On June 14, 2019, “Drag City” label released “Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest”, the sixth Bill Callahan album (under his own name). It was recorded August 2018 – January 2019, at “Wonder Chamber” in Austin, Texas, and was produced by Bill Callahan.
Personnel:
- Bill Callahan– vocals, acoustic guitar, Moog synthesizer, percussion, bowed psaltery, bowed banjo, harmonica, Wurlitzer electric piano, Casio SK-1, drum machine, mellotron, piano, kalimba, organ, bells
- Brian Beattie – upright bass, acoustic bass, electric upright bass, percussion, piano, pump organ, Hammond organ, Moog synthesizer, mellotron, celesta, marimbula, bells
- Matt Kinsey – acoustic guitar, percussion
- Gary Newcomb – lap steel guitar
- Adam Jones – drumkit
- Dony Wynn – drumkit
- Hanly Banks Callahan – backing vocals
- Tori Olds – backing vocals
- Brian Beattie – recording, mixing
- JJ Golden – mastering
- Joanna Skumanich – cover drawings
- Dan Osborn – layout
Track listing:
All tracks by Bill Callahan, except where noted.
- Shepherd’s Welcome
- Black Dog on the Beach
- Angela
- The Ballad of the Hulk
- Writing
- Morning is My Godmother
- 747
- Watch Me Get Married
- Young Icarus
- Released
- What Comes After Certainty
- Confederate Jasmine
- Call Me Anything
- Son of the Sea
- Camels
- Circles
- When We Let Go
- Lonesome Valley
- Tugboats and Tumbleweeds
- The Beast
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