Andrew Vachss’ Safe House
“Vachss’ novels are the written–word equivalent of the Blues—
if the music moves you, the writing might too.”
Andrew Vachss’ Safe House A Collection of the Blues was a companion album to the Safe House novel featuring fifteen of Andrew Vachss’ favorite songs, plus a never–before–published short story by Vachss. It was released on CD and cassette back in 1998, by Repeat/Relativity Records. It’s been off the shelves for a while now, but not before it did its job, raising tens of thousands of dollars for Community Works and Licensed for Life.
If you want the exquisite details, each and every musician featured, here are the credits to every single track.
You can listen to “Ghost,” a track from this collection that is based on Andrew Vachss’ novel Shella, by clicking here.
Don’t miss Chet Williamson’s review of Safe House: A Collection of the Blues, written for Rambles.
And if you’re interested in legendary rock critic Dave Marsh’s take on Vachss and the blues, take a look at this feature article.
Finally, if you want a copy of the CD itself … sometimes you can find a used copy here.
Safe House
A Collection of the Blues
Track List
- The Paul Butterfield Blues Band — I Got a Mind To Give Up Living
- Katie Webster — Pussycat Moan
- Buddy Guy — One Room Country Shack
- Irma Thomas — Time Is On My Side (live)
- Son Seals — Going Back Home
- Howlin’ Wolf — I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
- Little Charlie & the Nightcats — Rain
- Sonny Boy Williamson — Early In the Morning
- Otis Spann — Some Day
- Judy Henske — Till the Real Thing Comes Along
- Muddy Waters — She’s Nineteen Years Old
- Leadbelly with The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet — Midnight Special
- Charley Musselwhite — Baby, Will You Please Help Me
- Marcia Ball — Another Man’s Woman
- Bazza — Ghost
A Letter from Community Works
Thank you again for the gift of $5288.34 from the sales of Safe House. It could not have come at a better time. The events of September 11, the economy, and local issues have made fundraising more difficult than usual. Our programs for abused kids and battered women will be greatly aided by this gift. United Way just announced an across the board 10% cut; this gift will go a long way towards making up that difference.
Since we spoke what seems like years ago we’ve added a new component to our residential program: A candle-making factory. We also are in the process of building a recording studio, which might be more to your interest. If you’re ever traveling down I-5 please give me a call so I can show you some of the work we do first hand.
Thank you very much,
Arnie Green
Executive Director
A Letter from Licensed for Life
To Andrew Vachss and everyone at The Zero,
Licensed for Life is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to spreading the message to high school students on the dangers of drinking and driving. Since Licensed for Life began five school years ago, our officers have visited over 250 schools and organizations and given over 3700 classes.
We believe in teaching students about alcohol and making proper decisions before they begin to drive, therefore, Licensed for Life instructors speak primarily to driver education classes. Our goal is to have one-on-one contact with students in a classroom setting, so we prefer not to speak at assemblies, but to individual classes. Our instructors often get to a school and teach eight straight classes throughout a school day.
Licensed for Life relies on grants and donations to spread our message. Many times we are only able to send one officer at a time to teach classes. Licensed for Life turns down many more schools than we are able to teach, due to lack of funds.
With the recent donation from your organization, we are able to send officers to hundreds of additional classes. Many students who would possibly not be able to hear the anti-drinking and driving message without these funds are able to hopefully make proper decisions when they drive and help save lives.
At Licensed for Life we realize the students are all our children, too. Thank you for helping us help them make the correct decisions when they get behind the wheel.
Sincerely,
