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As the original vinyl copies became very rare, Garden of Delights re-released the album in 2003 with an extra set of bonus tracks.While these have much in common with the sound of the original album, there is definitely a more pronounced Classical/symphonic range, based on eerie synthesizers with spacious touches, backed up by narcotic organ.

The first time I heard Bill Callahan’s Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest, I felt betrayed. How could an artist I’d become so attached to make music with such high spirits? My attraction to Callahan's music surely came from the sense of melancholy and darkness that defined his early years as one-man-band Smog.

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Albums like Julius Caesar and Forgotten Foundation were flaming arrows into my tortured soul. The witty and bleak lyricism balanced a sense of self-awareness with the dark comedy one might find in a Jim Thompson novel. The lyrics were solemn, even hopeless. Songs like “Your Wedding” and “Golden” gave birth to a lo-fi minimal songwriting style that later came to be the unwritten Drag City house style. The noisy, detached textures displayed in Callahan's debut Sewn to the Sky were the path into the anti-verse-chorus song structure in my own songwriting. The amps and instruments sound cheap, beaten, and brutalized like second wave black metal, though the music itself is even more idiosyncratic and much more deliberate.

Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest is a pleasant and uplifting record, while still containing Callahan’s melancholy undertones. Most of the songs are very blunt, as if Callahan has unveiled himself from his earlier work, revealing his true self. Callahan admits he thought he'd never make it this far. He’s 53 and newly-married with a child, he tells us in “What Comes After Certainty.” He has a home and a car. He’s finally happy, or at least has found some inner peace. Compared to his earlier work, this is a huge relief.

I needed this record at this precise time in my life. Surrounded by uncertainty, depression, a run of bad luck, and our country’s political turmoil, refuge is hard to find. Aside from the music, which flows seamlessly, this album venerates hope on a grand scale. It's good to know that there's a chance for happiness in the future.

“Some time alone when you are young is good

High time, a drunk old time, sober time

I advise all three

When your brain is at least 23”

Callahan's discography is the story of his life. The early Smog records capture the tortured frame of mind that defined Callahan's livelihood, and Shepherd is the light at the end of the tunnel. Not all of Callahan's records are dark, however: Woke on a Whaleheart and Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle are almost as light-hearted, even humorous. Each song is uniquely crafted, but they don't feel as personal. Wit comes naturally to Callahan, yet moments of emotional nakedness are rare.

Nothing feels more gratifying to me than going back and listening to those early Smog records. Maybe in 25 years I'll have a similar feeling about Shepherd. It’s a thoughtful and engaging listen for “good listeners and tired dancers.” In contrast to the desolation of western politics that surrounds our current reality, it warms my heart to know that Bill is doing okay. All we can hope for is the happiness of others, right?

Bill Callahan (born June 3, 1966^[2][3]) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist who has also recorded and performed under the band name Smog.^[4] Callahan began working in the lo-fi genre of underground rock, with home-made tape-albums recorded on four track tape recorders.^[5] Later he began releasing albums with the label Drag City, to which he remains signed today.^[6]

Career[edit]

Callahan started out as a highly experimental artist, using substandard instruments and recording equipment. His early songs often nearly lacked melodic structure and were clumsily played on poorly tuned guitars, resulting in the dissonant sounds on his self-released cassettes and debut album Sewn to the Sky.^[7] Much of his early output was instrumental, a stark contrast to the lyrical focus of his later work. His use of lo-fi techniques was not primarily an aesthetic preference, but stemmed from his lack of resources to make and record music. Once he signed a contract with Drag City, he started to use recording studios and a greater variety of instruments for his records.

From 1993 to 2000, Callahan's recordings grew more and more 'professional' sounding, with more instruments, and a higher sound quality. In this period he recorded two albums with the influential producer Jim O'Rourke and Tortoise's John McEntire, and collaborated with Neil Hagerty. Callahan also worked closely with his then-girlfriend Cynthia Dall in his early career,^[8] and they contributed vocals to each other's albums. After 2000's Dongs of Sevotion, Callahan began moving back to a slightly simpler instrumentation and recording style, while retaining the more consistent songwriting style he had developed over the years. This shift is apparent in albums such as Rain on Lens, Supper, and A River Ain't Too Much to Love.

Smog's songs are often based on simple, repetitive structures, consisting of a simple chord progression repeated for the duration of the entire song. His singing is characterized by his baritone voice. Melodically and lyrically he tends to eschew the verse-chorus approach favoured by many contemporary songwriters, preferring instead a more free-form approach relying less on melodic and lyrical repetition. Themes in Callahan's lyrics include relationships, animals, relocation, nature, and more recently, politics. On the subject of voice in his albums, Callahan has said, 'It's usually one character per record. So, the character appears in all or most of the songs on one record and then is gone. Though it makes me feel weird to talk about. Because I don't really think in clear terms of characters. My albums as a whole could be seen as one character with many voices.'^[9] His generally dispassionate delivery of lyrics and dark irony often obfuscate complex emotional and lyrical twists and turns. Critics have generally characterized his music as depressing and intensely introverted, with one critic describing it as 'a peep-show view into an insular world of alienation.'^[10]

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Cat Power (Chan Marshall) recorded Callahan's song 'Bathysphere' on her 1996 album What Would the Community Think and also covered another Callahan song, 'Red Apples', on her Covers Record, released in 2000.

