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SUMMARY:BILL BAIRD\, BLACKABY\, BUGA
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DESCRIPTION:Royal Oakie Records Showcase\n\nBill Baird has spent decades op
 erating just outside the boundaries of whatever the music industry thought
  it was doing — drawing inspiration from fellow true believers and beaut
 iful misfits like Arthur Russell\, Daniel Johnston\, Roky Erickson\, and D
 oug Sahm\, while quietly assembling one of the most idiosyncratic bodies o
 f work in American independent music.\n\nHis first major act\, Sound Team
 \, signed to Capitol Records and Parlophone and became the subject of Echo
 tone\, a documentary film that captured both the promise and the chaos of 
 that era. His next project\, {{{Sunset}}}\, logged endless miles on the ro
 ad alongside beloved California outfit The Range of Light Wilderness. Alon
 g the way\, Baird crashed on Flea's couch\, co-wrote songs with Pete Brown
  — the man who handed Cream "Sunshine of Your Love" — and somehow foun
 d time to teach songwriting at the legendary Esalen Institute on the Big S
 ur coast.\n\nHe dropped out of college young\, lived out his Kerouac fanta
 sy on the open road\, and eventually circled back to academia\, earning an
  MFA from Mills College — where the celebrated jazz composer Roscoe Mitc
 hell once told him "You are a testament to the failure of the American edu
 cational system."\n\nThe records kept coming. Baird has released music on 
 Dangerbird\, Aural Canyon\, Curly\, Moon Glyph\, in addition to a steady s
 tream of self-released albums .He's been playlisted on BBC 6 Music\, perfo
 rmed across their airwaves\, earned Rough Trade's Record of the Month\, an
 d recorded at Abbey Road Studios twice. He's produced albums for Generatio
 nals and Garrett T. Capps\, and traveled through India for six weeks shoot
 ing The Origin of Sound\, a film made for Air India. The city of Austin on
 ce gave him his own day at City Hall — Bill Baird Day.\n\nCritics who've
  caught up with him haven't been subtle. "In the sphere of psychedelic mus
 ic\, Bill Baird is without a doubt one of the top 2 or 3 songwriters in th
 e world\," wrote le Village Pop. Tiny Mix Tapes called him "one of the las
 t of the living rock n roll geniuses." The Bay Bridged kept it simple: "Bi
 ll Baird is a genius."\n\nHe is currently back home in San Antonio\, where
  he is working on a book about the 1968 World's Fair for Texas A&M Univers
 ity Press. His newest album Life Creates Itself is set to be released on S
 eptember 25th 2026 by Royal Oakie Records.\n\nBoletos: https://dice.fm/eve
 nt/3oby3g-bill-baird-blackaby-buga-1st-nov-cassette-new-york-city-tickets
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