Mr Wilson, The Stonecutter
First Jeni & Billy appearance on June 25, 2005. We hadn’t realized at this point that we should have called ourselves The Pickles or Sheila & Fred. If we had, perhaps superstardom would have been ours. In the end, we met a lot of really great people, made a ton of records, and traveled all over! LISTEN NOW · 4:12 Mr Wilson, the Stonecutter Jeni & Billy, yes, those were (are?) our real names For ten years from 2006 until 2016 I toured with the duo Jeni & Billy. I was Jeni. I was once told by a friend on the committee of an arts organization that our duo wasn’t chosen for a festival because one of the other people on the committee didn’t like our name. What can I say? I was born a Jeni. He was born a Billy. I suppose we could have called ourselves The Pickles or even Sheila and Fred. Then people would have kept saying, “Hey, Sheila.” And I would have had to say, “Well, that’s just my stage name. I’m really called Jeni.” I only mention this story in case any of you have ap...
