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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
String Bone
Southern Ontario Chill

Past Shows

Tue, Jun 1, 2010
Doors Open: 8:00 PM
Ages: All Ages
Sun, May 30, 2010
Doors Open: 3:30 PM
Ages: All Ages
Hengelo, NL
Sat, May 29, 2010
Doors Open: 8:00 PM
Ages: All Ages
Hengelo, OV, NL
Fri, May 28, 2010
Doors Open: 8:00 PM
Ages: All Ages
Arnhem, NL
Fri, May 21, 2010
Doors Open: 8:00 PM
Ages: All Ages
Port Stanley, ON, CA

Comments

Pascal Antonin
Pascal Antonin: I love your songs very much, beautiful voice and guitars !!!  Mar 25
Yrral Mallik AKA Larry Gordon Killam (SOCAN)  ~ Songwriter
Yrral Mallik AKA Larry Gordon ...: Wash Away Our Sins ~ Enjoyed Da Listen.Loving it right up.Thanks for sharing(:HIS SONSHINE:) Your R.N.Bro.(~;Yrral Mallik of Songramp AKA Larry Gordon Killam of Facebook Group Songwriters Unite.Over 1800 members ...  Jan 11
Ma Rain
Ma Rain: It's beautiful iI love the sound and the songs  Jan 05
Xenophanes Productions
Xenophanes Productions: Thank you for coming. We love your songs.  Nov 16
Ian Stokol
Ian Stokol: A smogasbord of wonderful and satisfying sonic delicacies and lyrical delights! Well done Sting Bone!  Jun 13
TREE
TREE: southern ontario chill is fabulous. great songwriting  Feb 19
TREE
TREE: Love the tunes!  Feb 15
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: 1,153
Song Plays: 1,127
Visits: 3,715
Widget Hits: 26,960

Status

Twitter_icon_for_status: I have had an absolute blast hosting some of the best Canadian artists touring the country and abroad today -... http://t.co/hG0ca8rz

Blog

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 and...

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