Bill Staines was an American folk singer-songwriter born as William Russell
Staines on 6 February 1947 in Medford, Massachusetts. Raised in Lexington, he
achieved professional recognition in the early 1960s within the Cambridge music
scene before conducting national tours. In 1975, he won the National Yodeling
Championship at the Kerrville Folk Festival. His recording career began with the
debut studio recording A Bag of Rainbows (1966) followed by Somebody Blue
(1967). Staines produced 22 albums throughout his career, including Bill Staines
(1971), Third Time Around (1973), Mile...