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Members: Barry James Payne - vocals/guitar/harmonica, playing live with Dan Henshall - Upright Bass and Steve Wood - Pedal Steel.

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String Bone
Stratford, ON, CA        Folk / Roots Music / Alt.Country

Bio

String Bone (aka Barry James Payne) is a Stratford, Ontario songwriter.

Payne creates stories and statements with his songs. Sometimes about himself, sometimes about others, sometimes about his observations of the world around him. Typical stuff, until you hear how he puts his lyrics together with melody.

He has been described as "soulful & dynamic" and his lyrics have been described as "painting vivid portraits" of the world around him and "powerful".

He is on the brink of his secon...

Songs

Killing Town
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Live At The Registry (Nietszche ...
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Live At The Registry (Nietszche Finds A B...
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Wash Away Our Sins
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Wash Away Our Sins
Midnight Train
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Southern Ontario Chill
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Southern Ontario Chill

Upcoming Shows

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Winterfolk -Black Swan Tavern
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Doors Open: 7:00 PM
Ages: All Ages
Details: String Bone is on at 7:00pm for Winterfolk
The Willow Restaurant (Front Room) Winterfolk Fest
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Doors Open: 9:00 PM
Ages: All Ages
Details: String Bone is on at 9:00pm, just before Suzie Vinnick (Yay!!)
Thursday
Feb. 18th
Fosters Inn
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Doors Open: 8:00 PM
Ages: All Ages
Details: With Bop Ensemble (Bill Bourne, Wyckham Porteous & Jas Ohlhauser)
Tuesday
Feb. 23rd
Private Show
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Ages: All Ages
Details: As member in Rant Maggie Rant
Liberty Bistro
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Doors Open: 9:00 PM
Ages: All Ages
Details: Playing with Ginger St. James.

Comments

Trevor Grigg
Trevor Grigg: Strong stuff, String Bone. Feels to me like you are on the verge of something very large, indeed! Thanks for the tunes; am recommending you on my site, too. Best, Trevor  Feb 14
Drew Hoskin
Drew Hoskin: Very Awesome tunes u have here,nice style. Thx Drew H  Jan 23
Airwave2Angel7-Radio
Airwave2Angel7-Radio: 'Powerful Lyrics, and moving music flow".... Points of view from the 'airwave-angel' "Airwave2Angel7-Radio'  Dec 20

Press

"….the bones of the CD is the fine songwriting, from the dramatic opener 'Nietzsche Finds A Bullfight', the bittersweet ballad, 'Midnight Train' and 'Too Young For Romance', which reminded me of Nick Lowe"
—  Dave Clarke, Scene Magazine

Chart Position

Folk charts
for Stratford, ON, CA.

Artist Stats

Fans: 813
Song Plays: 813
Visits: 2559
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Status

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Blog

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Summer Fall
Sep 27, 2009 at 11:29 PM
In String Bone land we've been playing some very nice shows over the last two months. We have visited Ottawa, Wakefield, Toronto, London, Cambridge, Waterloo, and Port Stanley in that time. Dan, Steve Wood & Sylvia Chapman and I drove to Wakefield, Quebec in late August to play the famous Black Sheep Inn where we did a show with John Allaire ...

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