Bill Staines

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Andie's Air 03:07 Tools
Winter 03:07 Tools
Walker Behind The Wheel 04:29 Tools
Traveling Shoes 03:34 Tools
Music To Me 04:38 Tools
The Fox 03:09 Tools
River 04:20 Tools
The Streets Of Old Quebec 05:10 Tools
A Place in the Choir 02:31 Tools
The Happy Wanderer 04:07 Tools
The Philosopher's Song 03:09 Tools
Child of Mine 03:34 Tools
Bridges 02:55 Tools
Home on the Range 04:31 Tools
Sweet Wyoming Home 03:37 Tools
Old Dogs 03:45 Tools
Little Brown Dog 03:59 Tools
Roseville Fair 03:26 Tools
In Order To Survive 05:37 Tools
Prairie Song 03:14 Tools
Walk Down by the Water 03:27 Tools
Heart of Stone 03:58 Tools
Crossing the Water 03:23 Tools
Tell Ol' Bill 05:33 Tools
So Sang the River 03:52 Tools
Leatherwing Bat 03:57 Tools
Bridges (live) 03:55 Tools
The Roseville Fair 00:00 Tools
The Logging Song 02:20 Tools
Winter On The Railroad 05:15 Tools
Kookaburra 00:48 Tools
Dear Friend 03:47 Tools
Pretty Boy Floyd 03:23 Tools
Wild, Wild Heart 02:57 Tools
Eyes to Eyes 03:50 Tools
Four Little Sailors 03:00 Tools
I Never Got To Say Goodbye 03:43 Tools
Louisiana Storm 03:23 Tools
Jubilee 02:53 Tools
Shady Grove 03:33 Tools
Down the Road 02:42 Tools
Distances and Miles 04:47 Tools
Gold Dust In Our Eyes 03:42 Tools
October Winds 03:43 Tools
Savannah 03:46 Tools
My Grandfather's Clock 04:16 Tools
Railroad Blues 03:01 Tools
Once We Walked 03:29 Tools
I Bid You Goodnight 04:28 Tools
The Long Trains 02:53 Tools
The Faith of Man 04:25 Tools
The Happy Yodel 02:18 Tools
Journey Home 04:13 Tools
Hobo's Lullaby 03:26 Tools
How Can I Keep from Singing 03:49 Tools
Lovers And Losers 04:07 Tools
Yellowstone Winds 04:05 Tools
Medley: Cotten Pickin': Freight Train/Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie 05:16 Tools
Kentucky Moonshiner 05:12 Tools
The Riddle Song 03:50 Tools
Less Of Me 03:25 Tools
One Goodbye 03:01 Tools
The Gypsy Rover 03:35 Tools
Cody 03:10 Tools
Old Silver 03:36 Tools
Buffy's Quality Cafe 03:17 Tools
Salt Air 04:13 Tools
Going To The West 03:14 Tools
A Cowboy's Hard Times 00:00 Tools
My Sweet Wyoming Home 04:06 Tools
Black Sheep Boy 00:00 Tools
Moving It Down The Line 03:30 Tools
The Shores Of Prudhoe Bay 04:09 Tools
Pretty Saro 03:04 Tools
Secret Garden 03:13 Tools
Fill My Thirst 02:08 Tools
Heart Alone 03:07 Tools
Early Morning Rain 00:00 Tools
The Heavens and the Years 04:36 Tools
The Porcupine Talks To Itself 03:23 Tools
Peter Amberley 04:42 Tools
Song For Tingmissartoq 00:00 Tools
This Song Is for the Birds 01:45 Tools
The Ballad of the Maples 02:58 Tools
When I Hear the Music Play 03:54 Tools
January Snow 03:00 Tools
Uncle Sam 03:04 Tools
Chilly Winds 03:10 Tools
The Little Cowboy's Lullaby 03:37 Tools
Show Me The Road 00:00 Tools
Great Dream from Heaven 03:07 Tools
Henri LeBlanc 02:41 Tools
Spirit Song 03:51 Tools
Phoenix 04:20 Tools
I Must Be Going Home 02:47 Tools
A Christmas Lullaby 02:58 Tools
Ol' Jack 02:57 Tools
Stone Face 03:31 Tools
First Lullabye 02:54 Tools
Where Does The Love Go 00:00 Tools
That's My Song 03:19 Tools
Redbird's Wing 03:07 Tools
