Bill and Kate Isles begin the fall season at the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center this Saturday at 8 p.m. with a concert of songs from the heart...literally.
For singer/songwriter Bill Isles the impetus for these songs came from an experience in 1993, when, with just enough warning to drive himself to the hospital, his heart stopped beating. He arrived with just ten minutes to spare. After being defibrillated, and before the doctors had time to detect and open a blocked artery in his heart, he made a commitment to himself that, if he survived, he would begin to write again. Those paddles restarted more than his heart...
In 2004, his critically acclaimed third album, "The Calling" was released, featuring Dee and Kinney, Dan Newton, Gordy Johnson, Tom Shaeffer, and Isles' wife, Kate Isles, on vocals. It includes the song "Hobos in the Roundhouse" a song Isles wrote in "first-person Grandpa" for his grandfather who, when working for the DWP railroad during the depression on Minnesota's Iron Range, risked his job by allowing the hobos to sleep in the roundhouse while he was on duty as the night foreman. He had two rules for them, 1) no drinking, and 2) they had to be out by sunrise.
Bill and Kate will perform at the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center on Saturday, September 23 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults, $5 for students. Members receive $2 discount. The New York Mills Regional Cultural Center is located at 24 North Main, New York Mills, MN. For information call 218 385-3339 or email nymills@kulcher.org
