I have been working weekends for quite a while now, and am happy that this was the first weekend in a while to do normal stuff; laundry, shopping, cleaning, and of course, a bit of Cinco De Mayo bar hopping. Hope you had your fill of Dos Equis, Tecates, and Margaritas. Hope you don’t have a clanging head this Sunday. While we are talking about housekeeping, I wanted to remind you of our first every compilation album, Who’s First?, available for download as single tracks or the whole album. Revisiting this collection of tunes, it is really gratifying to be in on the beginning of the creative process for so many of the folks that we get to film. Honestly, it amazes me how many times artists want to play as yet unrecorded and unreleased song for us. Quite a trip, when we see the songs finally come out on albums.
It was a long time coming for the Sons Of Bill new CD Sirens to see light of day. It took time to raise the money to produce it and for the other things that have to be put in place around the release. It is an arduous task, as well as a labor of love to keep a career going these days. Sons of Bill keep a busy dance card, and do a cooking show. They are in Nashville at the Mercy Lounge on May 8th, and they just keep rolling all through the spring and summer. There are a couple of especially cool dates coming up, as they head to Circus Mexicus with Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers in early June and then in August, they take part in the Braun Brothers Reunion in Challis, Idaho. We have had the pleasure of filming them a few times. They first played the song "Santa Ana Winds” for us in January of 2011 at MusicFest in Steamboat Springs, and that version is available on our album. Here is the official video for “Santa Ana Winds,” from their new album Sirens.
- Jessie Scott
