Billington Sea at Paradise Cafe, Carlin Tripp opens at Paradise Cafe Saturday August 29th 2015 8:30 - 10:30 PM. Free

“Carlin Tripp is an American songwriter drawing from a life spent roaming this great country, seeking out rare experiences and making new friends along the way. His songs reflect on love lost, love found and the trials and joys we all face in our day to day existence. We are all searching for an answer in our own unique way and it seems Carlin’s music longs to provide us with a brief insight to the inner workings of the human spirit.”

“Billington Sea is the name of one of Plymouth’s 365 ponds. Its namesake is also ours: a man named Francis Billington. As the legend has it, he was a bit of a drunkard, which was a problem for him because he lived among the puritan settlers. I heard he withstood weeks traveling on that stinking ship ‘cause he killed a guy back in England, or he owed someone money. I can’t remember. At any rate, one day, Mr. Billington finds himself drunk and lost in the woods. After hours on foot, he decides to climb a tree so that he can get a better view of his surroundings. In the distance, he spots an enormous body of water. Mr. Billington catches his breath, and thinks to himself, “Shoot, I must have just discovered the Pacific Ocean.” The puritans decide to take this mix up as an opportunity to tease him for generations to come. They mark our map, a medium-to-large sized pond, with the name, “Billington Sea: in memory of his error.”

This anecdote really won us over while deciding what to name our project. The story itself, it’s wonderful and very likely embellishments, being drunk in the woods, delusions of grandeur--all of these things resonated with us, almost as deeply as an old Towns Van Zandt song, or that new Kendrick Lamar single. Some good history, our own spin, combined with the modern experience brings you Billington Sea: two weirdos who like to write songs, and especially like writing them together.”