Bill Staines Opens The Tinmouth Old Firehouse Season
Bill Staines has been playing and singing folk music for 40 years. Most of the songs are his own, but many have passed into music history without his name on them. Bill’s performance last May drew the biggest crowd in Firehouse history, and we can’t wait to have him back. That’s not just because the Old Firehouse Crew loves a crowd, but because we love hearing Bill ourselves.
Bill's music is a slice of Americana, reflecting with the same ease his feelings about the prairie people of the Midwest or the adventurers of the Yukon, the on-the-road truckers, or the everyday workers that make up this land. Many of Bill's songs have appeared in grade school music books, church hymnals, and scouting campfire songbooks; he is one of only a few songwriters to have eight songs published in the classic song collection, Rise up Singing. Composer David Amram recently described Bill as "a modern day Stephen Foster…his songs will be around 100 years from now."
A performance with Bill has even more than his classic favorite songs. In 45 years of touring he has collected a marvelous inventory of funny stories, which he doesn’t hesitate to share with his audiences.
Bill Staines will be the first concert in the Tinmouth Old Firehouse Concert Series, at 7:30 on April 7. Come early! If the house is full we’ll have to close the doors, and weather may not permit outside seating.
The Old Firehouse is at Mountain View Road and Vt. 140 in downtown Tinmouth. Doors will open at 7 PM. There is a suggested donation of $10 to $15, 90% of which goes to the performers. Home made desserts, coffee and tea will be available. Donations for them will help support community activities.
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