FR 161: Bill Orcutt: In Continuous Motion

The Bay Area guitarist on beauty, difficulty, and the joy of having it both ways

Had you come across a flyer for Bill Orcutt’s recent three-night takeover of Roulette but not known who he was, you could have been forgiven for assuming he was some elder statesman of experimental music (and not just for his estimable beard). Laying out the full sweep of the Bay Area guitarist’s work, the residency was the kind of affair that typically…