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Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Greatest Palace Music

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 4:52 am
by Michael Witwicki
Hey all,

Listening to a pretty incredible album by a great songwriter named Bonnie "Prince" Billy. The steel playing is absolutely gorgeous and I was wondering if it is being played by anyone on the forum!

If it is - wonderful work, your playing has made my week.

Man - do I miss the days of having ACTUAL liner notes in front of me so I could read who was playing on each track!!

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 5:25 am
by Nathan Golub
Sorry, I'm not sure who's playing steel on that album, but I really love the Bonnie Prince Billie/Will Oldham/Palace stuff. He has a new album out that has a lot of steel on it too. Great music.

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 5:58 am
by Joel Martin
that is one of my all time favorite records and features MIKE JOHNSON playing some amazing stuff. Mike shows up on the forum every one in a while. This album was the one that 'pushed me over the edge' into "I gotta get one of these pedal steels"

nice to hear other people like it - you don't hear about it much

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 6:06 am
by Michael Witwicki
Yeah - this really is a pretty amazing record. I just went out and purchased his most recent on Nathan's recommendation. Already really digging it. It's funny how drastically different this stuff is from the Master & Everyone type stuff...which is where I first got turned onto his stuff.

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 9:20 am
by Henry Nagle
I saw him in Santa Rosa a few months back. Great show, great band! No pedal steel on the tour, though. His guitarist is excellent! I believe his name is Emmett Kelly. Really good tasteful player. Definitely in my top 10 concert experiences.

Posted: 23 Jul 2009 10:41 am
by Joel Meredith
Great album!