If you haven’t yet seen the wonders of the KUT 90.5 and Super Alright’s Retread Sessions, let Bill Callahan introduce you. Placing artists in unique, often gorgeous, settings, the Retread Sessions give their songs a stunning new context with masterful camerawork and performances as original as their environment. Below is the video of Bill Callahan performing “Vessel in Vain” atop Mt. Bonnell, and you can also see him give “Nothing Rises to Meet Me” a stark acoustic turn at the Retread Session website.
Callahan’s is the sixth performance in the series, and past offerings have included Jose Gonzalez, Do Make Say Think, YACHT, and locals Shearwater giving us “Palo Santo” and Black Before Red with “Matagorda” and “Spilt Milk Shake.” See them all in widescreen versions here.
Retread Session: Bill Callahan - “Vessel in Vain”
No. 6 Bill Callahan - “Vessel in Vain” from Retread Sessions on Vimeo.
[...] anyway) put a band in a weird place and make them play kind of thing. Kinda like the ill-fated KUT and Super Alright “Retread Sessions” that was cool for all of the about 2 seconds it lasted. We’re impressed by what the KVRX kids [...]