two me and you But I know that when you said that you were leaving me That I knew you were already gone And I know every day you get further away And I don't know how I will go on I will go on and get up and work from sun to sun each day I will go on and do the things I usually do I will go on even though God knows I can't I know I will I will go on and love you without you
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Ya Know I Need Ya Tonight 02:37
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Temper Tantrum 03:15
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I'm sorry my dear for going wrong with our love I apologize honey there's so much that I'm guilty of But things can't go right all the time And yet they seem to go wrong all the time Well I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry Is that what you want me to say Forgive me or is that asking too much Forgive me and bring back your sweet touch Well I'm hoping that you'll understand I wasn't doing the best that I can Yeah I want you I want you I want you And it's making me mad I'm not changing fast enough for you Baby doll you're the same as when you met me too ooh oh You're the best love honey The best that I ever had Gonna to share it with my mama Gonna prove it to my dad But I'm not telling them nothing Until I know for sure you got something Yeah and I love you I love you what else can I say I'm not changing fast enough for you Well baby you're the same as when I met you too ooh oh I don't know if it's wrong or right I only know I want to hold you tight So come on little darling let's go You know I need you tonight You know I need you tonight It's gonna be all right
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Wait 'Til Morning Time 02:54
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Earth Providing 03:58
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Your Word Against Mine 02:33
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Blue Dress 03:01
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Black Dog (cover) 03:17
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All Tomorrow's Parties (cover) 03:22
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Dead Flowers/Amazing Grace (cover medley) 04:10
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The Wayward Wind 02:54

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Diana Glaub, co-founder of my first band the Bettys was also one of this band's founding members (in the photo). She was with us on our 1995 studio album unhinged, which is available here.
When she left for Alaska, Todd Duda replaced her on drums, and Todd is the drummer for this album.
It is worth noting that Jenifer, Dwight, and Diana met at Kent State. Jenifer's very first date at college as a 17 year old freshman was wthDwight, who asked me to see a movie while riding on the campus loop bus.
Stephanie, who attended Yale instead, has been punished for that by enduring hearing Kent references, random unfamiliar names, and tales of the NE Ohio punk/new wave scene in the late 70s/early 80s.
She should have gone to Kent. Among her classmates were Jodie Foster and Jennifer Beals (who likely deserves all the credit for Stephanie's top-notch dance moves), but Patty Donahue from the Waitresses was in my French class and she taught me how to play pinball at Walter's Cafe. Walter's had a great sign. "Good food takes time. If you can't wait, don't."
I should mention that we were friends with photographer Elisabeth Fall at Kent as well, and we had many fun shoots, and the one on the cover is hers, taken at Scottish pub Edinburgh Castle in SF where we played frequently.

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released January 1, 2022

Jenifer McKitrick-Vocals, electric guitar, harmonica
Dwight Been-Vocals, acoustic guitar, violin
Stephanie Lee-Bass, violin, vocals
Todd Duda-Drums

Cover Photo: Elisabeth Fall

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