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Where do you live?
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Robert Bowlin's music and tab
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Hi Bill,
A great picker for sure.. I am pretty well loaded for bear for next year.. but you never know..
On a side note, would you care to comment on the workshops of 2009..
I thought they went well, with the jam style program.. What was your imp...
sweeet ! hope your wife is doin ok.. i will be in here most this month.. lets try to pick one or 2 .. maybe the music shop .
Profile Information
- Favorite Flatpickers
- Blake , Grier , Rice , Bromberg, Josh Williams , Crittaar Eldridge , Andy Falco , the Master "Doc" , Mark Cosgrove , and others
- Favorite Flatpicking Tunes
- Uncle Hermans Hornpipe, WBB, Salt Creek, Kristophers Waltz
- Favorite Guitars
- My 73 Dove and my D28Cw... # 243 and whatever Griers playin. I really liked Warrens 18 A.. A superb Guitar !
- Tell us more about yourself (place a Bio here if you wish)
- I'm chasin a dream.
I spent over 30 years as a Union Ironworker in Northern Ill. Local 444.
Following the footsteps of my father, uncles and cousins. It was fun for 20 yrs or so, then I spent alot of time wishin I had stayed in school.
An injury took that from me, so I decided to indulge my passion for guitar. Started SimpleFolk Productions to allow me to pursue a dream .
Marilyn and I have been married over 30 yrs. We have a 25 yr old son and a 27 yr old daughter. and 1 grand daughter.
I love my dogs, and have been known to have a killer garden.
We have a house in Will County , Ill, and a place on the Huzzah Creek in Dent County , Missouri.
I am also passionate about politics, so dont get me started..lol.
anyway .. thats me.
- Do you have a website?
- http://simplefolkproductions.com
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Bill Startz's Blog
Americana 2010
Posted on June 24, 2009 at 2:00pm — 2 Comments
A New Year
Posted on January 10, 2009 at 6:30am —
Might as well !
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Comment Wall (29 comments)
- At 5:00pm on July 5, 2009, L.J. Mattingly said…
- Hi Bill. Thanks for the compliment on the Larrivee. It is a favorite of mine.
My wife is doing very well. She had really big heart surgery in Feb, but you would never know it to look at her. She is working out and getting stronger day by day. Thanks for asking about her.
We are heading to PA this week and will be gone about a week. When I get back I will email you and we will see what we can work out.
We are going to a family wedding and then on to Martin and Gettysburg on the way home.
Take care and I will be in touch.
LJ
- At 12:44pm on May 26, 2009,
Mark Clark said… - Bill, The Peaceful Bend Americana Festival 2009 was just fantastic. Joy and I had a great time and wish we could have stayed for Saturday and Sunday. Next year we'll do just that.
I got some pretty high quality video from Thursday and Friday some of Josh and Tyler on stage and some from the workshops. I have not shared or posted it anywhere because I figured I don't own the rights to do that and it hasn't been previewed by anyone. But if you or Dan (or the performers) have an interest and can use them some way, I'll be glad to send them to you. They're VGA (640 x 480) resolution so a minute and a half clip is one hundred thirteen MB. I've probably got about an hour of video altogether.
- Mark
- At 6:45am on May 21, 2009,
Jim Williams said… - Bill, just wanted to tell you what a great time I had at Peaceful Bend this year... cant wait for next year... I am tellin everybody I know about it!!!!
- At 3:45am on April 17, 2009,
giuseppe porsia said… - Ciao Bill,
Tank you for the comment about my video.
greetings from Italy.
Giuseppe
- At 4:46pm on March 24, 2009, L.J. Mattingly said…
- Normally it would be great but my wife just had extensive heart surgery and right now I am finding myself pretty busy. She is doing very well, but is still in the recovery stage so I would find getting together a little tough right now. Several weeks down the line, things should be getting back to normal for us.
LJ
- At 11:35am on December 17, 2008,
Bob Applegate said… - Hi Bill,
Bob Applegate here. Thanks for your comments. The guitar shop you were in was mine and the band and album you had were as well. The record albums were recorded just before Mitch Corbin joined the band in 1980. We had a great time. Good to hear from you.
Bob
- At 7:11am on December 16, 2008, L.J. Mattingly said…
- I should pay more attention to my typing! What I meant to say was, maybe after the holidays we could work out a get together in your area or mine to play a few tunes and get to know each other. It is always nice to find a new picking friend.
