The Bill Hearne Trio October 26 at Black Forest Community Center

If you’re in Santa Fe for very long, you’ll hear about Bill Hearne. If you go to the La Fonda Hotel on a Wednesday or Thursday night, or to any of a bunch of other spots, you’ll hear the Bill Hearne Trio, and you’ll understand why he’s an institution from there to Austin. When Bill, Bob and Lance are playing at the La Fonda, they pack the dance floor with no drummer! What’s up with that? It’s because they lay down the best groove there is in Texas and Southwestern folk/country music.

Part of it is Bill’s playing; his arm moves like Doc Watson’s did, and you can’t figure out how he gets those single flatpicked notes out while he’s still strumming (did I mention the groove?) Lyle Lovett said “They used to play a place called Corky's in the Montrose area of Houston. I would get a seat right up next to the stage and sit in front of Bill and try to figure out all his guitar licks."

But it’s Bill’s singing that keep folks coming back again and again. He doesn’t write his own songs; he just takes songs by Ian Tyson, Nanci Griffith (another huge fan of his), Gordon Lightfoot, Lyle Lovett, Joe Ely, Chuck Pyle, Roger Miller, etc., and gives them huge, vibrant new life and soulfulness.

Bob Goldstein, on guitar, banjo, mandolin and harmonica, is another hero of the Southwest; he’s a first-call musician in a variety of styles. Likewise, Lance Quadri has played bass and sung with just about every roots-oriented band in New Mexico.

If you’re going to miss a BRAS show, I’m telling you, personally: don’t miss this one. If you like folk and country in the best Southwest tradition, you owe it to yourself and your friends and family to see the Bill Hearne Institution. I mean Trio.'

-Written by Charlie Hall

See the Bill Hearne Trio perform live on YouTube

Show Details

Showtime is Friday, October 26th at 7:00p.m. Doors open at 6:15. Cost: general public $7.00, Students $5.00, BRAS Members $4.00, Children 12 - under are Free.

Want to find out more about Bill Hearne?

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