The Bills

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The Bills
OriginWest Coast of Canada
Genres Folk
Labels Red House Records
Borealis Records
MembersMarc Atkinson
Richard Moody
Chris Frye
Adrian Dolan
Scott White
Past membersGlen Manders
Nick Mintenko
Joey Smith
Website thebills.ca

The Bills are a high-impact, acoustic folk music quintet from the West Coast of Canada. [1] [2] Formed in 1996 (as The Bill Hilly Band), [3] they have performed extensively throughout North America and Europe, with their strongest followings in Western Canada, the Western US, Ontario and the UK.

Contents

Though the lineup has had a few changes since the band first formed, the present-day Bills are:

The group has also toured and recorded with both Joey Smith and Nick Mintenko on bass; Glen Manders ("Reverend Bill Bass") was the bassist from 1998 to 2008. [9]

Awards

At the 2006 Western Canadian Music Awards, The Bills won the award for Entertainer of the Year. [10] Their video for the song Old Blue Bridge was nominated for Video of the Year. [11]

The Bills received a nomination for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year - Group at the 2005 Juno Awards [12]

Discography

Albums
YearTitleLabel
2000The Bill Hilly BandIndependent
2002All Day Every Day Borealis
2004Let Em Run Borealis
2005Let Em Run (US Release) Red House Records
2012Yes Please [13] Independent
2012Yes Please (US Release) [14] Red House Records
2016Trail of Tales Borealis
Contributing artist
YearTitleLabel
2005 The Rough Guide to the Music of Canada World Music Network

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