LJ
- At 4:25pm on December 15, 2008, L.J. Mattingly said…
- Maybe we can work out a pickin' get together sometime in the near future.
LJ
- At 3:47pm on December 15, 2008, L.J. Mattingly said…
- I see you are a fellow resideint of Will County. I am in Crete. Where are you?
LJ
- At 7:09am on December 15, 2008,
Dave Anderson said… - Hi Bill, Actually Dan Miller took a picture specfically for my page, etc, but I can't remember my sign on, so I can't get it included! Thanks for the invitation to the Peaceful Bendites----where the motto is "The world economy may end, but life is still good at Peaceful Bend" Count me in for 2009! Merry Chrstmas and Happy New Year, David
- At 5:55pm on December 14, 2008,
Kathy Barwick said… - Thanks so much, Bill. I'm glad you like my tunes.
I like your pictures. Is that a winery?
- At 2:51pm on December 11, 2008,
Eric Lambert said… - Look forward to seeing you in St. Louis Bill.We´ll have a ball.
- At 8:56pm on December 8, 2008,
Steve Kilby said… - Yeah I just jammed with david Bromberg and he's on the program again. I also want to through my hat in the ring again for your Peaceful Valley Festival in the future. I've seen lots of pics and video from last year and want to participate. I really enjoyed my first time there. Steve Kilby
- At 2:53pm on December 8, 2008,
Bob Minner said… - Hey Bill, I did that St. Anne's reel on my 1943 D-18. A big ole tone box fer sure. Thanks for the kind words, my friend.
- At 7:17pm on December 4, 2008,
Vic Hair said… - Hey Bill,
Good to hear from you. Hope all is well with you. I've been playing with 3 other guys for about 5 months now...lots of nursing homes and a small coffee shop. They need a mando player so its been a crash course but lots of fun.
Take care,
Vic
- At 12:25pm on November 24, 2008, Eric Lambert said…
- Thanks for the friendship Bill:)
- At 10:33am on November 18, 2008,
Tim McGaughy said… - It was a crazy Winfield this year with the flood. I did end up picking at both the lake and at Oxford. We only attended the festival one day. My 10 year old had strep the week before so we ended up getting a motel room. My wife ate up jamming on the bass...she came home with blisters on every finger but her pinky! Lots of fun, sorry we missed you.
Tim
- At 6:53pm on October 22, 2008,
Seth Austen said… - Thanks Bill, I'm glad you enjoyed the music at our site!
Seth
- At 10:39am on July 1, 2008,
Mitch Corbin said… - Thanks for the picture. I had a great time that night. Stay in touch. Mitch
- At 9:42am on June 4, 2008,
Dr. Bill Miller said… - I'm doing fine, but two of my sons have had major crises this spring. One needed to change schools, the other has important health issues. Looks like a wonderful event. I'm truly sorry to have missed it.
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I SO agree that most of our technique builders are already in the tunes we play. However one I give my students (and use myself) is scale sequencing.
Starting with a G major scale, giving each note a number (1, 2, 3 = G, A, B etc.) A USEFUL seque...
Hi Bill,
A great picker for sure.. I am pretty well loaded for bear for next year.. but you never know..
On a side note, would you care to comment on the workshops of 2009..
I thought they went well, with the jam style program.. What was your imp...
Curtis - Thanks! Somehow I missed it. Dan's solution seems perfect, but something I never would have thought of while trying to work it through.
-Bruce
Apogee has announced what appears to be a poor man's version of the Duet that will do one input at a time, for a list price of $249. I'm seriously tempted.
see http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/one.php
Jack, congrats on the Ken Miller guitar. That is pretty sweet. I just visited with Ken and Virginia yesterday before heading home from a couple of shows in Fla. It took my Miller a little while to open up, but when it did it was literally over nig...
sweeet ! hope your wife is doin ok.. i will be in here most this month.. lets try to pick one or 2 .. maybe the music shop .
Brad Davis' Flatpickers' Ball at Guitarworks Stage
July 30, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm
Brad Davis returns to the Guitarworks Stage, Thursday, July 30th, 7pm. Smokin' hot flatpicking with Brad Davis. It's the Flatpickers' Ball! Learn new tricks. You'll be amazed and entertained. One of the premier guitarists of our time. Be there for...
Very nice looking guitar! Larrivee makes some fine instruments, in my opinion.
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