July 27, 2024

S7E361 - Palace Brothers 'There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You' with Alan Zweig

S7E361 - Palace Brothers 'There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You' with Alan Zweig

Returning guest, filmmaker Alan Zweig (Vinyl, When Jews Were Funny), brings us Will Oldham - a.k.a. Palace Brothers, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy...etc) and his stunning debut: 'There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You'First released in 1993 under a cloud...

Returning guest, filmmaker Alan Zweig (Vinyl, When Jews Were Funny), brings us Will Oldham - a.k.a. Palace Brothers, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy...etc) and his stunning debut: 'There Is No-One What Will Take Care of You'
First released in 1993 under a cloud of mystery, Oldham's dark tales of sin, lust, alcohol, and redemption made for rousing conversation - as we name-checked The Louvin Brothers, The Velvet Underground and many others along the way.

Songs discussed in this episode: Oh Lord Are You In Need - Glen Dentinger, Joe Manning and Rachel Grimes; Breadcrumb Trail - Slint; O Let It Be - Will Oldham; I See A Darkness - Johnny Cash; The House Carpenter - The Doc Watson Family; A Little Soldier For Jesus - Ralph Stanley & Friends; Idle Hands are the Devil's Playthings - Palace Brothers; The River Of Jordan - The Louvin Brothers; Long Before, I Tried To Stay Healthy For You, The Cellar Song, (I Was Drunk At The) Pulpit - Palace Brothers; Ocean - The Velvet Underground; There Is No One What Will Take Care Of You, O Lord Are You In Need, Merida - Palace Brothers; Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves; King Me - Palace Brothers; Single Girl, Married Girl - The Carter Family;  I Had A Good Mother and Father, Riding, O Paul - Palace Brothers; O Paul - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy with Natalie Bajandas

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Alan Zweig

Filmmaker, late bloomer, Old Dad, former cab driver and screenwriter including a little dialogue written for Mr. T.

Born and raised in Toronto

11 feature documentaries, most of them you have to be in Canada to find them but there are a few including Vinyl on Youtube, 15 Reasons to live, There is a house here and When Jews were funny which you can find outside of Canada.