As Will Oldham prepared to embark on what would become a very busy Fall of 2006, he played two very special nights at Joe’s Pub in New York City with brothers Paul and Ned Oldham. Honoring the memory of their late father, the trio winded their way through nearly 40 covers, most of which are traditionals. Below are recordings of three of the four shows. I originally shared these is 2008 and am re-upping them here for those interested. Great stuff. Hat tip to the original taper.
Download: 2006-08-05 Early show (7 pm set)
Bonnie “Prince” Billy :: Stealin’ [ Trad. Often credited to Gus Cannon ]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy :: Tell Old Bill [ Trad. Often credited to Carl Sandburg ]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy :: Unknown
Bonnie “Prince” Billy :: There’s More Pretty Girls Than One [ Trad. ]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy :: Next Time The Sun Comes Around [ Medicine Head ]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy :: Lord of the Manor [ Everly Brothers ]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy :: Night Visiting Song [ Trad. ]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy :: We Shall All Be Reunited [ Alfred Karnes ]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy :: Hangman [ aka The Briery Bush, aka The Maid Freed From the Gallows)
Download: 2006-08-06 Early show (4 pm set)
Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Captain Anomoanon :: Stealin' [ Trad. Often credited to Gus Cannon ]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy& Captain Anomoanon :: No Quarter [ Led Zeppelin ]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Captain Anomoanon :: Tell Old Bill [ Trad. Often credited to Carl Sandburg ]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Captain Anomoanon :: Lord of the Manor [ Everly Brothers ]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Captain Anomoanon :: We Will Understand It Better By and By [ Charles Tindley ]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Captain Anomoanon :: I Wish, I Wish [ aka Died for Love. Trad. ]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Captain Anomoanon :: Next Time The Sun Comes Around [ Medicine Head ]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Captain Anomoanon :: Night Visiting Song [ Trad. ]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Captain Anomoanon :: Hangman [ aka The Briery Bush, aka The Maid Freed From the Gallows]
Download: 2006-08-06 Late show (6.30 pm set)
Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Captain Anomoanon :: John The Baptist
Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Captain Anomoanon :: Goodbye Dear Old Stepstone [ AJ Crider & Geo. B. Chase ]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Captain Anomoanon :: Unknown
Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Captain Anomoanon :: Cursed Sleep
Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Captain Anomoanon :: Bowling Green [ Trad. Recorded by Cousin Emmy ]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Captain Anomoanon :: The Unquiet Grave [ Trad. ]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Captain Anomoanon :: Cops & Robbers [ Dr. Hook ]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Captain Anomoanon :: Pretty Saro [ Trad. ]
can’t wait to check this goodness out. thank you.
1 | Jason February 27th, 2012 at 12:29 pmThanks a lot! They were supposed to do an album together for a while there. Oldham Brothers? Don’t know what happened. This is great though!
2 | alex February 27th, 2012 at 3:41 pmgot this from you back in the day. so good.
3 | rory February 27th, 2012 at 5:38 pmspeechless. thank you so much for this!
4 | sonja February 28th, 2012 at 1:04 amhave seen will years ago in vienna and am enchanted since.
sonja
Thanks for tagging them properly also!
5 | Eamonn February 28th, 2012 at 7:32 amThank you for the sets… was there a fourth one?
6 | Ryan The Robot March 1st, 2012 at 10:11 amthere is a 4th, dont have it
7 | Satisfied '75 March 1st, 2012 at 1:36 pm“2006-08-06 Late show (6.30 pm set)” isn’t working for me…
8 | Brian March 3rd, 2012 at 3:54 pm@Brian – i checked it and it’s working fine.
9 | Satisfied '75 March 3rd, 2012 at 6:55 pmThanks!!
10 | JohnT April 11th, 2012 at 9:03 pmBugger, missed out
11 | Ben September 25th, 2012 at 2:40 am