Bill Staines in BC

Subject: Bill Staines in BC
From: Musicman
Date: 10 Oct 00 - 12:33 PM

A concert announcement for any Bill Staines fans in the northwest..... He is coming to Vancouver, BC on Oct 22nd. This is his first visit to Vancouver. He will be playing at Culpepper's Restaurant at 3135 West Broadway, show time at 7:30. Tickets are $15cdn and will be available at the door.... you can email me @ [e-mail], or phone [phone] for more information or to reserve tickets....

Hope to see some mudcatters there... I know we are not big in numbers up here... but who knows.....

musicman

Subject: RE: Bill Staines in BC
From: JedMarum
Date: 10 Oct 00 - 01:00 PM

I wish I could be there! I am a long time Bill Staines fan. He is a wonderful and prlific writer - and a warm, humorous, gifted performer. I am sure the NW Mudcatters will love the show!

Subject: RE: Bill Staines in BC
From: Musicman
Date: 10 Oct 00 - 02:10 PM

you can check out his website here to see if he is performing in your area......

Subject: RE: Bill Staines in BC
From: WyoWoman
Date: 10 Oct 00 - 10:58 PM

I'd love to come to this concert, and Musicman, thank you very much for sharing "Sweet Wyoming Home" with us last night on HearMe. When I had interviewed for the job in Wyoming and couldn't make up my mind whether or not to leave New Mexico, I got in my car after work late one night and "Sweet Wyoming Home" was playing on the public radio station. I hadn't heard it before, and I took it as a sign from Heb'n that I was supposed to move.

It's a lovely song...

Now: How do I emigrate to B.C.? I'd be a great addition to your country ... really, I would. (Yet another friend of mine has gone for a visit and come back singing Vancouver's praises, telling me it would be the PERFECT PLACE for me ... I"m not certain why, but two friends have told me that. This particular friend described in glowing detail a wonderful old bar she'd found there, and THAT seemed to be her entire basis for telling me it was the perfect place for me. Ach, my reputation...)

ww

Subject: RE: Bill Staines in BC
From: Lyrical Lady
Date: 11 Oct 00 - 02:41 AM

I wish I could have heard Musicman sing Sweet Wyoming Home, but alas it twas not to be.

Oh Woe... Lyrical MacLady

PS. Hope to see you there!

Subject: RE: Bill Staines in BC
From: JedMarum
Date: 11 Oct 00 - 09:04 AM

Sweet Wyoming Home is a great song. One of my all time favorites!

Subject: RE: Bill Staines in BC
From: Musicman
Date: 11 Oct 00 - 03:54 PM

hard to pick a favorite for me... although I do say Roseville fair is my fav to play/sing.... So many other good ones though......

Subject: RE: Bill Staines in BC
From: Jed at Work
Date: 11 Oct 00 - 05:27 PM

agreed; Roseville Fair is a gem!

He wrote another one I always enjoyed and wanted to learn (still may) I think it's called A Quiet Faith in Man. Nice tune, great lyrics ... a refrain that goes something like;

and you can trust the moon to move the mighty ocean
you can trust the sun to shine upon the land
you take the little that you know and you do the best you can
and you save the rest for a quiet faith in man ...

sound familiar? I have it on an old tape a friend gave me some years ago. I don;t which album it came from.

Subject: RE: Bill Staines in BC
From: Margo
Date: 11 Oct 00 - 06:42 PM

And preceeding the concert in BC Bill is passing through Portland:
Bill Staines/Paula Joy Welter
Friday October 20th - 7:30 PM
Multnomah Friends Meeting House
4312 SE Stark St.
Portland Oregon

Hello Musicman! I've been thinking about you with the concert coming up. I wish you a great attendance! Margo

Subject: RE: Bill Staines in BC
From: Musicman
Date: 11 Oct 00 - 07:14 PM

hey WW... isn't finding a good bar reason enough for moving somewhere?

I got a good one to show ya...... right where bill is playing.... good food and lotsa hops....

Hey, margo.. thanks for the encouragements.... got some folks coming up from Bellingham already..... hope you get to see him in Portland....

Subject: RE: Bill Staines in BC
From: WyoWoman
Date: 12 Oct 00 - 02:03 AM

Well, it certainly beats SOME of the reasons I've moved before ...

ww

Subject: RE: Bill Staines in BC
From: Margo
Date: 12 Oct 00 - 07:48 PM

You bet, Musicman. And he is doing a mini=songwriting workshop on Saturday. I'll be there with bells on. Well, maybe no bells, but I might bring my banjo :o)

Subject: RE: Bill Staines in BC
From: Night Owl
Date: 13 Oct 00 - 01:54 AM

Jed...the song you mentioned is on Bill's "Sandstone Cathedrals" cd/cassette. Musicman...I'm REALLY excited for you. There are a lot of us here who adore Bill's music and respect his dedication to keeping "folk" music alive AND the extraordinary schedule he keeps to share it with us.

