Rough Travel for a Rare Thing

by Bill Callahan

Rough Travel for a Rare Thing cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 23 March 2010
  • Label: Drag City
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:09:39
  • Community rating: 3.55/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded at The Toff In Town in Melbourne, Australia, this live release beautifully highlights the profound maturation of the acclaimed lo-fi pioneer's sound. Flanked by a tight backing band featuring electric guitar and violin, Callahan reinvents both his recent solo material and selections from his Smog catalog with a rich, deliberate Americana warmth.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, Lo Fi

Tracklist

  1. Our Anniversary (7:12)
  2. Diamond Dancer (4:00)
  3. Bowery (5:58)
  4. Held (4:59)
  5. Say Valley Maker (6:52)
  6. In The Pines (5:50)
  7. Cold-Blooded Old Times (5:37)
  8. Rock Bottom Riser (7:10)
  9. Let Me See The Colts (6:53)
  10. The Well (9:04)
  11. Bathysphere (5:58)

Credits

  • Bill Callahan - primary artist, songwriter [all songs by], vocals, guitar
  • Tim Rogers - bass, harmonica
  • Laurence Pike - drums
  • Kate Connor - fiddle, vocals
  • Lara Goodridge - fiddle, vocals
  • Pria Schwall - fiddle, vocals
  • Traditional - written-by

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