Bill realized his calling in life was playing music, (and boating) while in Junior High. After various day jobs and trying different things, he turned to playing music full time in 1981, and has enjoyed life ever since.

His former bands include: Echo Band and Elijah Stone in the eary 80's, The Notorious Band in the mid 80's, and from 1987-1999, The Frontline Band.

After 15+ years of playing in and around the Indianapolis area, Bill went on a western US tour with Del Rio in early 1999. After playing a couple more years in Indy, Bill joined up with Duke Tumatoe & the Power Trio for 2001-02. Bill played on Duke's 2002 release "Big Bang" anlong with various other Duke & Bom & Tom show releases.