Bonnie Prince Billy at the Chapel, September 15, 2022
Set One: Ari Micich
[8:31 PM] {lights down, no announcements, Ari out, sets up pretty quickly}
[8:31 PM] Dividing Line
[8:36 PM] {yack: thanks; this song is like Miles Davis and Igor Stravinsky having a jam session; add Monica Chew}
[8:38 PM] Dream State
[8:40 PM] {drop MC; yack about video}
[8:42 PM] Theme and Variations on a Circle
[8:45 PM] {thanks}
[8:45 PM] More Circles
[8:46 PM] {thanks to Will for inviting me to open: tonight is the live premiere of most of these songs}
[8:48 PM] So Yeah
[8:51 PM] {yack about bike riding in Golden Gate Park}
[8:53 PM] Bicycle Melodies
[8:57 PM] {applause & final thanks}
[8:58 PM] {PA up; stage hands out for the set change}
Set Two: Bonnie Prince Billy
[9:31 PM] {lights down; Will out with his guitar, a bag, a wine glass, and a can of red wine}
[9:32 PM] A Minor Place
[9:35 PM] Vietnam Sunshine
[9:39 PM] {yack: last night was new songs, tonight is old songs, but here's a new one}
[9:40 PM] Black Captain
[9:45 PM] {yack: another new song}
[9:46 PM] Kentucky Is Water
[9:49 PM] {yack: Ass is big in SF}
[9:51 PM] You Remind Me of Something (The Glory Goes)
[9:54 PM] {yack: it's a trip revisiting (these songs)}
[9:55 PM] 64
[9:58 PM] {yack about Mick Turner & Mess Esq}
[9:59 PM] May It Always Be
[10:02 PM] {yack about Japanese socks}
[10:04 PM] Careless Love
[10:07 PM] {yack: this next song is NOT a wedding song}
[10:08 PM] The Way (Springtime Lyrics)
[10:12 PM] I See a Darkness
[10:14 PM] {yack: now that one was a wedding tune}
[10:15 PM] (unidentified tune #1: lyrics “Careful who you praise and blame or you'll lift up the wrong name” / “rendering our true heroes mute” / “Come with us we'll change our tune”)
[10:17 PM] {Lockdown yack}
[10:18 PM] Squid Eye
[10:21 PM] (unidentified tune #2: lyrics “Well my instinct lies fragily just oozing innocence” / “elevating eagerness” / “Happily Happy, Happily Easy” / “Good Morning Popocatépetl”)
[10:23 PM] {yack about Popocatépetl}
[10:24 PM] In Good Faith
[10:27 PM] West Palm Beach
[10:30 PM] {yack about the Mekons}
[10:32 PM] Horses
[10:36 PM] {props to Ari}
[10:36 PM] Love Comes to Me
[10:40 PM] {i love disco balls; more yack about KY; BBQ sing-along story}
[10:42 PM] Look Backward on Your Future, Look Forward to Your Past
[10:47 PM] {encore break; Will off}
Encore
[10:47 PM] {yack: don't take my hat!}
[10:48 PM] The Brute Choir
[10:51 PM] New Partner
[10:54 PM] Three Questions
[10:56 PM] {show ends; Will: You're the best!Pause for applause, then Will gathers his stuff and heads up the back stairs}
[10:57 PM] {we're done! Time to hit the road!}
Notes
Whoa! This section is incomplete for now, sorry!
Big thanks to zacray for posting the setlist. Hopefully someone knowledgeable will fill things in for Ari's set too!
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