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Bill Staines (William Russell Staines) was born on 6 February, 1947 in Medford, Massachusetts, U.S., is an American folk musician (1947–2021). Discover Bill Staines's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?

Popular As William Russell Staines
Occupation Singer-songwriter
Age 74 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 6 February 1947
Birthday 6 February
Birthplace Medford, Massachusetts, U.S.
Date of death 2021
Died Place N/A
Nationality United States

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1947

William Russell Staines (February 6, 1947 – December 5, 2021) was an American folk musician and singer-songwriter from New Hampshire who wrote and performed songs with a wide array of subjects.

Called "the Woody Guthrie of my generation" by singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith, he also wrote and recorded children's songs.

Staines was born on February 6, 1947, and raised in Lexington, Massachusetts.

1960

He began his professional career in the early 1960s in the Cambridge area.

He began touring nationwide a few years later.

1975

In 1975, he won the National Yodeling Championship at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas.

He performed about 200 times a year and appeared on A Prairie Home Companion, Mountain Stage, and The Good Evening Show.

Staines's songs include "Bridges", "Crossing the Water", "Sweet Wyoming Home", "The Roseville Fair", "A Place in the Choir", "Child of Mine", and "River".

They have been recorded by many other artists, including Peter, Paul and Mary, Makem and Clancy, Nanci Griffith, Mason Williams, The Highwaymen, Glenn Yarbrough, Skip Jones, Jerry Jeff Walker, Schooner Fare, Grandpa Jones, The Grace Family, Hank Cramer, Wendy M. Grossman, and Priscilla Herdman.

1980

Staines's songs have been published in four songbooks: If I Were a Word, Then I'd Be a Song (1980); River; Music to Me: The Songs of Bill Staines; and All God's Critters Got a Place in the Choir.

2004

His memoir, The Tour: A Life Between the Lines, was published in 2004.

Staines's song "The Logging Song", from the album Whistle of the Jay, was featured in "Lumberjerk", episode 12 of season 18 of American Dad.

His rendition of The Fox featured on the end credits of episode four of the second season of Deadwood.

Staines lived in Rollinsford, New Hampshire, with his wife, Karen; his son, Bowen, a folk singer, and their springer spaniel, Andy, who appeared on the cover of his album Old Dogs.

Staines died from prostate cancer on December 5, 2021, at the age of 74.

All references from the Acoustic Music Bill Staines Discography except when noted.

2005

He recorded 22 albums, 15 of which were still in print as of 2005.