Billy Bragg
The Troubadour
West Hollywood, CA
February 24, 2019



The third of a three night stand at the Troubadour.  Sort of a career retrospective.  On night three Billy concentrates on his second three releases (Workers Playtime, Don't Try This at Home, and William Bloke) and throws in a couple The Internationale tracks from the period.  A long, flawless show with Billy in fine voice.  Many songs not heard in years.  As I have said before, a BB show is as much an intelligent and optimistic discussion of the world, as it is a great musical event.  His anecdotes are often so dead on you want to jot them down.  Plus, many great stories including getting banned from East Germany and more about "Mary" from The Short Answer.  What a wonderful album Worker's Playtime is.  The Troubadour is one of the best and best sounding venues in LA.  A terrific recording.  The Short Answer and Tank Park Salute are with the download alone.  Samples below.

During the show a gentleman apparently fainted and struck his head.  The show was paused for 15 min, while an ambulance came to attend.  He looked to be in pretty good shape as he left.  Let's hope he is ok.

24bit 48K recording.  If you still burn to CD, it's pretty easy to convert the files to CD specs.  A good place to divide discs is after between tracks 17 and 18. After Sexuality.


Sonics>Battery Box>Edirol R-09HR>ProTools (for level adjustment, compression, eq, noise reduction and song separation)>flac.

Taped and mastered by JB.  Please don't sell or convert to lossy format.  Don't upload to any site that has anything to do with lossy material. 



(144:39)

01. (Billy explains he will need extra help remembering lyrics tonight . . .)
02. She's Got a New Spell
03. (Billy talks t-shirts and tonight's albums . . .)
04. Everywhere
05. (Billy talks  Mowtown and events that influenced these albums . . .)
06. The Price I Pay
07. (Billy talks socialism . . .)
08. Upfield
09. (Billy talks Woody Guthrie and marriage . . .)
10. The Fourteenth of February
11. (Billy talks early gigs . . .)
12. The Short Answer (aborted)

(break)

13. The Short Answer
14. Little Time Bomb
15. The Only One
16. (Billy talks getting banned from East Germany . . .  )
17. Sexuality
18. (Billy talks making videos for Don't Try This . . .)
19. The Space Race Is Over
20. (Billy talks The Internationale)
21. I Dreamed I Saw Phil Ochs Last Night
22. (Billy talks Brexit . . .)
23. The Few
24. (Billy talks European union and Brexit . . .)
25. Must I Paint You a Picture?
26. Brickbat
27. (Billy talks empathy and compassion. . .)
28. Accident Waiting to Happen
29. (Billy talks about his next book . . .)
30. Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards
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31. (Billy talks Mermaid Avenue . . .)
32. Tank Park Salute
33. The Internationale
34. (Billy introduces . . .)
35. The Times They Are A-Changin'(Back)