{"product_id":"the-holy-grail-bill-callahans-smog-dec-10-callahan-bill","title":"The Holy Grail: Bill Callahan's \"\"Smog\"\" Dec. 10, - Callahan, Bill","description":"Stock photo\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: The Holy Grail: Bill Callahan's \"Smog\" Dec. 10, 2001 Peel Session\u003cbr\u003e\nLabel: Drag City\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: Vinyl\u003cbr\u003e\nCountry: US\u003cbr\u003e\nReleased: 2024-11-22\u003cbr\u003e\nGenre: Rock\u003cbr\u003e\nStyle: Lo-Fi\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA1 Beautiful Child 7:03\u003cbr\u003e\nA2 Cold Discovery 5:56\u003cbr\u003e\nB1 Dirty Pants 5:25\u003cbr\u003e\nB2 Jesus 2:11\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDecember 10, 2001, Maida Vale: Bill Callahan’s “Smog”, out on the Rain On Lens tour, made a stop at the BBC and performed with demonstrative zeal for their British witness, shimmering and hissing with a Lynchian vibe of U.S. darkness in the invariable shadows of the fallen towers. The Holy Grail is the mythical relic from that very Peel Session, with Callahan \u0026amp; band (Jessica Billey, Mike Saenz and Jim White) covering Stevie Nicks, Lou Reed and Smog with grey, ashen resolve and tour-torn flexibility — amassing a bruised, plaintive essence of humanity with their efforts.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDiscover the The Holy Grail: Bill Callahan’s “Smog” Dec. 10, 2001 Peel Session on November 22, and hear the first track today: “Beautiful Child”, a marvelously rambling minor key version of Fleetwood Mac's original. Then, turn your ear to Bill... \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n“This one to me is a time capsule more than most any of my recordings. All music is a time trapped in time that preaches timelessness – preaching either convincingly or not. But with a radio session such as this, there is a different aspect. It’s all live, all first take, no overdubs. Also I think having the BBC engineers at the controls, with their own aesthetic, not one I am bringing to the studio, that makes it more encapsulated – “remember that day we did that?” The circumstances and the memory of the smell of the studio makes it stand out. So it’s more of a performance maybe than a usual recording, because the audience (engineer and producer) were foreign to us. British, milk in tea. So we gave them something to show them who WE were – Dale Coopers with our black coffees.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nSomebody said this EP is very Twin Peaksy. Not in a Badalamenti, torch-song way – a deeper connection. I can see that.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n“Beautiful Child” has been turned into a minor key song because, well, it really should have been one in the first place!\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n“Cold Discovery” was a live staple then and some nights it could really catch fire. We got a pretty good one for BBC.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n“Dirty Pants” here is probably better than the LP version.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd then there’s “Jesus”. Sweet, sweet “Jesus”. Here sounding like a deathbed plea shot through with visitations from the angel of mercy.”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n—Bill Callahan, 2024\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode and other identifiers\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode 781484090717","brand":"Omega Music Shopify","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":47622843793626,"sku":"N781484090717","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0791\/5539\/6826\/files\/NDUtNTExMC5qcGVn.jpg?v=1778943694","url":"https:\/\/omegamusicdayton.com\/products\/the-holy-grail-bill-callahans-smog-dec-10-callahan-bill","provider":"Omega Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}