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Chickie · 10-24-2010, 01:21 PM

I have been a folk music fan since I was a child and first heard Burl Ives on the radio. I was inspired to learn to play the guitar and found one under my tree one Christmas morn when I was about nine. I first learned to play chords to accompany myself singing and when folk music came into its own in the ‘60’s, I learned the finger picking style from a guitar course on Channel 11. It has been a source of enjoyment for me throughout my life.

Bill Staines is indeed an extraordinary entertainer and songwriter. It is interesting to see him play, as he is a left handed player - frets with his right hand and picks with his left, so the position of the guitar is reversed. I love his novelty song “Place In the Choir”. If you like folk music, you will love Bill Staines. I didn’t know he was living in New Hampshire now.

10-24-2010, 01:21 PM	#2
Chickie Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 367 Thanks: 0 Thanked 67 Times in 38 Posts	Folk Music I have been a folk music fan since I was a child and first heard Burl Ives on the radio. I was inspired to learn to play the guitar and found one under my tree one Christmas morn when I was about nine. I first learned to play chords to accompany myself singing and when folk music came into its own in the ‘60’s, I learned the finger picking style from a guitar course on Channel 11. It has been a source of enjoyment for me throughout my life. Bill Staines is indeed an extraordinary entertainer and songwriter. It is interesting to see him play, as he is a left handed player - frets with his right hand and picks with his left, so the position of the guitar is reversed. I love his novelty song “Place In the Choir”. If you like folk music, you will love Bill Staines. I didn’t know he was living in New Hampshire now.