No, the band name Sons Of Bill is not inspired by your favourite western. In fact, the quintet’s creative heart are the three sons of Bill Wilson, a locally respected musician from Virginia. It’s now been almost six years since James, Seth & Abe Wilson got together with Seth Green on bass and Todd Wellons on drums to self-release their debut A Far Cry From Freedom. Beneath the somewhat homemade cover & booklet there was plenty of mature music: nothing less than a perfect synthesis of 70s country rock, 90s guitar rock and alt.country of the No Depression generation. The lyrics echoed heroes like the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, chronicled small town life and portrayed people who had never been outside of the county they were born in.

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