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Blind date party
2CD (Drag City)
Available from 24/11/2021
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24.00 €
Callahan, Bill & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Blind date party
The Blind Date Party hosted by Bill Callahan and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and featuring
AZITA, Matt Sweeney, Alasdair Roberts, Matt Kinsey, Sean O'Hagan, Bill MacKay, George
Xylouris, Dead Rider, David Pajo, Mick Turner, Meg Baird, Ty Segall, Emmett Kelly, Cory
Hanson, Six Organs of Admittance, David Grubbs, Cassie Berman, Cooper Crain and Sir
Richard Bishop happened online in the fall and winter of '20-'21 - but the party planning
dated back to the spring of 2020. Stuck at home, with no gigs in the foreseeable future,
Bill, Bonnie and Drag City needed an outreach program to keep themselves busy, not to
mention sane. In the absence of any company or anything on the calendar, playing
songs they loved was an idea; playing with people they loved, the desire. And making it
fun - so pairing someone with someone else having no say in the matter, the essence of
the blind date, was the plan. Favorite songs were chose; players from around the Drag
City galaxy were messaged. Pretty soon, songs were flying back and forth - music in the
air! And thus, they were entertained throughout the summer of 2020, when so much
else in the world seemed so completely wrong. By the fall, the songs started to appear
online: Bill and Bonnie singing a song by someone they loved and admired; each song
cut by another another artist they loved and admired, then sent to Bill and Bonny to
provide the finishing touches. The spotlight pointed in every direction each week: toward
the singers and writers who'd originally played the songs (Yusuf Islam, Hank Williams Jr.,
Dave Rich, The Other Years, Billie Eilish, Steely Dan, Lou Reed, Bill Callahan, Jerry Jeff
Walker, Robert Wyatt, Lowell George, Johnnie Frierson, Air Supply, Will Oldham, Leonard
Cohen, David Berman, Iggy Pop and John Prine), toward their featured collaborators, the
artists whose artwork adorned each digital single and videos made by still more
collaborators. And you, the listener. Like the best parties, it turned out to be everything
and more than they'd even hoped for. So many more people were involved in the
process that we can get on the page here. Suffice to say, making records over the years
has required a broad sense of community and an always-surprising mix of independence
and unity, inspiration and utility. Some of our best memories are those where as many
of our folks as possible were together in one place at one time. In those moments, it was
just a great thing just to be there. And with others looking in . . . this was a joy one
could only be infinitely lucky to feel and to take for granted, as well. The Blind Date Party
was one of these, maybe the most improbable one yet. It's for everyone who's here and
it's in the name of everyone who's gone but will never go and will always live with us
here. This album will too. And thus, we are entertained.
TRACKLISTING: 01. THE BLACKNESS OF THE NIGHT (FEAT. AZITA) 02. OD'D IN
DENVER (FEAT. MATT SWEENEY) 03. I'VE MADE UP MY MIND (FEAT. ALASDAIR
ROBERTS) 04. RED-TAILED HAWK (FEAT. MATT KINSEY) 05. WISH YOU WERE GAY
(FEAT. SEAN O'HAGAN) 06. OUR ANNIVERSARY (FEAT. DEAD RIDER) 07. ROOFTOP
GARDEN (FEAT. GEORGE XYLOURIS) 08. DEACON BLUES (FEAT. BILL MACKAY) 09. I
LOVE YOU (FEAT. DAVID PAJO)
DISC #2: 01. SEA SONG (FEAT. MICK TURNER) 02. I'VE BEEN THE ONE (FEAT. MEG
BAIRD) 03. MIRACLES (FEAT. TY SEGALL) 04. I WANT TO GO TO THE BEACH (FEAT.
COOPER CRAIN) 05. NIGHT RIDER'S LAMENT (FEAT. CORY HANSON) 06. ARISE,
THEREFORE (FEAT. SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE) 07. THE NIGHT OF SANTIAGO (FEAT.
DAVID GRUBBS) 08. THE WILD KINDNESS (FEAT. CASSIE BERMAN) 09. LOST IN LOVE
(FEAT. EMMETT KELLY10. SHE IS MY EVERYTHING (FEAT. SIR RICHARD BISHOP)
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