First Bonnie "Prince" Billy Live Album Due in November

Toss away your razors and toupees, because backwoods poet laureate (and R. Kelly super-fan) Will Oldham aka Bonnie "Prince" Billy aka Bizonnie "Prizzince" Bizzle has revealed plans for his first-ever live album. We're happy to report that the 17-track i>Summer in the Southeast will hit shelves on November 15, courtesy of Sea Note records (yet another Drag City sub-label). The collection was recordedin ten southern U.S. states during Billy's 2004 tour (including Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and North Carolina), and features the following indie-hallowed inspirationals
01 Master And Everyone
02 Pushkin
03 Blokbuster
04 Wolf Among Wolves
05 May It Always Be
06 Break of Day
07 A Sucker's Evening
08 Nomadic Revery
09 I See a Darkness
10 O Let It Be
11 Beast for Thee
12 Death to Everyone
13 Even If Love
14 I Send My Love to You
15 Take However Long You Want
16 Madeleine Mary
17 Ease Down The Road
The live disc, this year's second "Prince" LP following the superb Superwolf collaboration with Matt Sweeney, also features the talents of Sweeney, David Byrd, Ryder McNair, Pink Nasty, Paul Oldham, Peter Townsend, Adam Smith and Will's bro Paul Oldham, who mixed the disc.
According to a label press release, Oldham and crew used the occasion of the live album to experiment with Oldham's vast back catalog:
"Songs get the radical retune at the drop of a hat-- and with every new collection of musicians, a different version! That's what we have here a set of classic Bonnie songs (and the odd Palace number) affected by their players and the environment to climb new heights time and again. Rocking and raging, dropping to whisper and lilting where they once ran, the songs are part of the joyous affair between Bonnie and his fans. The energy of these shows is in the recordings along with the music - for you to feed off of too!"
And in other news, you've just read the most number of exclamation points ever used in a Will Oldham story! Score!

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