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Bonnie 'prince' Billy - Neighborhood Theatre, Charlotte 2010-12-03

Track listing:
  1. December Day 2:46
  2. Thats What Our Love Is 7:50
  3. Midday 3:56
  4. Because Of Your Eyes 6:50
  5. New Partner 5:13
  6. Troublesome Houses 4:37
  7. Cursed Sleep 7:25
  8. Only When You're Strong 5:12
  9. Let The Air Be Like Rain 4:37
  10. Lay And Love 4:38
  11. Break Of Day 4:23
  12. Easy Does It 5:26
  13. Without Us Song Is Nothing 7:58
  14. Jewish Trad Song 4:15
  15. Love Is Teasing 4:54
  16. Beware 5:14

Notes

Bonnie "Prince Billy & The Cairo Gang
The Neighborhood Theatre
Charlotte, NC, December 3rd 2010
2nd set (Opening Band "The Babblers" is the same band)

Recorded dead center 3rd row by W. Robbins
H2 Zoom Hand Held Recorder>16 bit Wav>Cool Edit Pro (for track breaks only)

Will Oldham, vocals, guitar
Emmett Kelly, vocals, guitar
Angela Olsen, vocals
Ben Boye, keyboards, accordian
Danny Kiely, bass
Van Campbell, drums

1. December Day (Willie Nelson)
2. That's What Our Love Is
3. Midday
4. Because of Your Eyes (Merle Haggard)
5. New Partner
6. Troublesome Houses
7. Cursed Sleep
8. Only When You're Strong
9. Let The Air Be Like Rain
10 Lay And Love
11. Break of Day
12. Easy Does It
13. Without Us, Song Is Nothing
14. Jewish Hymn
15. Love Is teasing, Love Is Pleasing (traditional)
16. Beware Your Only Friend

Not sure of some of these titles!

Notes:

This is my first upload on Dime, so please bare with me if something goes wrong. I recorded the show with a H2 Zoom “Handy Recorder” that I borrowed from my brother, so I wasn’t sure how the quality would turn out, but I’m pleasantly surprised. I did nothing to the files except add track breaks.

Opening act The Babblers took me by surprise, and I missed about 5 songs of their set. I’m really bummed about this as The Babblers are the same band as the one that backed Will Oldham for the main set, and he sang on every song, taking the lead vocals on at least half of them. Plus they played the Kevin Coyne and Dagmar Krause masterpiece Babble in its entirety. And it was really incredible. I hope someone else recorded that set. What I did record (which starts halfway through “I Confess”) I will upload as a separate torrent shortly. I also have some other uncirculated Bonnie recordings that I will upload soon.

Bonnie seldom disappoints, and this show on a cold December evening in Charlotte is no exception. I love the performance of “That’s What Our Love Is.” The Neighborhood Theatre is a small converted old movie house in the arts district of Charlotte. It’s a great place to hear a show. Any help with some of the song titles would be most appreciated.

Thanks to the Dime moderators for helping me too.

Enjoy!