Billy Bragg
The Troubadour
West Hollywood, CA
October 10, 2017



With the help of a singing crowed, a brave and very hoarse Billy Bragg forges through a 134 min show at the famous West Hollywood Troubadour. BB is holding book events on off days to discuss his new book Roots, Radicals and Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World, and his voice shows it - a fact that he freely acknowledges. A terrific, classic solo BB show that’s as much an intelligent and optimistic discussion of the world as it is a great musical event. A terrific recording. Samples below.

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16/44.1

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Taped and mastered by JB. Please don't sell or convert to lossy format. Don't upload to any site that has anything to do with lossy material.



Disc 1 (65:46)

01. A Lover Sings
02. Billy talks about his voice . . .
03. No Power Without Accountability
04. Billy talks about previously losing his voice . . .
05. To Have And Have Not
06. Billy talks World Cup . . .
07. Waiting For The Great Leap Forward
08. Billy Talks about writing songs again . . .
09. The Sleep of Reason
10. Billy talks Woody Guthrie . . .
11. Hangknot, Slipknot (Woody Guthrie)
12. The Warmest Room
13. Billy talks Brexit/Trump/Jeremy Corbyn/Radiohead . . .
14. Upfield
15. Billy Talks global warming . . .
16. King Tide and The Sunny Day Flood
17. The Man In The Iron Mask


Disc 2 (68:13)

01. The Saturday Boy
02. Billy talks hecklers . . .
03. Sexuality
04. Billy introduces . . .
05. Handyman Blues
06. Billy introduces . . .
07. Saffiyah Smiles
08. The Milkman of Human Kindness
09. Billy talks refugees . . .
10. Why We Build the Wall (Anaïs Mitchell)
11. Billy introduces . . .
12. I Keep Faith
13. Billy introduces . . .
14. There Is Power in a Union

Encore
15. Billy talks skiffle . . .
16. The Times They Are A-Changin' Back
17. Billy introduces . . .
18. A New England