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BILL CAMPBELL
Guitar & Bass: 512-415-4339

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BILL CAMPBELL - GUITAR BIO
Bill Campbell is a Texas musician (guitarist and bassist) who's been involved in the roots music scene (blues, rhythm and blues, or traditional country) for 37 years.

In the 1960's he moved to Austin and learned to play the blues by hanging out in nightclubs on Austin's east side. Campbell caught on quickly and before long he had performed with Freddie King, Blues Boy Hubbard and W. C. Clark. Not surprisingly, he became an icon of the Texas blues scene and served as an inspiration to other young blues players. One of these was Jimmie Vaughan. "He can play the whole thing". "He's really good at Freddie King and Albert Collins-type stuff, too". "He taught me a lot about chords and playing with the band", Vaughan says.

In 1975 Campbell helped Clifford Antone find a spot for his blues club and for the following six years served as one of the house musicians for what became Austin's most renowned blues club - Antones.

In the late 80's he played in the house band at Slim's (then owned by Boz Skaggs) and went on to run the house band for a year. Campbell spent the 1980's and early 90's in San Francisco. He played with various bands throughout California, including Mick Fleetwood.

After returning to Austin in 1995, Campbell hooked up with Delbert McClinton for a two-year stint of touring throughout the United States. In 2005, he played on Delbert's CD "Cost of Living" released on New West Records.

Currently, Bill Campbell performs with various blues, rhythm and blues, and country groups throughout Texas.

"The missing link between black bluesmen and the player most responsible for the white blues scene, Jimmie Vaughan, is Bill Campbell. No overview of the Austin scene would be complete without his inclusion". Guitar Player Magazine - 1986

PERFORMING CREDITS

RECORDING / TV CREDITS

• Sandy Beaches Cruise
  Delbert McClinton, Annually
• Cost of Living
  Delbert McClinton, New West Records, 2005
• Room to Breathe
  Delbert McClinton, New West Records, 2002
• Nothing Personal
  Delbert McClinton, New West Records, 2001
• Dwight Yoakam, 1998
• ESPN Awards Show, 1997
• Austin City Limits, 1997
• One of the Fortunate Few
  Delbert McClinton, Rising Tide Records, 1996
• Different Tacos
  The Fabulous Thunderbirds, 1980

QUOTES

"He, (Bill Campbell), taught me how to play a lot of guitar stuff. Bill's just good, period."
Jimmie Vaughan
Guitar Player 1986

"Bill is one of Texas' most soulful musicians. There's only a handful of musicians who can be considered as a guitarist's guitarist. Bill Campbell is one of those."
Bill Bentley
Senior Vice President
Warner Brothers Records

"Bill's been playing as long as I have. His sense of timing is all over the album. He really reinforced my sense of how I wanted the rhythm to go".
Delbert McClinton

"Bill Campbell is one of the best - a real good blues guitarist".
H. L. "Blues Boy" Hubbard

"Bill Campbell is one of the most soulful, from the heart guitar players I've ever heard."
Ernie Durawa
Texas Tornados

"In the late 60's (1963), Bill Campbell just came to the east side and learned the blues and that's where he stayed. He played all the clubs over here and he was highly appreciated. He used to come up there and step upside Freddie King, Albert Collins, and play."
W. C. Clark

"Bill Campbell taught me to play rhythm".
Jimmie Vaughan

"One time Bill Campbell came down to the Continental Club and sat in. It just pinned me to the wall."
David Murray

CONTACT BILL CAMPBELL
in Fort Worth, TX
512-415-4339

CONTACT BILL CAMPBELL
in Fort Worth, TX
512-415-4339