Biography
Born in 1961 in Los Angeles, California, Bill began playing the electric bass at age 15. He quickly moved from playing rock to funk and jazz. Bill is mainly a self taught Bassist although he briefly studied with the legendary bassist's John Patitucci and Valda Hammick. He plays a custom Warwick fretted 4 string and fretless 5 string. He goes by the name "BASS MAN BILL EVANS" to not only separate his name from the Jazz piano legend Bill Evans, but to attract the bass players out there in the world!!!
As a studio musician and performer, he has recorded and toured with Sony recording artist "Strongheart" with the fantastic Guitarist/Vocalist Wilbur Hess and beyond incredible Drummer Bobby Arechiga!!! He also played and toured with Storm, James Burton (legendary guitarist with Elvis Presley) and Jeff Burton (with Dave Koz), and worked with AC/DC's legendary team; Harry Vanda and George Young of Albert productions. He has paid his dues on 1000's of gigs throughout the world ranging from hard and pop rock to funky Jazz-fusion. He currently resides in Las Vegas and is working on his 3rd solo CD.
Bill was also very successful at mp3.com in its heyday. He had hit the #1 spot on the charts in the genre's of Jazz Fusion, Be-bop and Funk!!! He had over 400,000 plays and downloads with numerous CD sales and built up a worldwide following with hundreds of fan e-mails. This was a very unexpected but fantastic way of showcasing Bill's Bass playing.
Currently Bill Is playing with the Classic Rock band "Chain Reaction" in Las Vegas.
