Bill Callahan - Sycamore - Don't Look Down

Singer/songwriter Bill Callahan (aka Smog) gave this rare Brooklyn rooftop performance in 2007, highlighting songs from his Woke on a Whaleheart LP, plus a new arrangement of his classic "Cold Blooded Old Times".
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[@ThomatoForce]

Thor Harris always seems to pop up in music I come to adore. Shearwater, Swans, Bill Callahan..

[@CarlosGLeonIb]

We need more Bill Callahan

[@mickhurley7305]

A great version... even the performers know it..

[@cocoabambi]

i love this song so much

[@7sterling]

@1:27 this is totally GIF/meme-worthy

[@LordHaveMercy]

Who is this beautiful man?

[@Binkler]

That's class

[@paulmoran6326]

Great

[@tigerseer8183]

One of my favorite songs

[@sdeugdad]

I did not know him. Unique ballad I loved at first hearing. Wonderful§

[@MrJeffreyromain]

This song makes me jump for joy

[@donaldmackay4837]

Deeply moving maybe if I don’t know the full meaning . Wonderful performance

[@kurt8263]

This is so sick

[@PoetlaureateNFDL]

What a unique sound, great stuff!

[@celjoub]

Merveilleux!

[@jeffrp73]

Just riding this for the feeling

[@axwapples]

Best Bill

[@lucavalentin8515]

que hermoso esto man ❤

[@isaakgarcia719]

Classic

[@manuelcapela7620]

💯

[@pitchfork]

Yep that is Thor Harris who is also in Swans. Check out our Swans doc (The Seer) if you haven't!

[@ElaineErickson-gu5uq]

Rolling Stones can alwatYs gen

[@travisblawrence]

No way! I was thinking the same thing! and when I saw Swans I was jokingly calling him Thor cause he was slamming those drums like a crazy viking!

[@alexthompson523]

Can someone explain how they got Michael C. Hall to grow his hair out and play the drums for this bit?

[@apanhadordearrepios]

this is such a beautiful song

[@sqwee14]

is that the guy from swans on the drum?

[@mynameisden1s]

whats the meaning behind the song? kinda hard to decifer

[@zachg764]

Keep your hands up and you won't get hurt :P

[@bens4446]

aw darn looks like they took down the album version. i guess this will make do, sort of.

[@lucavalentin8515]

se

[@gladwinpanjaitan]

Bootleg Jack Nicholson on drums

[@raddadization]

don't like this version. Maybe its the annoying violin or the violinist or Thors cultish vibe.

[@raddadization]

This version takes away all Bill's magic. The violin is too loud and Thor is just ugly af

[@demianmachado9043]

You're a idiot...

[@ChickensinHighDef]

Cool story, Billy Mays!

[@SalaWalter]

😂