Bill Holness:
CLASS OF 1973
Skinner Junior High SchoolClass of 1973
Denver, CO
North High SchoolClass of 1976
Denver, CO
Bill's Story
Bio from Reverbnation - BillyCisco a.k.a. Bill Holness . Also at Soundcloud - BillyCisco -- Fandalism -BillyCisco
BillyCisco is a singer-songwriter/native of Colorado, born in Denver. Colorado. He is self taught on bass and guitar, and 5 years ago taught himself to play piano and to compose songs on the keyboard.
Bill started his career in music in his teens, in 1972 playing bass for two years, for the Latin rock band 'Atzlan' and 'MetaRock ', it's predecessor. He played for two years with the 'The John Carter Trio', headed by his uncle Johnny Carter, rock and roll pianoman extraordinaire, with incredible Mark Aiello on drums.
Bill played with several hard rock bands but maintained his commitment to jazz, rock, fusion and Latin rock.
Bill's early music career was cut short because of the Viet Nam War, as he enlisted in April of 1975.
Released honorably from the US Navy, he wanted to just slow it all down and settle down, have kids and write songs. It did not go that way. Many years of grief and sadness over a broken marriage did lead to more love songs and sad ballads and the loss of some very dear friends over the years has led to several inspirational gospel rock songs. Bill has written some politically charged songs expressing dissatisfaction with the PTB globalists and their agenda of control.
Having learned the bass, Bill moved on with teaching himself guitar and song composition. He never had enough time with family responsibilities to really get anything going and did not do much in the years that followed except to write a few love songs and ballads here and there.
Decades went by with no chance among the many tragedies that came and went, to really work on any real project songs. He kept the music alive in his mind and heart. Then in 2005 after nothing for years, came a chance to tour as lead vocalist and back up rhythm guitar, with Dale Axtell and his band and some free recording studio time. Tragedy struck and Bill's mother, Lila, fell very ill and almost die...Expand for more
d from a stroke and infection. He had to pass on the tour and recording and instead he helped nurse her back. While caring for her, at the suggestion of his brother Dale Holness, Bill, began a friendship with Kent Metzler who has been into music in some way or another for years and has quite a collection of instruments.
The two of them began to create and record, rough, one take studio renditions with Bill on guitar and Kent Metzler on Bass. The sound was not full enough and though there was Rik Chance, who would sit in on woodwinds and Eva Dennis on saxophone and violin, Bill felt compelled to learn some piano chords to fill in on their songs. Once he got hooked playing keyboards that was it, no turning back. Bill has been playing piano since. He is entirely self taught on the bass, on guitars as well as keyboards and has a fair handle on the drums. ( pssst... he does not read music-lol..uhem! sshhsh)
He had written 12 songs back in the 80's and 29 more songs in the last 4 years. Most all of them will be appearing here as each one is redone or remastered. Bill does most of his own recording but shares some of that with Kent Metzler who does some track recording at LRStudios.
There are guests that appear on a few of the tracks such as Kent Metzler, Eva Dennis, Rik Chance, and Dercy Marshall.
Bill's years of struggle against all odds, through many tragedies and much responsibility, to finally be able to live his dream and that is to give back to the world some music from his heart ..... to enrich the lives of those around him.
Bill owes his love for music to his mother, Lila, for giving him encouragement and support into the world of music and his father Ralph Holness for giving him the spirit of determination to never give up, and to Johnny Carter, Bill's uncle who introduced him to rock and roll and boogie.. Now it is his time to catch up, if he can still cut it! ;) --Robert Bauer - family friend and fellow note breaker.... I mean maker,
2-21-12 You can pay me now Bill.......
Register for Free to view all details!
Reunions
Register for Free to view all events!
Photos