Visions of Half Sleep
A dreamscape of Bill Gillard's poetry and fiction that rides musical waves from a community of musicians in northeastern Wisconsin.
All poems and stories written and performed by Bill Gillard.
billgillard.com
Broadcast on Wednesdays at 10pm on WOCT 101.9 FM Oshkosh.
Art by Judith Waller.
Music by:
- Nani Agbeli, drums, Lawrence University
- Greg Cebulski, piano, Appleton
- Joanna Dane, flute, Appleton
- Loren Dempster, cello, Lawrence University
- Paul Dietrich, trumpet, Ripon College
- Bill Gillard, Appleton
- Tony Knuppel, piano, Appleton
- Ed Martin, piano, UW Oshkosh
- Tad Neuhaus, guitar and percussion, Appleton
- Nadje Noordhuis, trumpet, Lawrence University
- Offsite, music producer, Appleton
- Wilson Poffenberger, saxophone, UW Stevens Point
- Tom Washatka, many instruments, UW Oshkosh
- Drew Whiting, saxophone, UW Oshkosh
Visions of Half Sleep
Incident at the Vulcan Mill
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The Great Peshtigo Fire swept through Northeast Wisconsin on October 8, 1871 — the same night as the far more famous Great Chicago Fire. Chicago lost something like 300 souls. Peshtigo lost 2,500. A managed burn for clearing brush and timber was caught by fierce autumn winds and became an inferno no person could outrun, a firestorm with convection currents reaching thousands of feet and ground winds exceeding 110 miles per hour. Not everything that perished in that fire died that day. There are ghosts. There are always ghosts.
Track Listing
“Father Jack and the Book of Death” — with "Children Singing in Heaven" by Offsite
“Incident at the Vulcan Mill” — with "Peshtigo Dance" by Bill Gillard
“Labor for What Purpose?” — with "Drift" by Ed Martin
“Avalon” — a song by Bill Gillard
“Home” — with Oct Sweep" by Bill Gillard
“Your Love Suffuses” — with "Suffusion" by Bill Gillard
"Visions of Half Sleep" is a dreamlike soundscape, a collaboration among artists in northeast Wisconsin. It is Bill Gillard's words and voice along with music by many.
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