An Evening With Bonnie "Prince" Billy And Guests
Stella Blue
Asheville, NC, July 2nd 2001
Soundboard recording, direct master from Sony Minidisc
No more information is available
Will Oldham, vocals, guitar
Bob Arellano, vocals, guitar
David Pajo, Keyboards, vocals
Colin Gagon, Accordian, vocals
Benjamin Van Dykes, drums
David Humor, bass
1. [soundcheck]
2. 64
3. Southside of The World
4. Nomadic Revery (All Around)
5. Sheep
6. Mrs. William
7. The Sun Shines Down On Me (Kevin Coyne)
8. The Weaker Soldier
9. Today I Was An Evil One
10 Drift Away (Mentor Williams)
11. Careless Love
12. It Is Out There
13. I Am Drinking Again
14. Another Day Full of Dread
15. May It Always Be
16. Drinking Woman
17. Just To See My Holly Home
18. Agnes, Queen of Sorrow
19. I See A Darkness
20. Madeline-Mary
21. [band intros]
22. Raining In Darling
23. For The Mekons et al
24. A King At Night
25. Horses
26. Down in The Valley (traditional)
27 [end]
Notes:
This was a great show from a great tour. This perfect soundboard recording has been in circulation,
but I've never seen it on Dime, so here you go, direct from the master. This band was driving down
the road with the headlights off on some of these songs (in a good way--listen to Oldam yell out
the chords to "The Weaker Soldier," and yet it's still my favorite version ever . . .). We got permission
from the soundguy to plug in, and a friend of mine used his minidisc to record this set. By the way,
that's me in the front row singing "A Taste of Honey" after that unmistakable chord during the
soundcheck, and Oldham sings "Tasting much sweeter . . ." For the record, I consider that a duet.
The greatest songwriter and performer of his generation deserves more credit, and I hope you
listen to this and buy every album, cd, single, 7" of his you can find! Cheers!