Bill Mallonee Live in Orlando

Erik Guzman April 25th, 2008

If you're in the Orlando area, don't miss Bill Mallonee performing live at Taste in College Park, tomorrow, April 26 at 8 PM.

Bill Mallonee has released 25 albums over his 20 year career to much critical acclaim. Paste Music Magazine, in a poll conducted by both writers and artists, listed Bill as 65 in their "100 Greatest Living Songwriters Poll." Musically, his songs tend towards a very broadly defined Americana, embracing Folk-rock, Brit-pop, psychedelia and troubadour folk.

Check out this podcast we did with Bill, and read on to get Bill's take on music and life on the road.

I've tended to see most of my work as a yearning, a quest, a journey. An awakening to something undeserved. I think that must be why the image and metaphor of the road, both literally and figuratively, figure so large in my songs. The road became a 2nd home for me for the better part of 20 years and 25 records. In the long run, it was never all that good to me. And yes, there are costs for buying such dubious property. Those many years of viewing the world from inside a van or a car can change the way you look at the world…and more n' likely they'll change you, too…

…Such events destroyed a marriage. And later the remorse and grinding poverty made such romantic notions as "artistic integrity vs. lack of commercial success" wear threadbare. Me? I never knew what I was made of until I was tested…and after 20 years the road, being a sort of laboratory herself, showed me deficient in painful ways … (Read More)

Again, don't miss the show at Taste in College Park, tomorrow, April 26 at 8 PM. I'll see you there!

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