Palace Brothers – There Is No-One What Will Take Care Of You (Drag City, 1993)…
The first album under the Palace Brothers moniker following appearances by Will Oldham on the ‘Matewan’ film soundtrack about an Appalachian mining community in 1987 released on Rounder. An album entitled ‘Box of Chocolates:Fearful Symmetry’ on which he sang on a couple of tracks released on Mad Entropic Carnaval in 1990. A 7″ collaboration with Bill Callahan (Smog) ‘The Sundowner:Goat Songs’ EP, which featured 6 tracks and which i guess was the first official Will Oldham release then the first Palace Brothers 7″:’Ohio River Boat Song’ and also a track on a Drag City compilation “Hey Drag City”, playing ‘For The Mekons Et Al’. Its also well known that he took the photograph for the Slint:Spiderland cover with the dudes grinning in the water of some quarry lake near their home in Kentucky. (Brian McMahan and Britt Walford both of Slint were amongst the personel that played on this album). And so onward trot the little rustic songsmith clicking his heals and baring his demons to all. Please try not to bunch the Palace Music in with the flood of Alt Country/Americana melancholy tripe that followed from the late 90’s to this very day, cos its not even in the same league… “O’ Jesus but its SO depressing!” …blah blah
Idle Hands Are The Devil’s Playthings
Long Before
I Tried To Stay Healthy For You
The Cellar Song
(I Was Drunk At The) Pulpit
There Is No-One What Will Take Care Of You
O Lord Are You In Need?
Merida
King Me
I Had A Good Mother And Father
Riding
O Paul
Palace Brothers – s/t (Drag City, 1994)…
Second PB long player originally self-titled and later on named ‘Days In The Wake’…
You Will Miss Me When I Burn
Pushkin
Come A Little Dog
I Send My Love To You
Meaulnes
No More Workhorse Blues
All Is Grace
Whither Thou Goest
(Thou Without) Partner
I Am A Cinematographer
Palace Songs – Hope (Drag City, 1994)…
Mini long-player…
Agnes, Queen Of Sorrow
Untitled
Winter Lady
Christmastime In The Mountains
All Gone, All Gone
Werner’s Last Blues To Blokbuster
Palace Music – Viva Last Blues (Drag City/Palace, 1995)…
(its all about ‘The Brute Choir’!)
More Brother Rides
Viva Ultra
The Brute Choir
The Mountain Low
Tonight’s Decision (And Hereafter)
Work Hard/Play Hard
New Partner
Cat’s Blues
We All, Us Three, Will Ride
Old Jerusalem
Palace – Arise Therefore (Drag City, 1996)…
(my personal all time favourite long-player in the Royal Stable)
Stablemate
A Sucker’s Evening
Arise, Therefore
You Have Cum In Your Hair And Your Dick Is Hanging Out
Kid Of Harith
The Sun Highlights The Lack In Each
No Gold Digger
Disorder
A Group Of Women
Give Me Children
The Weaker Soldier
Palace Music – Lost Blues And Other Songs (Drag City/Palace, (1997)…
A collection of 7″s and unreleased songs…
Ohio River Boat Song
Riding (alt. version)
Valentine’s Day (prev. unreleased)
Trudy Dies (alt. version)
Come In
Little Blue Eyes (Peel session 27/11/93)
Horses
Stable Will
Untitled (live at the Lounge Ax 17/11/94)
O How I Enjoy The Light
Marriage
West Palm Beach
Gulf Shores
(End Of) Travelling
Lost Blues (prev. unreleased)
