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Bill grew up in Westchester County, New York, where he sang in the church choir as a young lad and began studying classical piano. Throughout high school, he pursued training in jazz theory, and played in a number of bands. In the summer of 1987, he moved to Colorado to study music. Following college, he spent five years touring, writing and singing with Colorado’s own Band Du Jour.
When Band Du Jour broke up, he was invited to be the keyboardist and primary vocalist for the Derek Trucks Band, with whom he spent over five years. Bill has written and played throughout his life with his brother John, a highly talented singer/guitarist/songwriter, in the Wiley Cotton Band, and continues to do so whenever possible. Bill’s influences range from keyboardists such as Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, and Jimmy Smith to vocalists such as Bobby Bland, Freddie King, and Aretha Franklin, to the great horn players, as well as funk and traditional American roots music, folk, and bluegrass.
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