Denver – The “Favorite Performer” Boston Globe Reader’s Poll in 1980 and 1981 and winner of the 1975 National Yodeling Championship at the Kerrvile Folk Festival, Bill Staines has been a staple of the folk music scene since the 1960s. From an early gig as hootenanny host for famed Club 47 in Cambridge, he was hailed as “…simply Boston's best performer” by The Phoenix. He comes to Swallow Hill on Friday, October 6 at 8 p.m. With performances on NPR’s A Prairie Home Companion, he has also appeared on Mountain Stage and The Good Evening Show to name a few. He has recorded 22 albums over the years, including several that are still in print. Bill’s songs have been performed by such well-known artists as Peter, Paul and Mary, Nanci Griffith, Glen Yarborough and Jerry Jeff Walker among others. A consummate singer songwriter, Bill continues to write songs with wit and humor. His songs have been called “timeless” and have been published in beloved songbooks including: 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. Opening for Bill Staines will be the energizing and eclectic duo Small Potatoes. Dirty Linen magazine has hailed Small Potatoes as “one of the most polished, inventive, and entertaining shows on the circuit.”

For tickets visit swallowhillmusic.org (please note this alternate web address for public access) or call (303) 777-1003. Discounts are available for Swallow Hill members.

About Swallow Hill Music Association:
Helping people make music since 1979, Swallow Hill Music Association is one of the largest institutions of its kind in the United States as a source for folk, roots and acoustic music. With more than 2,100 members—some of whom are also volunteers—, Swallow Hill provides a place to celebrate music that is rarely heard elsewhere in the Rocky Mountain Region. Three concert venues house more than 150 performances a year, featuring some of the world's great artists as well as up-and-coming new talent. The Julie Davis Music School at Swallow Hill provides a valuable and affordable extra-curricular educational resource to the community with more than 50 music instructors involved in more than 240 adult classes and 70 children's classes annually.

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