about

 

After spending too many years away from music, the fuse got lit again when I retired  - Yes, at 69 years old !

 

I’ve always played around with lyrics and melodies but now I had the time and resources to make music happen. The creation process almost always begins with lyrics - to me good songs almost always include a great story first. Folks always ask if they are about my own experiences. Most often they are not. There’s too much to write about and most individuals are just not that interesting. So my stories are mostly observational. I once wrote a song about a wild man chasing women in bars and a friend asked to come with me when I did my research. But I had to disappoint him because It only happened in my mind.

 

Stand Your Ground became my initial album - and from that point forward I never stopped writing and recording. I am not locked into any particular genre. Jump around and listen to all my albums. You’ll hear Rock, (Crashin’ Down) John, Paul, John And Ringo, Me And My Guitar. Blues (Filthy Rich Kid Blues) Someone Like Me, Ribs. Reggae (Bill’s Shipwreck Bar) A Boy Like Me, Could This Be Paradise. Folk (Milestone 20 Album In My Father’s Shoes, The Scenery) touches of Jazz and even Classical.

 

I love to fuse styles and all types of instruments together. I hope you’ll hear words that make you think, feel, laugh, be inspired and maybe even cry a little. The instruments and arrangements are often very different and creative.

 

So, here I am over twenty albums and hundreds of songs later and still cranking them out. This has been a second career for me but it often feels like the one I was destined to have. Come join my journey and never give up if you have a dream of your own - Just Do It ! (Sound familiar?)

 

Listen to my songs and if you like them please share.

 

Thanks to all who have helped and supported me along the way. To my wife who’s behind me all through life - even when I get a little crazy, to my friends and family, to the late Ron Fiore my earliest best friend who together with myself, started our first band, to Kevin Lysen who helped me make my very first album and an extra special thanks to Nik Dee, a very talented musician and great human being who has been recording, singing and playing with me from the beginning.

 

If you’ve got a few minutes write me. Tell me your thoughts and what your favorite songs of mine are. Ya know, we’re all in this together. Thanks for reading this. God speed.

 

Bill

aka William Delray Floyd