Bottom Dollar consisted of Rich Nardin and Izzy Reinish. Besides being able to hear them at the Freeze-Dried Coffee House, below are recordings from WRPI radio in Troy (11/21/1976) and their final performance at the Oneonta Coffee House with special guests Robin Greenstein, Jeff Rosen, and Roger Weiss.
WRPI Radio hosted by Jackie Alper – Nov. 21, 1976
Aging Cowboy Come and Hear the Music / Close Your Eyes Swing Song / Song for Phil Ochs Undecided / Bottom Dollar
Oneonta Coffee House – Sept. 1978
Love, Please Come Home Truck Driving Man Aging Cowboy Born in the Country Mr. Spaceman Father of a Honky Tonk Girl Streets of London Bottom Dollar I Shall be Released Then Came the Children
>> Listen to Bottom Dollar at the Freeze-Dried Coffee House
What a find!! “Cole” & “Wino” were managing the Side Track Cafe at SUCO – State University College at Oneonta. Bottom Dollar was the opening act for that fall semester, their first of two wonderful years at the Side Track’s helm.
Finding the SUCO tracks here was a wonderful happenstance. At this very moment, 46 years later, Cole and Wino are camping in the beautiful autumnal Herkimer hills of NY. Memories of coffeehouse days are cherished ones; Bottom Dollar, Jack Hardy, Stan Rogers, Stephen Baird, David Massengill, Priscilla Herdman, Tom Intondi, Cindy Mangson, Robin & Linda Williams!
Folk music was the soundtrack of our college days and finds a place in every Wino & Cole visit. Two loves came into my life in my freshman year of 1976…. Folk music and Wino!
I hope there’s others remembering the Side Track Cafe in Oneonta – I became “me” there and am instantly transported to that little candlelit room, barn board siding stage backdrop, old rugs on the brick walls enriching the acoustics, wine, cheese and, of course, the potty chair hanging on the wall behind the performers!
Here’s to the music of the people… folk! And I speak from experience.
Cole