Palace Brothers - There Is No-One What Will Take Care Of You (Drag City, 1993)...
The first album under the Palace Brothers moniker following appearances by Will Oldham on the 'Matewan' film soundtrack about an Appalachian mining community in 1987 released on Rounder. An album entitled 'Box of Chocolates:Fearful Symmetry' on which he sang on a couple of tracks released on Mad Entropic Carnaval in 1990. A 7" collaboration with Bill Callahan (Smog) 'The Sundowner:Goat Songs' EP, which featured 6 tracks and which i guess was the first official Will Oldham release then the first Palace Brothers 7":'Ohio River Boat Song' and also a track on a Drag City compilation "Hey Drag City", playing 'For The Mekons Et Al'. Its also well known that he took the photograph for the Slint:Spiderland cover with the dudes grinning in the water of some quarry lake near their home in Kentucky. (Brian McMahan and Britt Walford both of Slint were amongst the personel that played on this album). And so onward trot the little rustic songsmith clicking his heals and baring his demons to all. Please try not to bunch the Palace Music in with the flood of Alt Country/Americana melancholy tripe that followed from the late 90's to this very day, cos its not even in the same league... "O' Jesus but its SO depressing!" ...blah blah
Idle Hands Are The Devil's Playthings
Long Before
I Tried To Stay Healthy For You
The Cellar Song
(I Was Drunk At The) Pulpit
There Is No-One What Will Take Care Of You
O Lord Are You In Need?
Merida
King Me
I Had A Good Mother And Father
Riding
O Paul
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Palace Brothers - s/t (Drag City, 1994)...
Second PB long player originally self-titled and later on named 'Days In The Wake'...
You Will Miss Me When I Burn
Pushkin
Come A Little Dog
I Send My Love To You
Meaulnes
No More Workhorse Blues
All Is Grace
Whither Thou Goest
(Thou Without) Partner
I Am A Cinematographer
HERE
Palace Songs - Hope (Drag City, 1994)...
Mini long-player...
Agnes, Queen Of Sorrow
Untitled
Winter Lady
Christmastime In The Mountains
All Gone, All Gone
Werner's Last Blues To Blokbuster
HERE
Palace Music - Viva Last Blues (Drag City/Palace, 1995)...
(its all about 'The Brute Choir'!)
More Brother Rides
Viva Ultra
The Brute Choir
The Mountain Low
Tonight's Decision (And Hereafter)
Work Hard/Play Hard
New Partner
Cat's Blues
We All, Us Three, Will Ride
Old Jerusalem
HERE
Palace - Arise Therefore (Drag City, 1996)...
(my personal all time favourite long-player in the Royal Stable)
Stablemate
A Sucker's Evening
Arise, Therefore
You Have Cum In Your Hair And Your Dick Is Hanging Out
Kid Of Harith
The Sun Highlights The Lack In Each
No Gold Digger
Disorder
A Group Of Women
Give Me Children
The Weaker Soldier
HERE
Palace Music - Lost Blues And Other Songs (Drag City/Palace, (1997)...
A collection of 7"s and unreleased songs...
Ohio River Boat Song
Riding (alt. version)
Valentine's Day (prev. unreleased)
Trudy Dies (alt. version)
Come In
Little Blue Eyes (Peel session 27/11/93)
Horses
Stable Will
Untitled (live at the Lounge Ax 17/11/94)
O How I Enjoy The Light
Marriage
West Palm Beach
Gulf Shores
(End Of) Travelling
Lost Blues (prev. unreleased)
HERE
17 Comments:
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this is the billy i like best.
do you know of any bootlegs from the 'Arise' era where will was performing with a drum machine?
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yeah i am drink again on drum machine is brilliant
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Thanks!! is the self titled Palace brothers the same as "sings greatest palace music", or recorded differently?
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thank you!
By the way I used yr template for my blog, hope you do not get mad.
I'll make some more changes later, tho.
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I read the New Yorker piece from a month back on Will Oldham. Sounds like an arrogant, self-obsessed dick who needs a punch in the nose.
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"you will miss me when i burn" and "pushkin" are cut short on days in the wake........used to these on vinyl anyway
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I agree, it is all about 'The Brute Choir', their voices go higher.
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i have all of Will Oldham's records, and i'm glad that, from the Palace period, you chose exactly my favorites :)
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thanks a lot for giving me a chance to listen to this - amazing so far
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thanks, man. sweet! i think i still have some of these albums on vinyl, no idea what became of them.
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thanks for this, i've got all the BPB stuff but hadn't heard the Palace Brothers albums before...
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hi all, for weeks, I've been following your blog about PALACE BROTHERS/PALACE MUSIC..., I love the approach that you give to this subject, thank you very much!
I've seen him play as Bonnie Prince Billy, and I know him (mostly) from the Zach Galifianakis/Kanye video, but I don't think I've heard any of his recorded output. Thanks.