Bill Harrison (Mister Bill) Accordion, Keyboards, Vocals
Influences
Buckwheat Zydeco, Clifton Chenier, Beausoleil, Stan Rogers, Flaco Jimenez, Texas Tornadoes, Gene Harris, Bob Wills, Commander Cody, Asleep at the Wheel, Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Thelonius Monk, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Nat King Cole, Louis Jordan, Tex Ritter, Stan Getz, Frank Isola, Antonio Carlos Jobim, B. B. King, Huddie Ledbetter, Hank Snow, George Duke, Cannonball Adderly, David Grisman, Donald Byrd, Herbie Hancock, Bud Powell, Duke Robillard, Dwight Yoakam, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Gil Evans, Bill Evans, Gregg Allman, Joey DeFrancesco, Jimmy Smith, Coleman Hawkins, James Moody, Lee Morgan, Eddie Jefferson, Chopin, Beethoven, Lizst, Bach, Tchaikovsy, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Grieg, Delius, Britten, Saint Saens, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Kenny Dorham, Larry Carlton, Louis Armstrong, Wayne Shorter, Lyle Lovett, Monty Alexander, Mose Allison, McCoy Tyner, Joe Sample, Ramsey Lewis, Oscar Peterson, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Rockin' Dopsie, Joe Williams, Sonny Rollins, Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman, Lionell Hampton, Teddy Wilson, Nicky Hopkins, Stevie Winwood, Vince Guaraldi, Woody Guthrie
"Mister Bill" Harrison is a keyboard and accordion player with over four decades of professional experience who started studying classical piano at age six and began playing college keggers when he was 15-years-old. Since then, he's played thousands of gigs in every type of venue working with (and learning from) some of the great Motor City players including Funk Brother drummers "Papa Zita" Benjamin and Richard "Pistol" Allen; legendary Detroit bassist Hubie Crawford; crooner/musician/arranger Danny Ascenzo; and jazz drummer extrodanaire Frank Isola. He currently works as a solo performer and with his band, The Critters. Singing, playing accordion, piano and keyboards, Mister Bill has a varied song list that includes a wide range of Americana -- rock, jazz. blues, Zydeco, and TexMex -- as well as his own compositions. He can also be found playing with Sylvia Inwood and the Woodtones doing an eclectic mix of standards and world music favorites that Sylvia sings in a variety of languages.
Hi Mister Bill, Thanks for finding me and your kinds words. I Love the accordion!:) And speaking in lyrical sense, you are the champion ... your play it's great! Bravo!!! Peace! Happy 2009
Hello michigan and hello mister bill! it is always lovely to meet another accordion player!! i especially love your tango. thanks so much for writing! cheers from seattle!--bernadette...
maybe some gigs down the road I am playing with Chubby Checker 6pm friday at the fairgrounds if your off you might come by ... he is always looking for players
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