Bonnie 'Prince' Billy- Ohio River Boat Song

Will Oldham aka Bonnie 'Prince' Billy played a show in Lexington, Kentucky at the Old Tar Distillery for a Hemlock Tree benefit.

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• Will
• Oldham
• Bonnie
• 'Prince'
• Billy
• Old
• Tar
• Distillery
• Hemlock
• Tree
• Benefit
• Lexington
• Kentucky
• Backseat
• Sandbar
• River
• Boat
• Song

[TheGrandOleHopry1]

@immolation333 - Totally on the same page as you are. He tries to take his songs too far off track live. Part of the charm is hearing a song the way you know it (or even close), but this is wayyyy different.

[immolation333]

@JCMcGee

I agree, the recorded version is way better for me. I think Will Oldham sounds awful live most of the time but his recordings are exquisite. So much of the appeal in his songs depends on creaking out the perfect notes, something he can't really do well live. That is just my opinion.

[aeofjrabenojb]

this is not a cover, is is an original song based on the folk song.

[JCMcGee]

Nope....go listen to the original....this is laughingly bad "cover"

[infernus44]

Terrible?? Are you high??

[JCMcGee]

Ha ha...this is terrible!

Thank you Will for introducing some Americans to the Loch tay Boat song...but seriously...this is terrible!

[RedDetroit]

This was a fabulous show. Well worth the drive from Michigan.

The sound engineer was asleep on the job, so some tunes had to be entirely acoustic.

I hope he keeps playing with The Picket Line.