he really was pretty amazing during that last tour, kind of hope he keeps that band together.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 18:03 (ten years ago) link
ha, i'd really like that photo book
http://zero1magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/165925_537436852963717_1725660117_n.jpg
i actually was not keen on the doc, like there is something ill fitting about trying to get a p reserved guy to talk about stuff because what he's prepared to give up is not really so absorbing. it shoulda been a silent.
tyler otm re: his last group. he toured recently w/the same guitar player, minus neal morgan drumming but plus a bass player. he's playing electric guitar again, which is exciting for me.
― daft on the causes of punk (schlump), Tuesday, 18 June 2013 18:52 (ten years ago) link
that drummer was amazing though
― i lost my shoes on acid (jed_), Tuesday, 18 June 2013 23:23 (ten years ago) link
http://www.dragcity.com/products/i-drive-a-valence
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 9 October 2014 17:41 (nine years ago) link
was hoping this was a new album bump!
― marcos, Thursday, 9 October 2014 17:43 (nine years ago) link
Bill Callahan and Paul Ryan's creative partnership comes to Vivid Sydney stage
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/bill-callahan-and-paul-ryans-creative-partnership-comes-to-vivid-sydney-stage-20150526-gh9kdo.html#ixzz3iWpLpsZU
― marcos, Tuesday, 11 August 2015 17:27 (eight years ago) link
Callahan, whose style has been compared to that of Leonard Cohen, came across Ryan's work when the painter sent his record company an email asking for permission to use his music in a documentary film about his art practice. Callahan said he would give permission if Ryan sent an artwork he could use on his next album cover, Apocalypse. He loved it so much, he asked Ryan for paintings for his next releases, Dream River and Have Fun With God.
― marcos, Tuesday, 11 August 2015 17:28 (eight years ago) link
from back in may but i hadn't read much about before about their connection
Fred Neil reminds me of him and vice versa.
― nostormo, Tuesday, 1 September 2015 21:29 (eight years ago) link
i saw him play last night. it was not the best bill callahan show i've seen (there was no drummer and instead he played this annoying foot tambourine thing through all of the songs) but i'm glad he's still playing and touring with matt kinsey. that guy is a great guitarist and his playing adds a lot to the songs on the last couple of albums.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 26 September 2016 15:13 (seven years ago) link
yea i hope he keeps kinsey around for a while
― marcos, Monday, 26 September 2016 16:23 (seven years ago) link
i am ready for new callahan music though. dream river was three years ago exactly
― marcos, Monday, 26 September 2016 16:24 (seven years ago) link
did he play any new music NA?
he only played one song I didn't know but it sounded like it could have been a cover or a traditional song? something about how everyone has to walk this road alone, then every verse substituting my father has to walk this road alone, my mother, etc. before returning to everyone. thought it could be a cover bc it was more direct/simple than his recent songs. unfortunately i don't remember the lyrics accurately enough to search.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 26 September 2016 16:31 (seven years ago) link
oh he played his grateful dead cover "easy wind" also
― Immediate Follower (NA), Monday, 26 September 2016 16:35 (seven years ago) link
Have Fun With God is a fantastic record, massively slept on
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Sunday, 6 January 2019 06:16 (five years ago) link
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvy5kHSgDB1/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=con3os1p3w6z
― mizzell, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 14:57 (five years ago) link
I can only assume they patched things up, given that they would later collaborate, but yeah, that's funny.
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 3 April 2019 16:02 (five years ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/news/bill-callahan-announces-new-album-shepherd-in-a-sheepskin-vest/
20 tracks!
― na (NA), Thursday, 2 May 2019 14:21 (four years ago) link
https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5cc7d5a0fa43fdd23e066fe0/master/pass/DC747_BillCallahan_ShepherdInASV_MINI.jpg
not crazy about this cover
― na (NA), Thursday, 2 May 2019 14:22 (four years ago) link
Thread updates you've been hoping for! I like the cover ok, seems Callahanesque enough.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 2 May 2019 14:30 (four years ago) link
Great news!
― hot dog go to bathroom (cajunsunday), Thursday, 2 May 2019 14:30 (four years ago) link
i wonder if it's a double album or shorter songs
― na (NA), Thursday, 2 May 2019 14:38 (four years ago) link
seems to be shorter songs ... here's drag city's writeup
Rejoice! Bill Callahan's late-phase hot streak continues with his first record since 2013, Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest. After Dream River, Bill's life went through some changes. Good changes - marriage and a kid - but afterwards, it was suddenly harder for him to find the place where the songs came, to make him and these new experiences over again into something to sing. His songs have always been elusive, landing lightly between character study and autobiography, as the singer-songwriter often does. This felt different, though. After 20 years of putting music first, he wasn't prepared to go away from it completely. Or perhaps, after all the time, the obvious needs to be made just a little more explicit? First, it's a different kind of record. Bill's now writing from somewhere beyond his Eagle-Apocalypse-River headspace, and Shepherd In a Sheepskin Vest is very much its own beast. The songs are, by and large, shorter, and there are more of them. It took almost all of the previous three albums to add up to that many. Plus, twenty's a lot of songs! But again, it goes a lot deeper than that. When you finally listen to Shepherd In a Sheepskin Vest, a feeling of totality, of completeness, will steal over you, like a thief in broad daylight. Of course it will- you'll be listening to a new Bill Callahan record! The first one in almost six years! What more do you need to complete you? Pre-order your copy for June 14th and get your tickets for his upcoming US/European tour!
