- Pancho and Lefty : Townes Van Zandt (from Live at the Union Chapel)
- Satie: Ogive No. 2 : Sarah Rothenberg (from Rothko Chapel)
- Famous Blue Raincoat : Jennifer Warnes (from Famous Blue Raincoat)
- Sitting on Top of the World : Mississippi Shieks (from Stop & Listen Blues)
- Cold Enough to Cross : Joe Henry (from Scar)
- Three Guitar Special : Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (from Anthology, 1935-73)
- No One Gets In : Bill Frisell (from Disfarmer)
- Driving Home : Liz Simcock (from Seven Sisters Road)
- Let Him Roll : Guy Clark (from Old No. 1)
- My Girl : Otis Redding (from Otis Blue)
- In a Mellotone : Duke Ellington (from Highlights of the Great 1940-42 Band)
- I’m Pulling Through : Billie Holiday (from Billie Holiday & Lester Young, Complete Studio Recordings)
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Was Tommy Duggan really present at the Borderline gig in 1997? It was Townes van Zandt’s last appearance.
An old blue raincoat will never let you down….
Can’t swear about Tommy (fictional characters shift and sway in and out of reach – and reality) but I was certainly there – the fifth or sixth time I saw him – and it was a very sad occasion.