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Deacon Blues (feat. Bill MacKay)

by Bill Callahan & Bonnie "Prince" Billy

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Bill MacKay shows up at the party with a tune he’d heard over the years and a sole goal: no bad high school jazz tonight! Finding the Latin swing inside Steely Dan’s dead-eyed bummer unlocks Bill’s affirmation of the song’s caustic power, replacing the showbizzy dream-fulfillment of the original production with layers of elegant guitar and requinto, over which Bill Callahan and the Bonny ‘Prince’ frankly emote the familiar tale of artistic fall and rise. Cover art by Joanne Oldham.

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released November 16, 2020

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Bill Callahan & Bonnie "Prince" Billy Chicago, Illinois

First heard from together in October 2020, Callahan & Billy were then heard regularly for the next year, in collaboration with fellow Drag City ecosystemites, on 19 cover songs from an insane mix of artists known and unknown – a virtual Blind Date Party, reaching across shutdowns, isolations and shelterings-in-place, uniting people in space and time, projecting community at its most resilient. ... more

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