Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - 2024-10-09 Tollhaus, Karlsruhe, Germany

For years (decades), Will Oldham was on my 'check this guy out'-list. Instead of digging into his albums, a live show turned out to be my first opportunity. In preparation, I checked out his latest release "Keeping secrets will destroy you" and immediately liked it.

The audience was rather enthusiastic: after the encores the lights were turned on, but he had to come out again and performed the final song solo.

I also taped opening act Ned Colette. Stay tuned.

Meanwhile, enjoy


00 [audience] 0:27
01 New Partner 6:39
02 ? 4:30
03 Bananas 4:19
04 Look Backward On Your Future, Look Forward To Your Past 4:41
05 Black Captain 6:10
06 Strange Form Of Life 4:52
07 Queens of Sorrow 4:42
08 I see a Darkness 4:30
09 ? 5:19
10 Trees of Hell 4:54
11 Behold! Be Held! 3:28
12 Rise and Rule (She Was Born in Honolulu) 7:29
13 Blood of the Wine 4:58
14 Boise 4:41
15 Our Home 4:02
16 Crazy Blue Bells 6:07
17 Good Morning, Popocat�petl 4:34

encore 1
18 The Wild Kindness 3:10
19 Like It or Not 5:33
20 The Water's Fine 7:30

encore2
21 Ohio River Boat Song 3:32


total 1:45:56


Will Oldham - voc, git
Thomas Deacon(?) - git, clarinet, trumpet, voc
Elisabeth Fuchsia - violin
Ned Colette - git (tracks 12-16, also requested for the encore, but he didn't show up)


technical stuff:

recording position: 7th row, ~7m to PA, almost center
lineage: zoom h5 -> wav 48/24 -> micro sd card -> PC -> master (wavelab) -> wav 44/16 - > flac
mastering: decreased applause level, eq (some tinny high mids removed), limiter

recorded & mastered by wannerl


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