Bill Callahan and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy‘s latest single from their ongoing weekly instalment of new covers is a number from the late John Prine. “She Is My Everything” featured on John’s 2005 studio album Fair and Square. Joining them on this one is the formidable Sir Richard Bishop.
The single is accompanied by a video which you can watch below, they introduce the single:
As the sky lightens and the sun prepares to peek out over the mountains, Bonnie, Bill and Sir Richard Bishop stand watch on the porch, with Bish picking on a late John Prine number. Sir Rick dishes up guitar strum and piano, Danny Kiely ladles out the bass and Jacob Duncan’s woodwind interpolations wind around Bill and Bonny’s voices like smoke from the cookstove. The very air is alive with the triumphant sound of farewell. Until the next blind date, so long!
It’s Directed and Edited by Jade Healy and the Cinematography is by Sean Webley. Produced by Daniel Grossman & Primitive Creative Collective. It was shot on Kodak Super 16 in New York City and features some great dancers! I’m a film nut anyhow (silver halide crystals reacting to light still has a far greater magic over the ones and zeros generated by digital sensor) – so I think the colours and tone look amazing…beautiful work that will make you smile.
Buy the single via Bandcamp: https://billcallahanbonnieprincebilly.bandcamp.com/