Product Description
Title : Bill Callahan and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Blind Date Party. Format : Vinyl. Label : Drag City. Cat Num : DC803. Barcode : 781484080312
Release Date : January 28th 2022
Bill & Bonnie shared these songs with a travel-challenged world through late 2020 into earlier this year; now their online sensation comes home to roost on the good ol’ fashioned format that all these songs were originally heard in the first place! A record to, from, for and dedicated to almost everyone. Hats off! Pants off too – NOW it’s a 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, Bonny and Drag City needed an outreach program to keep themselves busy, not to mention sane. In the ab-sence 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 chosen; players from around the Drag City galaxy were messaged. Pretty soon, songs were flying back and forth—music in the air!
Tracklist
- The Blackness of the Night (feat. Azita)
- OD’d in Denver (feat. Matt Sweeney)
- I’ve Made Up My Mind (feat. Alasdair Roberts)
- Red-Tailed Hawk (feat. Matt Kinsey)
- Wish You Were Gay (feat. Sean O’Hagan)
- Our Anniversary (feat. Dead Rider)
- Rooftop Garden (feat. George Xylouris)
- Deacon Blues (feat. Bill MacKay)
- I Love You (feat. David Pajo)
- Sea Song (feat. Mick Turner)
- I’ve Been The One (feat. Meg Baird)
- Miracles (feat. Ty Segall)
- I Want to Go to the Beach (feat. Cooper Crain)
- Night Rider’s Lament (feat. Cory Hanson)
- Arise, Therefore (feat. Six Organs of Admittance)
- The Night of Santiago (feat. David Grubbs)
- The Wild Kindness (feat. Cassie Berman)
- Lost in Love (feat. Emmett Kelly)
- She is My Everything (feat. Sir Richard Bishop)