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Bonnie "Prince" Billy

Indie Folk Singer · Songwriter 8 albums picked

Joseph Will Oldham is an American singer-songwriter and actor. From 1993 to 1997, he performed and recorded in collaboration with dozens of other musicians under variations of Palace. After briefly publishing music under his own name, in 1998 he adopted Bonnie "Prince" Billy as the name for most of his work.

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Ep #893 ·
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What Bonnie "Prince" Billy said · 3 records

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Be Altitude: Respect Yourself
The Staple Singers ·1972
"I picked up this Staple Singer record, Respect Yourself. This was pre-internet. This was the fun thing to go to record stores was to look for Staple Singer records and try to find I Am the Light of This World because you couldn't find it."
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