It is Monday. The weekend is over, and it is finally quiet again. One of my neighbors has taken to playing his bass LOUD, loud enough that the frequencies rumble through the concrete slabs and into the house. It is a bit unnerving having this incessant amplitude that is being delivered hour after hour (just ask Noriega). But today, the vibrations have stopped. I live in Austin, it comes with the turf. (Insert your favorite "How Many Austin Musicians Does It Take..." joke here.) But you have to practice to get anywhere, you know about the 10 years or 10,000 hours rule to become an expert?
Sons of Bill have been plying their craft. The are on a tear around the country, traveling intrepidly from stage to stage, from state to state. In the midst of the march, they are just completing work on the third CD, the follow up to the aptly named One Town Away album. In the studio with them producing is David Lowery - yes, of Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven fame , THAT David Lowery. We are looking for this as yet unnamed CD to be a spring release. A couple of months back, we got our hands on a smoking video of one of the songs from the forthcoming album, "Santa Ana Winds." When Sons of Bill stopped by our studio at the Steamboat Grand in January during The MusicFest, they gave us a sweet acoustic version of it. So exciting to watch James, Sam, and Abe Wilson just get better and better!
- Jessie Scott
The Music Fog version of this song is now available to download at either of the stores below: