Have you heard of Steve Gillette?  If you were alive in the 1960s and liked folk music, there’s a chance the name rings a bell. Gillette never reached the top of the charts, but he’s a very talented singer/songwriter. Many of his songs have been performed by artists you have heard of ,  including John Denver, Gordon Lightfoot , Ian and Sylvia , Nanci Griffith , and Linda Ronstadt. "The Bells in the Evening" appears on Gillette’s debut album, released in 1967. The album, simpl

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