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Bill Hinkley, 1942-2010

Saying goodbye to the Prairie Home Companion musician

Bill Hinkley, 1942-2010

Photos courtesy A Prairie Home Companion​Midnight on the Water: Bill Hinkley, in memoriamBY MARTIN KELLER The choice moments that suddenly arise when you can see a grand life coming to a close in front of you seem to have no respect for death -- and even less reverence for the heavy grief waiti ... More >>

Bill Hinkley, West Bank folk icon, passes away

​Lifelong local musician and teacher Bill Hinkley, who Paul Metsa once dubbed "The Patriarch of the West Bank," passed away this morning after a battle with cancer. He was 67.Hinkley was best known as a longtime house musician on Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion," where he performed wi ... More >>

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