In addition to playing one of the wildest local gigs in recent memory, Sons of Bill made a few trips to Los Angeles in the past few months to record tracks for the band’s second full-length album, One Town Away.
The band nabbed studio time with Jim Scott, whose credits include engingeering the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Californication, Tom Petty’s Wildflowers and largely running the show on Whiskeytown’s Stranger’s Almanac. While they were in Los Angeles, keyboard/banjo player Abe Wilson dialed up a friend to film the group’s studio time and interview the three Wilson brothers. Watch the video below:
Sons of Bill, behind the music
My favorite moment comes about four minutes in, as Abe Wilson talks about losing his job before the band flew to Los Angeles to record: "I was an architect. It was great when there was stuff to build. People aren’t building anything anymore. I was a September statistic—39,000 people had lost their jobs in September…So, good timing, I guess."
Good spirit, Abe. Besides, country music always needs a little depression of one sort or another, no matter what some publications tell you.
And, bad economy or not, a new Sons of Bill album—their first since 2006’s A Far Cry from Freedom—is something to celebrate. Who’s with me? Who’s against me? Who has tears in their beer?