Billy NewsBilly Back on Tour!9/5 Milwaukee Concert DVD on Sale soon!The long-awaited concert DVD by Dave Taylor will be released this September. Full of live performances with orchestra and the band, interviews, back-stage footage, and a second disc of DVD extras including a private guitar lesson with Billy, this DVD set will be worth the wait. On sale soon!!! Fingerdance Inspires Short StoryMark LaFlamme is a reporter and author from Lewiston, Maine who describes his latest short story inspired by Fingerdance: "Fingerdance is the tale of one man's love of late sleeping and his reaction to a powerfully catchy tune. I wrote it because I sleep like the dead myself. I occasionally wonder if I will rest so comfortably when that sleep is eternal or if some fool will come along and awaken me from the everlasting snooze." More info including a reading by the author is available at www.marklaflamme.com Billy in Acoustic Guitar Magazine - March 2008Billy's first national press regarding his remarkable comeback. The full article is available on Acoustic Guitar Magazine's website. Concert DVD Update - Dave Taylor has been extremely busy the past several months and has accomplished some amazing feats like designing this web-site from the ground up, touring with WWE across America and Europe, all while editing the orchestra section of Billy’s comeback concert DVD. The release date is still a few months away – most likely September but we will make the first copies available to you as soon as we have them right here on our site. Thanks Dave! Web-site update – Mitch Rossow, our web master, has been matching Dave’s torrid pace by working out all the architecture and navigation for this site. Perhaps the biggest challenge he conquered is our store section featuring our first-ever single-song and album downloads. Such accomplishments have earned him the nickname, Mighty Mitch! Dystonia News – August 17 – 19, 2007, Billy will be performing and speaking in Chicago at the 4th Children with Dystonia Conference. |
TV LinksDebut with Quartet on BabyBlueArtsOne of the nation's best cable access arts program is produced by the good folks at BabyBlueArts. This all-volunteer staff celebrates Minnesota musicians by filming live in-studio performances to be shown on regional community TV stations. Billy and his Eclectric String Quartet are the most recent to be added to their 24/7 video stream at babybluearts.com We're excited about this premiere of this more compact version of Billy's work with guitar and strings - check it out!!! More on the Eclectric Quartet coming soon! Billy on KARE 11Those of you who missed or want a second look at the KARE 11 Extra segment which aired a couple months ago, Here's the clip. Billy on KSTP 5Billy was on KSTP June 4th. To read the story and see the clip. click here. China Wants Billy!Billy just finished a lengthy interview for FingerStyleChina and was surprised at how knowledgeable the Chinese audience is about his music. Click here to see the interview with FingerStyleChina. Photo BookI am collecting pictures from my gigs and building a photo scrapbook for those events. If you snapped a shot or two and want to share, please send them to me at billy@billymclaughlin.com and I will post pages in this section. Photos from Spring Orchestra Shows"Here are a few photos from my recent show with the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra at the Schwan's Auditorium in Marshall, MN on March 30th. I feel very fortunate and proud to perform with this great group of musicians. You should check them out! For more info and a calendar of their performances, visit: www.msoa.net All Photos ©2008 Amy Hertle.
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