TRACK LISTING: 1. Shepherd's Welcome2. Black Dog on the Beach3. Angela4. The Ballad of The Hulk5. Writing6. Morning is My Godmother7. 7478. Watch Me Get Married9. Young Icarus10. Released11. What Comes After Certainty12. Confederate Jasmine13. Call Me Anything14. Son of the Sea15. Camels16. Circles17. When We Let Go18. Lonesome Valley19. Tugboats and Tumbleweeds20. The Beast
― tylerw, Thursday, 2 May 2019 14:47 (four years ago) link
10-01 Edinburgh, England - Usher Hall
fuck off!
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Thursday, 2 May 2019 15:07 (four years ago) link
lol
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 2 May 2019 15:09 (four years ago) link
hahaha take it up with the crack team at conde nast
― j., Thursday, 2 May 2019 15:14 (four years ago) link
shorter songs is a promising development
― Simon H., Thursday, 2 May 2019 15:26 (four years ago) link
i wonder if it's a double album or shorter songs― na (NA), Thursday, May 2, 2019 7:38 AM (fifty-five minutes ago)
― na (NA), Thursday, May 2, 2019 7:38 AM (fifty-five minutes ago)
double album dropping june 14.— Bill Callahan (@BillCallaman) May 2, 2019
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 2 May 2019 15:35 (four years ago) link
so sounds like relatively shorter songs but not like 1-2 minute songs
― na (NA), Thursday, 2 May 2019 15:38 (four years ago) link
lol it’s true the drag city site has UKxp
― mizzell, Thursday, 2 May 2019 15:38 (four years ago) link
18. Lonesome Valley
This is probably a studio version of Woody Guthrie's 'Lonesome Valley', which he's been playing live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ49BRoV5WI
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 2 May 2019 15:39 (four years ago) link
song lengths here https://www.dragcity.com/products/shepherd-in-a-sheepskin-vest
― mizzell, Thursday, 2 May 2019 15:42 (four years ago) link
strange reading BC use the word "dropping" to describe an album release
that said, looking forward to this
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 2 May 2019 15:55 (four years ago) link
That's an interesting chord sub (rel minor?) in that cover.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 2 May 2019 16:24 (four years ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/features/profile/bill-callahan-shepherd-in-a-sheepskin-vest-interview/
― mizzell, Thursday, 2 May 2019 17:38 (four years ago) link
this (Shepherd) feels like the best thing he's done since Woke on a Whaleheart. after Dream River (bland as) i'd lost all enthusiasm for S'Bill Call-ogg'han. Shepherd's an excellent recording, the playing is loose and colorful (variety of instrumentation), and it's got great feel. this has got to be the most playful/relaxed Callahan record, ever. still rooting for Berman, but new smog is undeniably good
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 05:54 (four years ago) link
its excellent and a nice change of pace from the last 2.
― Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 11:40 (four years ago) link
Have been wondering what Bill's 90s electric guitar was for over 20 years now - anyone know? It got stolen after Dongs Of Sevotion - he's playing it on the front cover.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqT2djn-m2Q&t=3m56s
― PaulTMA, Monday, 10 February 2020 14:00 (four years ago) link
Here it is:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqT2djn-m2Q
I was pretty surprised at the absence of "Shepard" from most year end lists (including ILM). Maybe everyone only had room for one Drag City baritone on their 2019 ballot, and Berman's sadness was more compelling than Callahan's happiness?
― enochroot, Monday, 10 February 2020 15:00 (four years ago) link
as a Calla-fan I found it pretty boring
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Monday, 10 February 2020 15:02 (four years ago) link
Been a fan for a long time, and I think it's a great album.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 10 February 2020 15:15 (four years ago) link
i'm not sure what that guitar is! for a second i thought it was a parker fly but i'm guessing it's some random cheap guitar
― na (NA), Monday, 10 February 2020 15:43 (four years ago) link
I've discovered it's a Fender Performer from 1985/86.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Performer
https://images.reverb.com/image/upload/s--VJL4Jfb9--/a_exif,c_limit,e_unsharp_mask:80,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_south,h_620,q_90,w_620/v1525635683/pqz2cgkf6ezjmlks0uaa.jpg
I remember he said in an interview he had used it on every album up to Dongs. I kind of want one now.
― PaulTMA, Monday, 10 February 2020 16:02 (four years ago) link
Bill Callahan has announced the release of new album Gold Record, his first since last year's Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest.The album, Callahan's seventh since abandoning the Smog moniker, and eighteenth in total, will be released on September 4 via Drag City.One single from the record will be released every Monday between now and the album's release date.01 Pigeons02 Another Song03 3504 Protest Song05 The Mackenzies06 Let’s Move to the Country07 Breakfast08 Cowboy09 Ry Cooder10 As I Wander
The album, Callahan's seventh since abandoning the Smog moniker, and eighteenth in total, will be released on September 4 via Drag City.
One single from the record will be released every Monday between now and the album's release date.
01 Pigeons02 Another Song03 3504 Protest Song05 The Mackenzies06 Let’s Move to the Country07 Breakfast08 Cowboy09 Ry Cooder10 As I Wander
― Number None, Thursday, 25 June 2020 15:27 (three years ago) link
new album "gold record" coming in september: https://exclaim.ca/music/article/bill_callahan_returns_with_new_lp_gold_record
has a new version of let's move to the country on itxpost
― na (NA), Thursday, 25 June 2020 15:27 (three years ago) link
you beat me by 39 secondsexcited for this even though i could never get into shepherd in a sheepskin vest
― na (NA), Thursday, 25 June 2020 15:28 (three years ago) link
Always happy for new Callahan. I liked Shepherd okay, but I was a little baffled about that particular one being the one to gain wider traction, since I found it to be second-tier among his "Bill Callahan" records.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 25 June 2020 15:43 (three years ago) link
dear lord that cover art
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Thursday, 25 June 2020 16:07 (three years ago) link