Music, Lyrics (And Logistics) With Bill Hayden

Tomorrow evening’s featured poet/guitarist at Barnes and Noble’s Open Mic is Norwalk resident and PoemAlley regular Bill Hayden, who first gravitated toward music, painting and writing around age seven growing up in the Truesdale Lake are of South Salem, New York.

Following studies in Spanish Literature at Columbia College at Morningside Heights, Bill originally came to Connecticut from Manhattan to join the staff of The Little Apple, a short-lived poetry and arts magazine showcasing photography, poetry and interviews with artists of the Fairfield County area.  

Brother Sun

Complementing a career in international logistics, Bill upheld a dedicated participation in numerous poetry workshops (led by Agnes De Haviland, Dale Shaw and others) and readings in assorted SoNo venues over the years, as well as working with his wife Brandi to make their own “The Good Folk Coffeehouse” series a monthly mainstay of the Rowayton Methodist Church. “Good Folk” has presented a wide range of singer-songwriters and spoken word artists over the last quarter-century, most recently Brother Sun and Bill Staines.

Bill Staines

In the 1970s Bill and Brandi (who will be joining Bill in duets tomorrow) also took to the stage with fellow Norwalk resident Walt Graham as Suede, their folk-rock band, performing both original material and covers throughout the county, contributing a set as part of the Norwalk Oyster Festival one year.  

Organized by Frank Chambers, Open Mic meets the second Monday of each month, beginning at 7:15, in the CD/DVD section of the Stamford Barnes & Noble bookstore.

Please come and listen to local poets, bring a favorite poem, or read your own poetry.

Barnes & Noble Booksellers 
Stamford Town Center
100 Greyrock Place Suite H009
Stamford, CT 06901
203-323-1248