24/08/2009

Synopsis

This week Marc's on holiday and stepping into his size 10s is none other than Tom Ravenscoft. Tom will be choosing all the tunes for the show and all the bands. Tonight he's got Bill Callahan, formerly known as Smog, in the studio for a live session and we are very, very excited about this.

Bill Callahan is a prolific American musician who currently lives in Austin, Texas. In 2007, Callahan released Woke On A Whaleheart, his first solo album released under his own name. His current album Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle was released in March.

Cat Power recorded Callahan's song Bathysphere on her 1996 album What Would the Community Think and also covered another Callahan song, Red Apples, on her Covers Record, released in 2000.

Smog's Cold Blooded Old Times appears on the High Fidelity soundtrack and the song Vessel In Vain was also used on the soundtrack of the independent British film Dead Man's Shoes in 2004. In 2009, Callahan contributed cover songs to three separate tribute albums to Judee Sill, Kath Bloom, and Merge Records.

Tracklist

1. Bill Callahan — Jim Cain

   live in session

2. Honkeyfinger — I'm Your Witchdoctor

3. Girls — Lust For Life

4. The J. Geils Band — Peanut Butter

5. Part Chimp — Dirty Sun

6.   The Champagne Socialists — Blue Genes

7. John Fahey — The Spanish Two Step

   BBC session

8. Nodzzz — Is She There

9. Jürgen Paape — Ofterschwang

10. Bill Callahan — Eid Ma Clack Shaw

    live in session

11. Bill Callahan — The Wind And The Dove

    live in session

12. Babes in Toyland — Laugh My Head Off

    BBC session

13. Sir Richard Bishop — Barbary

14. Smith Westerns — Be My Girl

15. Vivian Girls — Can't Get Over You

16.   Schlachthofbronx — Mad Instrument

17. George Dekker — Foey Man

18. Kanda Bongo Man — Sai

    BBC session

19.   Magic Kids — Hey Boy

20. Richard Swift — Lady Luck

21. Health — Die Slow

22. Sonic Youth — Youth Against Fascism

    BBC session

23. Six Organs of Admittance — Actaeon's Fall (Against The Hounds)

24.   A.J. Holmes — Schloss Lanke

Broadcast

1. Mon 24 Aug 2009
   19:00
   BBC 6 Music