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Willa Shaffer · 1 year ago

Hi! I've read with great interest your previous posts about Bill Cooley (I subscribe to Google news/blog alerts for Kathy Mattea, so...), and wanted to let you know that I, too, am a big fan of Bill's. He is indeed a sensational guitarist, and on top of that, a helluva nice guy. After the first couple of concerts I attended, I did a web search to find his music and, like you, ended up in direct contact with Bill to purchase the CDs...and also, like you, he burned a copy of the first one that was out of print. Great stuff!

I go to Kathy's concerts almost as much to see Bill as Kathy herself, and know I can always count on him being with her, even when the other regular band members aren't. On this pared-down Coal tour, Kathy isn't using a full complement of musicians, so the wonders of Randy Leago, Jim Brock, and Rick Blackwell won't shine in the background as they did during her Right Out of Nowhere tour. I think Eamonn O'Rourke might be with her in April. She definitely gets the finest and most prolific musicians around!

Anyway, I will be at the April 1st show at the Barns of Wolf Trap, so you'll have to send flares up or somethin' so I'll know who you are! :)

And maybe we can persuade Bill to come out and do his own meet-and-greet after the show, as Kathy does!

You can find me on myspace, too....summersunbird....and I'm going to go there right now and request an add from Bill. He is simply outstanding, and, by the way, an amazing arranger, too.

Thanks for your interesting blogs and for the info that Bill's on myspace!

Willa [geewilla at gmail]

hadar · 1 year ago

Wow, thank you so much for sharing the above, it's amazing how closely it mirrors my exact experience. My wife and I both love Kathy's music (Coal and non-Coal), but I am definitely going to the Barns to catch Bill live, more than seeing a repeat of the Coal show.

We'll be in the balcony this time (I guess I found out about the show a little late to get much better seats), so if I send a flare up, it might burn down the barn. ;-)

I definitely hope Eamonn will be there, he's incredible as well!

I'm not on myspace myself, so I can't "friend" anyone, but I checked out your page, and I like it.

Thanks for taking the time to share your experiences with me!

TGR · 1 year ago

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