Bill Slater's Music Page
"Now do you believe in rock and roll? Can Music save your mortal soul? Can you
teach me how to dance real slow?"
-from "Bye Bye, Miss American
Pie" by Don McLean
I love music. All kinds actually, except rap or hip-hop. First and foremost, I love Andreas Vollenweider music. I try listen to Andreas Vollenweider music every day. It easily puts me into another reality and has a very soothing, calming effect on me.
My favorite male vocalist (besides The King) is Peter Rowan. My favorite female vocalist is Enya. You may want to view my favorite albums page at
http://billslater.com/favorite.htm.
This is me with Peter Rowan in July 1993, in the Boston Area.
It was our
fourth meeting and I was very excited!
He writes fantastic music and his performances are
incredible.
At this particular concert, he introduced and gave the
first live performance
ever of the entire body of work on the CD,
"Awake Me in the New World." It was
unbelievable and has probably never
been equaled, because of the complexity of the music
and the lyrics.
I also love performing. I play, sing, and write music. Sometimes I play alone, and sometimes I am fortunate enough to play with a group. But best of all, I just like to play for other people. I am a real entertainer at heart. This is what I play:
The types of music I play are folk music, country, bluegrass, some popular stuff (like the Beatles) and mountain music. I really love to play live performances, but I HATE to play in smoke-filled places, so I don't get out to play as much as I did in the 1980s. But if you are interested, please contact me when you are in Chicago, and we'll arrange to get together so I can play a small concert for you - for FREE, of course.
Some Of My Favorite Musicians By Category Of Music:
Y
ou can tell a lot about a person by the type of music they buy and listen to. I have over 2000 LP records, over 500 cassettes, and over 1000 CDs. A sampling of artists from my huge music collection is shown below.Popular and Rock
The Beatles
Creedance Clearwater Revival
Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Paul McCartney
Jethro Tull
Steve Winwood
Eric Clapton
Cream
Yes
Basia
Clannad
Don McLean
New Age
Enya
Yanni
David Gilden
Chris Spheeris
Peter Maunu
Folk
Peter Rowan
The Bothy Band
Glen and Nellie Branscum
Bob Dylan
The Banded Geckos
Joni Mitchell
Jessie Winchester
Lyle Lovett
Tommy Elkes
Liz Carroll
Lunasa
Classical
George Gerschwin
Ludwig von Beethoven
Johann Sebastion Bach
Georges Bizet
Wolfgang Amadeous Mozart
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Rimsky-Korskov
Antonio Vivaldi
Johann Strauss
Soul / Rythym and Blues / Funk
Al Green
Booker T. and the MG's
Stevie Wonder
Marvin Gaye
Minnie Riperton
Sly and the Family Stone
The Isley Brothers
Country
Lyle Lovett
Willie Nelson
George Strait
Jazz
Psapp
David Benoit
Kirk Whalum
Jan Hammer
Patrice Rushen
Jean-Luc Ponty
Michael Franks
Other Music That I Like
============================================
Acoustic Alchemy
Al Green
America
Andreas Vollenweider
Black Oak Arkansas
Buena Vista Social Club
Crosby, Stills and Nash
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
CSN
CSN&Y
David Bowie
Dervish
Elvis Presley
Emitt Rhodes
Fon Mohr
Furry Lewis
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
J.S. Bach
James Ward
Jeff Lynne and the Electric Light Orchestra
Jesca Hoop
Liz Carroll
Lunasa
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Marc Cohn
Max Lasser
Mindy Jostyn
Orchestre Baobab
Paul McCartney
Peter Maunu
Peter Rowan
Psapp
Pure Prairie League
Puro Son
R. Carlos Nakai
Steely Dan
Stevie Wonder
The Beatles
The Bothy Band
The Corrs
The Drovers
The Police
Tommy Elskes
Vollenweider
Last Updated: Thursday, March 18, 2010
William F. Slater, III