With the dog days of summer nearly behind us, Bonnie “Prince” Billy presents a revitalized "Outsider" anthem; a cover version from one of the giants of the punk era. With a Ramones song built for a ‘Prince’ (from the pen of immortal Dee Dee), Bonny reframes the lyric’s psycho-stoicism with stately melody. Produced in 2016 with Mark Nevers, the song features Chris Scruggs (of the Fabulous Superlatives) and homeboys William Tyler, Peter Townsend and D.C. Berman, who pours existential dread from Dee Dee’s bridge. Elsa Oldham’s artwork celebrates the triumvirate of star-crossed singers above!
Following the release of “Outsider”, Bonny embarks on his own kind of tour across America, launching from the great Northeast, landing on the central West Coast and going back again to old Brooklyn, before wrapping up the harvest season with several dates in Illinois and (yes) Indiana. With his mythos in the wind, songs of love and horror (and others) in tow and the joy of singing and playing in shared space (see the shows' co-stars below!), BPB will once again step into our waiting and needing minds and souls.
See you "At The Back of the Pit” at the dates below!
ON THE ROAD AGAIN WITH BONNY
8/13/22 Woodstock Town Hall Theatre Woodstock VT*^
8/14/22 Nova Arts Keene NH*#%
8/15/22 the Shea Theatre Turners Falls MA*@
8/17/22 Mill No. 5 Lowell MA*~
8/18/22 Black Birch Kittery ME*!?
8/19/22 SPACE Portland ME*+
8/20/22 Brattle Theater Cambridge MA/
9/14/22 The Chapel San Francisco CA {}
9/15/22 The Chapel San Francisco CA>
9/16/22 Kuumbwa Jazz Santa Cruz CA&
9/17/22 Hubba Winery Paso Robles CA&
9/18/22 Henry Miller Library Big Sur CA&
10/23/22 Brooklyn Folk Festival Brooklyn NY
11/4/22 Channing-Murray Foundation Urbana, IL
11/5/22 Fitzgerald's Berwyn IL=
early show
11/5/22 Fitzgerald's Berwyn IL=
late show
11/6/22 Shelton Auditorium Indianapolis, IN
* with Footings
^ with Empath
# with Myriam Gendron
% with Party of the Sun
@ with A.P.I.E (Animal Piss Is Everywhere)
~ with Charlie Chronopoulos
! with Dead Gowns
{} with KidiBand
> with Ari Micich
? with Modern Fools
+ with Asa Irons
/ with Damon & Naomi
& with evicshen
= w/ Jon Langford