Subject: RE: Bill Staines in BC
From: JedMarum
Date: 13 Oct 00 - 09:39 AM

I was very lucky many years ago to do a songwriter's workshop with Bill at a festival in New Hampshire. He's a talented man and I am very happy to see him still playing far and wide.

Subject: RE: Bill Staines in BC
From: Musicman
Date: 13 Oct 00 - 04:51 PM

looking forward to our visit....

And......

I get to show him around our beautiful City of Vancouver before the concert (hope the weather is good....)

Subject: RE: Bill Staines in BC
From: JedMarum
Date: 13 Oct 00 - 05:44 PM

Please give Bill my regards ... former New Englander. I don't s'pose he'll remember me, but we played some of the same places in those days ... John Henry's Hammer (Worcester), the Idler (Cambridge), others ... it'sbeen too long. I've been in Texas since 1986. I almost forgot I was a Yankee.

Subject: RE: Bill Staines in BC
From: Musicman
Date: 13 Oct 00 - 06:33 PM

will do jed.......

anyone else????

Subject: RE: Bill Staines in BC
From: Musicman
Date: 23 Oct 00 - 01:48 PM

sigh...............

well..... he's off to the next stop..... what a wonderful 24hours!!! Like most songwriters I would guess... the music is totally a product of the man.... a very gentle soul, your friend in 5 mins for life and enjoys to share his life and experiences with you and listen to yours. Being able just to 'hangout' and show Bill around vancouver..... let him enjoy the city, share a coffee on a beach front patio grill watching the sailors with their boats and see his enjoyment in the relaxation.....Concert time and the 'thrill' of watching/introducing and watching people enjoy someone whom you respect musically... all because YOU brought him here.... Introducing him to your friends who have enjoyed his music for the first time and ......... and.........

then talking till 3am, sharing a grilled cheese sandwich and beer just talking/ playing a bit of music....

Introduced him to the Mudcat too....

Did all this really happen?????

can't wait till next year!!! hopefully more time to play a bit....

anyway... just thought I would share the excitement.....

musicman

Subject: RE: Bill Staines in BC
From: Margo
Date: 23 Oct 00 - 01:52 PM

Musicman, I know what you mean! I went to the song writing workshop he did down here and it was worth far more than I paid! Bill is so unassuming, yet so great. Love to watch him play his guitar upside-down backwards! Margo

Subject: RE: Bill Staines in BC
From: Lyrical Lady
Date: 23 Oct 00 - 03:37 PM

DANG!!! Now I'm REALLY sorry I didn't go! Glad it turned out to be everything you hoped for!

....LL

Subject: RE: Bill Staines in BC
From: Night Owl
Date: 24 Oct 00 - 02:07 AM

Paul, sounds like a WONDERFUL visit for both of you, and a great respite for Bill....thanks for giving us an update! but....but....but....you didn't say what he thought of Mudcats or if he knew about the database here...etc. etc. Margo....maybe if we moved to Oz....his "upside-down" finger-picking would be easier to learn. (BG)

Subject: RE: Bill Staines in BC
From: JedMarum
Date: 24 Oct 00 - 09:00 AM

What did he sing? Can you list a few of the songs? Heart of Stone? Roseville Fair? Sweet Wyoming Home? others? I checked the calendar at his website and don't see any Texas dates coming up, in the near future. I guess I'll just have to wait for Kerrville next May.

Subject: RE: Bill Staines in BC
From: Musicman
Date: 24 Oct 00 - 10:38 AM

ummmm what did he play??????

crossing the water, old pen, child of mine (for Rita, my daughter), buffy's quality cafe, to morrow, black fly song, roseville fair, quiet faith in man, bridges, coyote, first lullaby, my friend, little cowboys lullaby, miner's song, music to me,redbirds wing, streets of old quebec, travelling shoes, where i live, river, rivers of texas,....ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm .........and more.....

he enjoyed the mudcat... thought is was cool,,,,, showed him the AAMPT, It helped in explaining who spaw is..... and some of the 'other' type of people we have here.. He knows Seamus well (that crazy irishman!).

was talking to him about the way he plays..,. he even has trouble watching someone else play the same way he does.....

well, next year is booked....