The Ash Grove 03:53 Tools
Piney River Girl 00:00 Tools
The Lover's Waltz 00:00 Tools
Only A Song 04:37 Tools
Along the Road 04:22 Tools
Bound for the Promised Land 03:08 Tools
'Neath The Moon And The Morning Star 03:45 Tools
Mexico Way 00:00 Tools
Northland 03:06 Tools
If I Come to Need an Angel 03:44 Tools
Mole In The Ground 03:21 Tools
Stewball 03:36 Tools
Mama Lou 04:09 Tools
Hound Dog Song 01:23 Tools
Rompin' Rovin' Days 03:14 Tools
Pretty Boy Floyd (Woody Guthrie cover) 03:23 Tools
Joli Girl 03:07 Tools
Coyote 03:45 Tools
Rodeo Rose 02:47 Tools
The Road to Rustico 03:11 Tools
Mr. Rabbit, Mr. Rabbit 03:59 Tools
Missouri Road Song 02:35 Tools
The Rivers of Texas 00:00 Tools
The Black Fly Song 02:50 Tools
Sunny Road 03:48 Tools
The French Girl 02:25 Tools
Lightship 03:03 Tools
Ol' Blue 03:18 Tools
Wild Rippling Waters 03:22 Tools
Ceremony 03:03 Tools
Above the Silver Sea 03:21 Tools
One More River 05:35 Tools
First Lullaby 03:18 Tools
Prairie in the Sky 04:08 Tools
Lord Franklin (Lady Franklin’s Lament) 03:00 Tools
Sweet Potato 03:07 Tools
Every Long Journey 00:00 Tools
Rye Whiskey Joe 04:07 Tools
Alkali 03:45 Tools
Red Clay Country Blues 03:05 Tools
A Song Of Peace 03:17 Tools
The Music Box 01:14 Tools
A Rancher Turns 80/The Years 04:27 Tools
On the Road Again 03:41 Tools
The Piney Wood Hills 00:00 Tools
The Boats They Come and the Boats They Go 03:18 Tools
Spanish Is a Loving Tongue 04:01 Tools
Bird In The Wind 02:50 Tools
Border Blues 03:00 Tools
Bill Staines-Bridges 02:40 Tools
Love's Been Good to Me 03:41 Tools
Autumn Waltz (The Wind River Turnaround) 02:26 Tools
White Mountain Goodbye 03:24 Tools
The Lost Mine Of The Chisos 03:44 Tools
Travelling Shoes 03:35 Tools
Lynchburg Town 03:13 Tools
Symphony of Gold 03:58 Tools
All That Keeps You Going 00:00 Tools
Sourdough/The Miner's Song 06:25 Tools
Virginia's Reel 02:30 Tools
Peter Amberly 04:41 Tools
Liverpool Light 02:57 Tools
Ceiling Unlimited 00:00 Tools
Gambler's Game 03:08 Tools
Love Was Easy 04:15 Tools
Sourdough 03:08 Tools
Cotton Pickin' - Freight Train/oh Babe It Ain't No Lie 03:45 Tools
Sueno 04:12 Tools
All Things Bright and Beautiful 02:49 Tools
Lone Star Hotel Café 04:27 Tools
For A Dancer 02:49 Tools
The Games People Play 03:48 Tools
Sampler Song 03:43 Tools
Old City Jail 03:19 Tools
Bill Hosie 00:00 Tools
Sunshine Islands 02:35 Tools
Ghost Towns 03:57 Tools
Some Distant Hill 03:43 Tools
Men Of The Fields 00:00 Tools
The Long Train 02:52 Tools
Where I Live 03:19 Tools
Last Dance At Salinas 00:00 Tools
Prarie in the Sky 02:53 Tools
Gold Watch and Chain 03:51 Tools
An Afternoon at Cohan's 02:53 Tools
Sweet, Sunny South 03:39 Tools
Only Remembered 02:53 Tools
River (live) 00:00 Tools
The Little Cowboy's Lullabye 03:37 Tools
Sourdough-The Miner's Song 00:00 Tools
I Can Feel The Sweet Wind Blowing - Bless My Sould 03:42 Tools
Last Magarita At Monterey 03:59 Tools
The Applepicker's Song - The Apple Picker's Reel 02:25 Tools
Missouri River Song 03:42 Tools
Sueño 04:12 Tools
Last Margarita at Monterey 04:12 Tools
Lone Star Hotel Cafe 04:12 Tools
The Philospher's Song 00:00 Tools
