It doesn’t take six degrees to connect Will Oldham to P.J. Harvey as not only has Bonnie “Prince” Billy collaborated with her ex/former duet partner Nick Cave, but he’s written a song for her as well. Aptly dubbed “Will’s Song,” the stunning tune was famously unveiled on Live with Jools Holland. Watch her bring the house down in this rare performance below:
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Photo: Will Oldham & Nick Cave
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This shot was reportedly taken by Glen Hansard at 1999’s Liss Ard Festival, where Bonnie “Prince” Billy covered Bob Dylan’s “New Pony” with Nick Cave. Anyone have audio/video of this potentially awesome duet? In any event, here’s a bit ofbackstory:
Nick Cave and Will Oldham met at Lollapalooza 1994 and talked about music. Will recalls: “We then regularly played “New Pony” from Bob Dylan’s ‘Street-Legal’ album. The pattern of Jack The Ripper from Cave’s Henry’s Dream is based on that of “New Pony”, and he has some other songs which borrow extensively from ‘Street-Legal.’ Cave apparently saw one of our shows, came to me later on and said ‘Street-Legal’ was his favorite Dylan album. To which I said, “I Know” [Will grins].