Will Oldham on Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Alan Licht

W - Sweeney called me and said that Johnny Cash just recorded "I See A
Darkness." We had a Bowery Ballroom show a week or two later, and he
invited Rick Rubin to come to the show; he came to the show ... and
asked if I wanted to play piano on the song.

A - Which you agreed to do despite not knowing how to play piano.

W - Yes...

A
man who acts under the name Will Oldham and a singer songwriter who
performs under the name Bonnie Prince Billy has, over the past quarter
of a century, made an idiosyncratic journey through, and an indelible
mark on, the worlds of indie rock and independent cinema, intersecting
with such disparate figures as Johnny Cash, Bjork, James Earl Jones, and
R. Kelly along the way.

These conversations with longtime
friend and associate Alan Licht probe his highly individualistic
approach to music making and the music industry, one that cherishes
notions of intimacy, community, mystery, and spontaneity.