A Place in a Choir 04:12 Tools
All Of Me 02:42 Tools
Cotton Pickin' (Freight Train/Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie) 02:58 Tools
The Applepicker's Song (the Apple Picker's Reel) 03:34 Tools
Happiness Is 02:42 Tools
The Miner's Song 03:27 Tools
Allegheny 00:00 Tools
I Can Feel the Sweet Wind Blowing (Bless My Soul) 03:27 Tools
That's the Way It's Happened All the Time 03:27 Tools
I Sang For Her A Song 00:00 Tools
Sourdough - The Miner's Song 03:27 Tools
The Applepicker's Reel 03:27 Tools
Ain't No More Cane On The Brazos 03:34 Tools
Rooty Toot Toot for the Moon 00:00 Tools
Tulsa 03:34 Tools
I Can Feel The Sweet Wind Blowing (bless My Sould) 03:34 Tools
Sujno 00:00 Tools
Country Boy 02:58 Tools
Sweet Sunny South 03:34 Tools
Sourdough/Miner's Song 03:34 Tools
I Just Can't Sleep Without You 03:34 Tools
Cotten Pickin' (Freight Train / Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie) 00:00 Tools
Old Grey Wolf 03:34 Tools
Bethlehem P.A. 00:00 Tools
Gypsy's Song 03:34 Tools
Highway North 02:07 Tools
Campbell Street 03:34 Tools
Somebody Blue 03:01 Tools
Lord Franklin (Lady Franklin's Lament) 03:01 Tools
Fox, The 00:00 Tools
Going Back Where Wheatfields Wave 00:00 Tools
Zane Grey 00:00 Tools
IV. (From The Spirit Of The Land) / Denali 02:18 Tools
Call to the Gold 00:56 Tools
Prairie Winds 04:34 Tools
Has Anyone Seen Alice 04:34 Tools
A Rancher Turns 80 / The Years 04:34 Tools
Chime Bells 04:34 Tools
Games People Play 03:01 Tools
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Bill Staines is an American songwriter and folk singer from New England, well known for composing children's songs as well as folk songs with a timeless quality. In the early 1960s he started his professional career in the Cambridge, Massachusetts area. Staines began touring nationwide a few years later. In 1975 he won the National Yodeling Championship at the Kerrville Folk Festival. He performs about 200 times a year and has appeared on A Prairie Home Companion, Mountain Stage, and The Good Evening Show. Notable Bill Staines songs include "Bridges," "Crossing the Water," "Sweet Wyoming Home", "The Roseville Fair", "A Place in the Choir", "Child of Mine," and "River." His songs have been recorded by other artists including, Peter, Paul, & Mary, Makem and Clancy, Nanci Griffith, Mason Williams, The Highwaymen, Glenn Yarborough, Jerry Jeff Walker, Grandpa Jones, and Priscilla Herdman. Staines has recorded twenty-two of his own albums, fifteen of which are still in print as of 2005. His songs have been published in four songbooks, If I Were A Word, Then I'd Be A Song; River; Music To Me: The Songs of Bill Staines; and All God's Critters Got A Place In The Choir. Staines is left-handed and plays a right-handed guitar upside-down so that the bass strings are at the bottom. He has developed his own fingerings and picking style over long years playing this way. In 2004 his memoir, The Tour: A Life Between the Lines, was published. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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