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Bill Cooley Now More Accessible

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I am very happy to announce that Bill Cooley now has a MySpace page. I have raved about Bill ever since seeing him live with Kathy Mattea at Joe’s Pub.

The only problem was that spreading the word about how great this guy is was difficult, because his CDs weren’t as easy to purchase (or listen to online) as some of the other people that I’ve been writing about lately.

Some of that just changed, and hopefully more will as Bill gets closer to delivering his next CD sometime this year.

On the MySpace page (linked above), you can hear four tracks from his existing CDs. They are all beautiful. As opposed to the Candyrat guys (who are all awesome as well), Bill has a much wider range of styles, including playing with other instruments accompanying him rather than just pure guitar (which I also love, but variety is nice too) 😉 and Bill is a master of all the styles he plays!

On a personal note, I was really happy to see the MySpace page, because I saw his upcoming concert schedule. On April 1st and 2nd, he’s playing with Kathy Mattea (the Coal tour) at the Barns at Wolftrap.

We’ve never been there before, but people say it’s one of the best places to see a concert. We have tickets to see Girlyman there on March 26th already (we’re experiencing withdrawal as we haven’t seen Girlyman live since November 4th). Given that we’ll already be in VA that week, I just snagged tickets to the April 1st show for Lois and me. Yippee, a chance to see Kathy and Bill live again!

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4 responses to “Bill Cooley Now More Accessible”

  1. Willa Shaffer Avatar
    Willa Shaffer

    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]

  2. hadar Avatar
    hadar

    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!

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    TGR

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