Unreal. Even more talent on display. After rocking guitar work all night he closes with Dylan's "The times they are a-changin'" but the crowd won't let him leave. So for his encore he whips out a trombone and leads a New Orleans-y brass number through the crowd. Tremendous.
I enjoyed this description of Bill:
On [his new album] Hammer [of the Honky-Tonk Gods], the man known as “The King of Dieselbilly” and “A Titan of the Telecaster” visits most every sonic landmark along the proverbial Route 66 of American music that he’s traveled for decades now as a player, songwriter and singer, and serves up a blue-plate special of such tasty and nourishing stylistic flavors as rock ‘n’ roll, honky-tonk, soul, rockabilly, Western swing, country, blues, boogie-woogie and more. The set captures the essence of Kirchen as “a devastating culmination of the elegant and funky,” as he’s described by his longtime friend and compatriot Nick Lowe, one of the noted musicians who plays on Hammer of the Honky-Tonk Gods.
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