The Bottom Line Club New York City 4th November 1999 |
We were lucky in that Nick's wife Jackie has a cousin who lives in West Village, New York, and even luckier that he agreed to put us up.
We took the train from Boston to New York Penn station and then it was a short cab ride to West Village. Steven was coming too but he hadn't heard of Peter Hammill and we spent some time trying to explain the kind of music that he played, with zero success. I thought; this could be interesting! We walked the short (ish) distance from West Village to The Bottom Line in Greenwich Village, via the river, deciding to take in some sights on the way. The Bottom Line is a good venue, like a cabaret set-up, with chairs and tables and people eating. The accoustics were good, as was the atmosphere. Surprisingly the place was full. We hadn't realised that there were going to be two shows, which was rather unfortunate because we were going on to a restaurant afterwards and couldn't change our plans. |
(Many thanks to Chloe for the pictures)