I Bid You Goodnight (Arhoolie CD-433, 1996) compiles recordings from the Any Old Time String Band, the San Francisco Bay Area all-women old-time and country string band active in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Kate Brislin, Sue Draheim, Genny Haley, and Barbara Montoro perform pre-World War II American string band music in the direct ensemble style of the Bay Area old-time revival. The Arhoolie compilation gathered material from two earlier albums made for Arhoolie and Bay Records, making them available in a single volume. Brislin would later develop her most widely known partnership with Jody Stecher, but her years with Any Old Time String Band represent an earlier and equally committed engagement with traditional American string music — a chapter that documents a Bay Area scene that produced some of the most serious women's acoustic ensembles of the 1970s folk revival era.
Tracklist
- 1 Turkey Buzzard / Chinquapin Hunting 2:48
- 2 Dear Companion 4:11
- 3 Let Me Fall 2:16
- 4 I Wish I'd Stayed in the Wagonyard 2:51
- 5 Ma Cher Bebe Creole 3:01
- 6 Dixieland One-Step 2:07
- 7 Home in Pasadena 4:15
- 8 Long Lost Lover Blues 4:47
- 9 Valse de Orphelin 3:05
- 10 I'll See You in C-U-B-A 4:48
- 11 Free Little Bird 2:31
- 12 I've Got What It Takes 3:52
- 13 Hello Stranger alt version 3:12
- 14 La Valse de Bayou Teche 2:28
- 15 Shady Grove alt version 2:22
- 16 California Blues 3:34
- 17 Cowboy Girl 3:01
- 18 I Made a Big Mistake 3:17
- 19 Lock and Key 3:21
- 20 Falls of Richmond / Camp Chase 2:59
- 21 La Porte Dans Arriere (The Back Door) 2:51
- 22 Oklahoma Blues 2:53
- 23 Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy 2:51
- 24 Farewell Blues alt version 3:10
- 25 I Bid You Goodnight 2:42