B.C.-12 String acoustic guitar and vocals.
Mike Casey- percussion at many shows.
Recordings feature Rave Tesar- keyboards, Alex Craig - Electric guitar and bass. Ed Sikora bass. And Chuck Bobrowski and Mike Casey on Drums. Pat Mc Garrigle(Sean Rinaldo)- Bass and backing vocals on "Ragtop"(Oops, that one is not on this page anymore. It will be back).
Kermit Driscoll- Bass on "Dreamtime".
"Someone Kind" is a demo from 1982
(I know!). It features Marc Kustin on bass and BC on all other instruments and all vocals.
The two Blue Hotel tracks (1989) are Jean Burton on lead guitar and vocals, and BC on lead vocals and a bit of nylon string electric guitar on "Sounds" and one note synth ..".
Rick Van Horn is on drums and Rich Clark on bass.
The live Blue Hotel was Bill, Jean and Rod Coppola (R.I.P.) on bass and vocals, and Michelle Spadaro on drums.
Beatles, Dylan, Laura Nyro, Jimmy Webb, Joe Meek, Joe Orton, Scott Walker, Tim Hardin, Buffalo Springfield, The Brill Building, Buddy Holly, Martin Amis, T.C. Boyle, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Steely Dan, Randy Newman,
Kingsley Amis, Charles Portis, Graham Gouldman, SCTV, Gerry Marsden, Jesse Colin Young, Jerry Corbitt, Arthur Alexander, Arthur Lee, Bryan Maclean, Gene Clark, Alan Price, Eric Burden, Todd Rundgren, Nazz, The Who, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, Tom Waits, Jimmy Reed.
Bill Craig :
At age 16 Bill had an original song on the top-40 radio station with the widest listening audience in the US(WABC AM), but that was not yesterday nor the day before, and it has been all sideways from there.
His former band "Blue Hotel" was featured on K-Rock in New York and 3 of his songs were contracted by publishers in Nashville.(No hits!)
He has performed, produced, and written radio spots and jingles sporadically for a variety of advertisers.
Until recently he performed and recorded as part of the folk/pop duo "Mungo Park".
The Cd "paranormal" by Mungo Park is available thru CDbaby.com. (TAXI raves;"Unique, good music, clever lyric.") It includes 12 of his original songs.
Bill is also known in some circles as Kevin Rinaldo, playing that role in the Spinal Tap meets The Rutles, mockumentary band "The Legendary Rinaldo Brothers". And The Legend continues!
His real name not withstanding, he is not now nor has he ever been a member of the Irish Rovers.("Oh those sally uneecorns!").
Bill Craig is presently at home working with his personal trainer, aroma therapist, and all manner of self-help gurus... NEW SONGS ON THE WAY!
Thank you for checking out our page and for introducing us to your fine music. Loving the Jim Webb meets Scott Walker vibe....always fantastic points of reference.
Hey Bill, Sorry I haven't been here in awhile (livin on Facebook lately). The band with Dennis Ferrante is almost ready to rock. Should be late July / mid-August. Hope all is well with you and yours. I keep ya posted. Best... -Jimmy
The Legend continues.... Hey Bill, Great seeing you guys the other night. Joanne and I had a blast. "This Boy" made my night. Nice to see guys like us who've still got the fever that won't go away. See you soon... -Jimmy
Hello Bill! Thankyou so much for the friendship invite, I really like your vocal tone and your harmonies. I especially like ''The Bridge'' and ''The Sounds Of The Night''. You had an amazing start at an early age... Great to meet another Jersey-ite! Peace always, Dianna Marie
Hi Bill, Great to hear from you. I have the night off on the 5th, so I will try to get there and see you guys. Thanks for the update...look forward to hanging out again. Till then....Keep the Faith, my man! - Jimmy
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