Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters

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Tuesday, Apr 19, 2022 7pm

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During the shutdown of 2020, the recording studios in Los Angeles were closed for
several months. For avid creators Bud and J.D., this was a time to start planning and writing for
the day that the studios would open again and what sort of new songs would emerge. Over the
course of the next year, The Boxmasters would record three new albums. A very personal album called “Nothing Personal” which is yet to be released, “Christmas In California” which was released in November of 2021 and “Help...I’m Alive” which is to be released on April 15th on Keentone Records/ Thirty Tigers.

“It’s been difficult for people to live in this world for the past few years. Normally you
hear someone cry out ‘Help, I’m drowning’ or ‘Help, I’m dying’. This song is a tongue-in-cheek
way of saying, ‘Wow it sucks being here right now. Help...I’m Alive.’ Well, okay, it’s really not
so tongue-in-cheek. I came up with the chorus and melody just walking around the house during lockdown. It just came out in that moment, just as it is on the record. I picked up a guitar and Facetimed J.D.” recalls Bud about the creation of the title track on the album.

“This album was really a cathartic release for us. We were able to be in our favorite place
in the world, which is the recording studio. So we made a joyful noise. Meanwhile there was a
lot of pain and suffering and fighting all around us. I lost one of my best friends from childhood
who took his own life on one of the days that we were recording. So there are those bits of
sadness in these poppy and fun sounding songs” says J.D.