Answer the following question: Read the bio below and try to give details on bill staines 's: - instrument - years active - caption - label - genre - birth date - image size - background - image - birth place - occupation Bio: bill staines -lrb- born february 6 , 1947 in medford , massachusetts -rrb- is an american folk musician and singer-songwriter from new england , who writes and performs in a traditional vein . he has also written and recorded children 's songs . raised in lexington , massachusetts , staines began his professional career in the early 1960s in the cambridge area . he began touring nationwide a few years later . in 1975 he won the national yodeling championship at the kerrville folk festival . he performs about 200 times a year and has appeared on '' a prairie home companion '' , '' mountain stage '' , and '' the good evening show '' . staines 's songs include '' bridges '' , '' crossing the water '' , '' sweet wyoming home '' , '' the roseville fair '' , '' a place in the choir '' , '' child of mine '' , and '' river '' . his songs have been recorded by many other artists , including peter , paul and mary , makem and clancy , nanci griffith , mason williams , the highwaymen , glenn yarbrough , jerry jeff walker , schooner fare , grandpa jones , the grace family , hank cramer , coty hogue and priscilla herdman . staines has recorded 22 of his own albums , 15 of which were still in print as of 2005 . staines 's songs have been published in four songbooks , '' if i were a word , then i 'd be a song '' ; '' river '' ; '' music to me : the songs of bill staines '' , and '' all god 's critters got a place in the choir '' . staines is left-handed and plays a right-handed guitar upside-down , with the bass strings on the bottom . consequently , he has developed his own fingerings and picking style . in 2004 his memoir , '' the tour : a life between the lines '' , was published . staines currently lives in the town of rollinsford , new hampshire with his wife , karen ; his son , bowen ; and his cocker spaniel , andy , who was featured on the cover of his album '' old dogs '' . his son also pursues a career as folk singer .
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- instrument is guitar , vocals- years active is early 1960s -- present- caption is at by thom c. the pawtucket arts festival , 2004 . photo- label is red house , rounder , philo , mineral river- genre is folk music- birth date is 06 february 1947- image size is 220px- background is solo_singer- image is billstainespawtucketartsfestival2004.jpg- birth place is medford , massachusetts , united states- occupation is singer-songwriter