Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
by Bill Callahan
- Type: Album
- Released: 14 June 2019
- Label: Drag City
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:03:45
- Community rating: 3.68/5 from 9 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Marking his first album in six years after a period of major life changes including marriage and fatherhood, this sprawling double album is a warm and deeply intimate work. 'Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest' finds Bill Callahan reflecting on domesticity and newfound stability with his signature baritone and poetic, observational wit. The sparse, minimalist arrangements create a comfortable and compelling portrait of a life resettled.
Genres
Descriptors: male-vocalist, storytelling, acoustic, literate, minimal, male-vocals, folk
Tracklist
- Shepherd鈥檚 Welcome (2:22)
- Black Dog on the Beach (2:30)
- Angela (2:47)
- The Ballad of the Hulk (4:04)
- Writing (3:06)
- Morning is My Godmother (2:10)
- 747 (3:26)
- Watch Me Get Married (3:10)
- Young Icarus (2:48)
- Released (2:22)
- What Comes After Certainty (3:42)
- Confederate Jasmine (3:40)
- Call Me Anything (2:26)
- Son of the Sea (4:13)
- Camels (2:59)
- Circles (2:28)
- When We Let Go (2:17)
- Lonesome Valley (4:16)
- Tugboats and Tumbleweeds (4:12)
- The Beast (4:37)
Credits
- Bill Callahan - primary artist, songwriter [all songs by], vocals, acoustic guitar, synthesizer [moog], percussion, psaltery [bowed psaltery], banjo [bowed banjo], harmonica, electric piano [wurlitzer], keyboards [sk-1], drum machine, mellotron, piano, kalimba, organ, bells
- Matt Kinsey - acoustic guitar, percussion
- Adam Jones - drums [drumkit]
- Joanna Skumanich - illustration [front & back cover drawings]
- Gary Newcomb - lap steel guitar [lap steel]
- Dony Wynn - drums [drumkit]
- Tori Olds - backing vocals
- Hanly Banks Callahan - backing vocals
- Brian Beattie - Electric Bass
- Traditional - Written-By