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 BILL HAMMOND is a Minnesota-based guitarist and vocalist whose influences run the gamut from fingerstyle players and classical composers to blues wailers and country-style flat-pickers. He has played in groups and as a solo performer in his native Wisconsin and throughout Minnesota, where he has lived since 1981.
His Skywriter CD was released in the fall of 2000, and has earned considerable airplay on public radio and Internet venues. Speechless, an all-instrumental recording that features six different guitars and six different tunings, was released in July 2004.
Piper and Hammond's sound is solidly acoustic, and their songs span the period from Cole Porter through the Beatles, Bonnie Raitt and beyond. Piper's rich, expressive voice is complemented by Hammond's accomplished fingerstyle and flatpick guitar work. They gravitate toward great songs that you may not have heard in years, and make those tunes their own with arrangements that showcase strong melodies, sweet harmonies and infectious rhythms. Chances are good that you'll find yourself tapping your toe and singing along to this versatile duo. |
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BARBARA PIPER, a longtime performer and music teacher in Faribault, Minn., handles lead vocals while Hammond, of Roseville, plays lead guitar. Piper also plays guitar and flute and Hammond sings, as well. The duo have appeared at dozens of venues in Minnesota, Wisconsin and elsewhere.