{"id":35516,"date":"2015-07-16T12:29:03","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T17:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=35516"},"modified":"2015-07-16T12:29:03","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T17:29:03","slug":"plow-the-fields-presents-til-willis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2015\/07\/16\/plow-the-fields-presents-til-willis\/","title":{"rendered":"Plow The Fields presents: Til Willis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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photo by Andy Allen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wow! This week’s interview is a doozy. I sat down with Pelahatchie, Mississippi native Til Willis<\/a> back in March to discuss a trio of albums he released simultaneously last November. We discuss the genesis of that Herculean project, and a couple of impending shows he had with his band Erratic Cowboy, before ditching the script and venturing into a wide range of topics\u00a0like good\u00a0songwriting habits,<\/p>\n

“It’s kind of a daily exercise; the knife gets dull if you don’t sharpen it once in a while”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

self censorship,<\/p>\n

“You kinda just gotta allow yourself to be yourself in all your work, and if you think something, you know, you wake up in the morning and you’re walking around, thinking about some social injustice, and then you’re going to sit down to write a song, well, then, that should come through, you shouldn’t stop yourself from that…. I think that’s the danger you can get into. Self censorship is, in a lot of ways, more dangerous than public censorship.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

and\u00a0Solomon Burke.<\/p>\n

“Solomon was just amazing, as big around as he was tall, a voice bigger than the Empire State Building, and more soul in his little finger than most of us will have in a lifetime.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We also discuss his weekly foray into live, experimental music, Oscillator Radio<\/a>, and listen to a few of Til’s favorite songs that he found while digging through our archives. Easily\u00a0one of the best conversations I’ve had since taking over Plow The Fields. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Part 1:<\/strong><\/p>\nhttp:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-03-28-Til-Willis-part-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Tracklist:
\n<\/span>“Cars” by Til Willis & Erratic Cowboy off the album Cars Et Cetera<\/em>
\n“Hotel Al Uruba” by Til Willis off the album Tin Star<\/em>
\n“Savior’s Things” by Til Willis off the album Hackles<\/em>
\n“Shiny Attraction” by Til Willis & Erratic Cowboy off the album Cars Et Cetera
\n<\/em>“The Old Plantation” by\u00a0The Minus 5\u00a0off the album\u00a0Down With Wilco<\/i>
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Part 2:<\/strong><\/p>\nhttp:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-03-28-Til-Willis-part-2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Tracklist:<\/span>
\n“Winter In America” by\u00a0Til Willis & Erratic Cowboy off the album\u00a0Cars Et Cetera<\/i>
\n“Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down” by\u00a0RL Burnside\u00a0off the album\u00a0Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down<\/i>
\n“Dead Horse” by\u00a0Til Willis & Erratic Cowboy off the album\u00a0Cars Et Cetera<\/i>
\n“Up Late” by\u00a0Til Willis\u00a0off the album\u00a0Hackles<\/i><\/p>\n

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Part 3:<\/strong><\/p>\nhttp:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-03-28-Til-Willis-part-3.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Tracklist:
\n<\/span>“Superball”\u00a0by\u00a0Dub Narcotic Sound System off the album\u00a0Bone Dry<\/i>
\n“Russian Flower” by\u00a0Til Willis\u00a0off the album\u00a0Hackles<\/i>
\n“None Of Us Are Free” by Solomon Burke &\u00a0The Blind Boys of Alabama off the album None Of Us Are Free<\/em>
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Part 4:<\/strong><\/p>\nhttp:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/2015-03-28-Til-Willis-part-4.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Tracklist:<\/span>
\n“Guantanamo” by\u00a0Til Willis & Erratic Cowboy off the album\u00a0Cars Et Cetera<\/i>
\n“YWYHOYD” by\u00a0Till Willis & Erratic Cowboy off the album\u00a0Cars Et Cetera<\/i>
\n“Spark” by\u00a0Til Willis\u00a0off the album\u00a0Hackles<\/i>
\n“Civil Wars” by\u00a0Till Willis & Erratic Cowboy off the album\u00a0Cars Et Cetera<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Wow! This week’s interview is a doozy. I sat down with Pelahatchie, Mississippi native Til Willis back in March to discuss a trio of albums he released simultaneously last November. We discuss the genesis of that Herculean project, and a couple of impending shows he had with his band Erratic Cowboy, before ditching the script and venturing into a wide range of topics\u00a0like good\u00a0songwriting habits, “It’s kind of a daily exercise; the knife gets dull if you don’t sharpen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1620,"featured_media":35523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,48,3268,3234],"tags":[1018,721,3288,976],"class_list":["post-35516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-on-kjhk","category-local-music","category-music-articles","category-music-interviews","tag-interview","tag-plow-the-fields-2","tag-til-willis","tag-til-willis-erratic-cowboy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/11357170_1085639654798485_5651908857261222553_o.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1620"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}