Austin Sound

We wouldn’t ever expect Bill Baird to take a moments rest, even after releasing two great albums this year with Sunset’s Bright Blue Dream and The Glowing City, and we’re excited to hear that his next endeavor will be an album of covers coming out next January. With a nod to Whitman, Baird is dubbing the LP Songs the Sound of Myself, As Written By Others, and it’s a rather fantastic and eclectic offering. Not only does he cover some of his eccentric influences (Robert Wyatt, Bill Fay), but also some songs by his local friends like Mark David Ashworth, Sam Sanford, and Jared Van Fleet from Sparrow House. The album will be limited to 100 handmade copies released on the small NYC label Tired Trails and packaged with poems, photos and other Baird artworks, but the songs will also be available as a digital download. Check out the full tracklist for the album below!

Also on the horizon for Baird is a new 7-inch called “Loveshines II” due out in February. The vinyl will feature the title song and the awesomely named “”Looks Like I Fucked Up Again.” If you really can’t wait to get your Blond Bill fix until after the holidays, however, he also has an album of remixes and different versions of his “Dear Friend (Collapsing Domino)” that you can download in a zip file here

Songs the Sound of Myself, As Written By Others:

The Dirt (Mark David Ashworth)
Sea Song (Robert Wyatt)
Last Fall (Jared Van Fleet)
Shady Grove (Traditional)
The Ballad of Sammy Mudd (Sam Sanford)
I’ll Be Here In the Morning (Townes Van Zandt)
Rake and Rambling Boy (Traditional)
Hot Burrito 2 Digit (Flying Burrito Brothers)
Expecting to Fly (Neil Young)
Walking After Midnight (Searching for Me) [Alan Block and Don Hecht c/o Patsy Cline]
Be Not So Fearful (Bill Fay)
Diamond Deserts (Bill Baird)
This Land Is Your Land (Woody Guthrie)

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