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Thread #124995   Message #2766317
Posted By: alanabit
15-Nov-09 - 06:00 AM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chord Req: Worm Forgives the Plough (Boazman)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chord Req: Worm Forgives the Plough (Boazman)
I had not known that was on general release Jim. I was under the impression that it was just a keepsake for friends and relatives. Bill helped out BMW with some guitar parts and harmonies on those sessions. He used the remainder of the studio time to record "Bless These Children", "The Ballad of Charlie Daniels", "The Worm Forgives The Plough" and "Roll On River". Howard Fullbrook later told me that Pete Morrison (of BMW) had cleaned up the tapes a lot later and put them all together on the CD you named. It is a beautiful record of what Bill could do as a songwriter, but sadly the only one which I know of. I would love to hear really high quality studio versions of "Breaking Even", "Victor Jara" and some of the others.
Whatever he plays, Bill will always be worth listening to. His recent album, "New Tunes and Old Songs", which although it is all covers, is full of virtuoso and execeptionally clean playing and contains an MJH style reading of "CC Rider".