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Bill Gibson | |
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| Born | November 13, 1951 Sacramento, California, United States |
| Genres | pop |
| Instrument | Drums |
| Years active | 1970s-present |
| Member of | Huey Lewis and the News, Sons of Champlin |
Bill Gibson is an American drummer. Since 1979, he has been the drummer for Huey Lewis and the News. Since the band's hiatus in 2020, he is currently a member of the Sons of Champlin.
Gibson was born in Sacramento to Edward and Phyllis Gibson. Gibson started playing the drums at age twelve. [1] His father, Ed, was an architect, and played drums after finishing work for the day. [1] He was influenced by Art Blakey and Buddy Rich. In 1967, his father took him to the Monterey Jazz Festival. He eventually acquired his first drum kit at fourteen, and as a teenager saw The Beatles twice, and The Dave Clark Five. [1]
Bill joined Huey Lewis and the News as drummer in 1979. The News' sound draws upon early pop, R&B, doo-wop, blue-eyed soul and new wave. [2] [3] [4]
Huey Lewis and the News are an American rock band based in San Francisco, California. They had a run of hit singles during the 1980s and early 1990s, eventually achieving 19 top ten singles across the Billboard Hot 100, Adult Contemporary, and Mainstream Rock charts. Their sound draws upon earlier pop, rhythm & blues and doo-wop artists, and their own material has been labeled as blue-eyed soul, new wave, power pop, and roots rock.
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The chapter reads as a review evaluating the qualities in Huey Lewis' albums— some are New Wave... some bring out his quintessential bluesiness— and these shifts in musical style of this bands are as much 'events' in the novel as anything happening in the lives of the characters.
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