Bill originally hails from Austin, Texas. He grew up playing drums in rock and roll bands during the psychedelic era,but switched to guitar in the early 1980's. The 13th Floor Elevators, Fever Tree and Rusty Wier were all playing music in the Austin area while Bill was honing his craft.During the 1980's Bill played in three local bands, The Rockhounds, Chaparral and Primitive Moderns. Chaparral is still a driving force in the Austin music scene and continue to play in the Austin area. The Rockhounds have since broken up but the band did release one 45 single entitled "Girlfriend Song" that did receive airplay on the rock radio station KLBJ FM. Bill also owned and operated a small music store, The String Shop, during the mid 70's and the early 1980's. One of his customers was Stevie Ray Vaughan who bought a Vibroverb amp from him and used it on his first three albums. Some of his other customers included Eric Johnson, Omar and the Howlers and ...