Event

1960s Decade Concert

This is the opening salvo of our year-long 50th anniversary celebration! Tonight Bill Staines, one of the Caff's most enduringly popular artists, and Jackie Washington, the man who performed on opening night in 1960, join together to honor Caff Lena's first decade.
Known since the late 60s as Jack Landrn, "Jackie Washington" was a prestigious first booking for Lena and Bill Spencer. One of the top folksingers of Boston and Greenwich Village, he was called "the male Joan Baez." To this day he is an exciting and inventive live performer who pens songs that can heard in such diverse settings as National Public Radio, the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre, and in various musicals. He's coming all the way from California to be part of this special celebration.
Bill Staines has played the Caff stage twice a year since 1967. He has warm memories of an early performance with Landrn, and looks forward to another fine evening. During his decades in folk music, Bill's insightful, inspirational songs and funny stories have become a family tradition for many. They've also become a tradition in the music world, having been recorded by Nanci Griffith, Jerry Jeff Walker, Grandpa Jones, and many others.