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Show Bill Staines October 5 This fine songwrtter has been delighting audiences nationwide for years He will make you feel cozy and ready for winter. He plays the guitar upside down and left handed, which will befuddle both the novice and advanced guitar picker. He is Bill Staines, once again driving his New England Van west to make stops in Utah and perform his moving portraits of American life. The Intermountain Acoustic Music Association presents Bill Staines in concert Wednesday, October 5, 1994,7:30 p.m., in the Fine Arts Auditorium on the University of Utah Campus. Special guest, Alisa Fineman, will open the show. Tickets are $9 in advance; $10 day of concert and at the door. As always, lAMA members get a $1 discount. Senior citizens 65 and older, and children 12 and younger are $6. Tickets are available at Acoustic Music, Intermountain Guitar and Banjo, Compact Discounter, Smokey's Records, Local Music and all Dan's Foods stores in the Salt Lake valley; NuSound in Roy, the Great Salt Lake Guitar Company in Provo and Compact Discounter in Logan (A new lAMA ticket outlet!). In addition, Staines will give another performance Wednesday, October 26,7:30 Alisa Fineman p.m. at the Community Church, 175 N. University Ave., Provo. Tickets are $8; $6 for students and seniors, available in advance at the church (9 a.m. to 2 p.m.), at Great Salt Lake Guitar Co. or at the door. Bill Staines is one of the great, old line, stand-up, straight ahead, no-nonsense folk singer-songwriters. He started playing on weekends and nights while working weekdays at Sears in the Boston area in the late 50s and early 60s. Starting by doing songs by other artists, and seeing the success he was having, Staines began writing his own songs and eventually gave up his day job and went on to perform and record full-time. You won't find an entourage of agents, groupies, managers, accountants, promoters and roadies when Bill comes to town. He is all of the aforementioned people in one. He is a frequent visitor to "A Prairie Home Companion," "Mountain Stage" and "The Good Evening Show," all heard on Public Radio. He has two recent recordings out on the Red House label, Going to the West and The Happy Wanderer, the latter being an album for kids of all ages. (If we all listen real close, I'm sure we can hear the yodel from here.) His ample discogra- 4 Intermountain Acoustic Musician, October 1994 phy of fine ~ongwriting spans nearly two decades.' Don't miss the rich traditional sounds of.~ne of my favorites, Bill Staines. Aliso Fineman One of the West Coast's most promising new singer-songwriters, Alisa Fineman is making her lAMA debut. She has been a Kerrville New Folk contest winner (1991), was named Best Folk Artist of Monterey Bay 1991-1993 and has received many other performance awards. She has shared the stage with David Wilcox, John Gorka, Tish Hinajosa, Rosalee Sorrels (as well as prior dates with Staines. Her new release Better with Time has received critical acclaim from both Sing Out! and Dirty Linen, and a warm response on Community Radio. Praise for Fineman comes from fellow songwriters as well; Bob Franke, for example says, "Listening to Alisa is like having dessert first." [editor's note-If Fineman's opening set with Bill leaves you with a taste for more, she will also be appearing in a solo concert the next night, Thursday, October 6, at the Old Miner's Hospital in Park City at 7:30p.m. Tickets are $8, available at King Kong Video, Park City, and The Record Collector in Sugarhouse; presented by Wasatch Mt. Folk Alliance. For more information about the Fineman concert or the Wasatch Mountain Folk Alliance Concert Series, ca/1801/581-1182. -che] -Tony Polychronis |