In 2007, Callahan released Woke on a Whaleheart, his first solo album released under his own name. Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle followed in April 2009. Both recordings were released through Drag City, worldwide. In 2009, Callahan contributed cover songs on four separate tribute albums to Judee Sill, Kath Bloom, Chris Knox, and Merge Records. In 2010, he released his first live album Rough Travel for a Rare Thing, which was recorded in 2007 at The Toff in Melbourne, Australia. Apocalypse, was released in April 2011 to favorable reviews. Critic Sasha Frere-Jones called it 'my favorite of Callahan's albums, not because it has better songs—those are scattered among at least five others – but because it does exactly what he wants it to do: it conveys an album’s coherence.'^[11] A tour film chronicling Callahan's 2011 Apocalypse tour was released in 2012.^[12]His followup to Apocalypse, Dream River, was released in September 2013.^[13] In 2018, Callahan was featured in the Live at Third Man Records series. This was his second live album, and features songs from Callahan's precious three studio albums.^[14]

Callahan's most recent album, Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest, was released on June 14, 2019.^[15] It received favourable reviews, with Pitchfork contributing editor Jayson Greene referring to it as a 'highlight of his career'.^[16][17]

His song 'Drover' features prominently in the final episode of the documentary series Wild Wild Country, the title of which is drawn from the song's chorus.^[18]

Personal life[edit]

Though he was born in Maryland, Callahan's family spent a total of eight years living in Knaresborough in England's North Riding of Yorkshire, with a four-year return to Maryland from 1969 to 1973.^[3] His parents worked as language analysts for the National Security Agency.^[19]

Callahan previously dated other high-profile musicians Cynthia Dall, Cat Power, Lisa Crystal Carver and Joanna Newsom.^[20][21] In 2013, he became engaged to photographer and filmmaker Hanly Banks; they were married the next year. Their son, Bass, was born in March 2015.^[22]

Books[edit]

In July 2010 Drag City published Callahan's Letters to Emma Bowlcut, an epistolary novel.

A book of photographs of Callahan by Chris Taylor, titled The Life and Times of William Callahan, was released in January 2013.^[23]

In October 2014, a collection of ink drawings by Callahan and lyrics spanning his first album as Smog, to Dream River was released, titled I Drive a Valence.

Discography[edit]

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As Smog[edit]

• Sewn to the Sky (1990)
• Forgotten Foundation (1992)
• Julius Caesar (1993)
• Burning Kingdom (1994)
• Wild Love (1995)
• Kicking a Couple Around (1996)
• The Doctor Came at Dawn (1996)
• Red Apple Falls (1997)
• Knock Knock (1999)
• Dongs of Sevotion (2000)
• Rain on Lens (2001)
• Accumulation: None (2002)
• Supper (2003)
• A River Ain't Too Much to Love (2005)

As Bill Callahan[edit]

• Woke on a Whaleheart (2007)
• Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle (2009)
• Apocalypse (2011)
• Dream River (2013)
• Have Fun with God (2014)
• Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest (2019)
• Gold Record (2020)

Filmography[edit]

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References[edit]

1. ^SongLyrics.com – Bill Callahan – Honeymoon Child Lyrics. Songwriters: Callahan, William Rahr
2. ^ ^abUSA People Search – William Rahr Callahan Age: 44 – Retrieved March 17, 2011
3. ^ ^abThompson, Ben (May 11, 1997). 'Bill Callahan spares nobody in his songs – himself least of all'. The Independent. p. 18.
4. ^Ankeny, Jason. 'Smog | Biography & History'. AllMusic. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
5. ^'Bill Callahan'. DrownedInSound. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
6. ^'Bill Callahan | Drag City'. www.dragcity.com. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
7. ^LeMay, Matt (March 31, 2001). 'Smog: Sewn to the Sky'. Pitchfork. Pitchfork. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
8. ^'Cynthia Dall - In the Mix - Music - Music - November 7, 2002'. Newsreview.com. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
9. ^Raymond, Jon. 'Bill Callahan', BOMB Magazine, Summer, 2009. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
10. ^Bill Callahan at AllMusic
11. ^Sasha Frere-Jones. 'Apocalypse review'. Newyorker.com. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
12. ^Bill Callahan Tour Chronicled in Documentary | News. Pitchfork (January 26, 2012). Retrieved on September 18, 2012.
13. ^'Bill Callahan's Dream River'. The New York Times. September 18, 2013. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
14. ^Sodomsky, Sam. 'Bill Callahan, WHY? Release New Live at Third Man Albums: Listen'. Pitchfork.com. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
15. ^'Stream Bill Callahan's New Album 'Shepard in a Sheepskin Vest''. Spin. June 14, 2019. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
16. ^'Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest by Bill Callahan'. Metacritic.com. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
17. ^'Bill Callahan: Shepherd In a Sheepskin Vest'. Pitchfork.com. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
18. ^https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/how-wild-wild-country-uses-indie-folk-to-frame-a-quintessentially-american-story/#:~:text=It%20isn't%20obvious%20until,baritone%20formerly%20known%20as%20Smog
19. ^Ratliff, Ben (April 8, 2011). 'He Can Sing It, if Not Speak It'. The New York Times.
20. ^A Window That Isn't There: The Elusive Art of Bill Callahan. Pitchfork.com, Retrieved on April 23, 2014.
21. ^'Lisa Suckdog ← People ← Cafe OTO'. Cafeoto.co.uk. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
22. ^Bevan, David. (September 17, 2013) Bill Callahan Rolls on Like a River | SPIN | Profiles. M.spin.com. Retrieved on April 23, 2014.
23. ^Preview The Life and Times of William Callahan, a Photo Essay by Chris Taylor. The Fader (June 7, 2013). Retrieved on April 23, 2014.
24. ^'Apocalypse: A Bill Callahan Tour Film'. IMDb.com. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
25. ^'Worms Birds Possums'. IMDb.com. Retrieved September 4, 2019.

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