BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY
AND THE CAIRO GANG
Manchester Cathedral
3rd August 2010
This is my recording
Centre 15ft from stage
Olympus LS10>24bit>cd wave>16 bit>traders little helper
recorder __rimbaud__
Where's The Show/Let Me Be A Man (Nelson)
With Cornstalks (Or Among Them)
Troublesome Houses
You Win
Easy Does It
Island Brothers
Where Wind Blows
No Bad News
Teach Me To Bear You
What Shall We Do About The Fact *
That's What Our Love Is
Merciless And Great
The Sounds Are Always Begging
Encores
Love Is Pleasing (Trad)
The Price Of Love (Everly's)Medley(Keep Eye On Other's Gain-Big Friday-Madeleine Mary-Master and Everyone-May It Always Be)
Go Folks,Go
* unknown title
Bonnie Prince Billy
Emmett Kelly
Alex Neilson
Shahzad Ismaily
Lavinia Blackwall
........whereupon, everything conspired to make this THE show of the tour for me.
first off, the sound in the cathedral was immaculate, no church spookiness here,so serious hat tip to the sound guys.
the wondershow band, after six shows, has honed it's considerable skills and intuitions to near perfection
the setlist, with a stunning new opener,is beautifully paced, and features almost all the highlights from the previous sets..
and then there's Will Oldham, just listen to his voice on these renditions, totally immersed,in complete control.
the whoops and hollers of pure joy ringing out,if ever the singer WAS the song.....
on top of all that, the taper gods were smiling down on me, to deliver my best rec of the tour too...