For me, this bloke has always been one of those artists I’ve wanted to listen to but have never got around to doing so for whatever reason, until now as I’ve recently become a lot less skint n’ that. I’ve been back to perusing T’Amazon/Mojo for good Americana artists, and BPB always tends to get excellent reviews in both of those sources. With all the BPB back catalogue to trawl through I was stumped for which album to go for. I saw that ‘Beware’ was his latest from last year, and that coupled with the fact the cover for it is a homage to the cover of Mr. Neil Young’s amazing ‘Tonights the Night’, I hit the ‘Proceed to checkout’ button and hoped for the best. I wasn’t disappointed, it’s a fucking belter. The music is very traditional but at the same time very quirky arrangement-wise. Great country vibe and some of the best lyrics I’ve heard in ages, with some nice little bits of gospel in it. His voice is one of the best I’ve heard in a long time. I was trying to place who he sounds like, and I think there’s a slight similarity to Ian McCulloch from the Bunnymen. Anyway, looking forward to finding out more about BPB, and discovering his back catalogue. Any recommendations will be much appreciated! _________________ "You're crazy. You oughta be locked up. You, too. Two hundred and fifty guys just walkin' down the road, just like that?"
As well as Beware, my favourite three albums would be Lie Down In The Light, Master And Everyone and I See A Darkness. I notice that his new one is just £4.99 on Amazon.
He needs a bit of patience, his lyrics are very oblique and personal. I was hoping to go see him next Tuesday at Manchester Cathedral as his live shows are meant to be worth seeing but I can't make it.
Nice one Butts! I will make a note of the albums. I love the I Am Goodbye vid, and I'm also pleased that he's a fellow beard wearer, our brethren have to stick together.
The first time I ever heard of him was when I was in living in America *dances like James Brown* in 2001 and a lad I was on a course with about organised labour and unions in the U.S recommended a film called 'Matewan'. It stars James Earl Jones and Will Oldham (aka Bonnie Prince Billy), and is based on a true story that happened in the town of Matewan in either Virgina or one of the Carolina's. It tells the tale of striking miners and what the bastard strikebusters hired by the mine did to them. An amazing film, and Oldham who was about sixteen at the time, plays this amazing holy roller preacher in it. Worth a look by any film fan.
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