wiL and Company

wiL's Billy Billy Bio On any Friday night, in the 1970’s, somewhere in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, a young Billy Mimnaugh would be found sitting in on his parents late night ‘kitchen sessions’ his father playing guitar, his mother and friends singing the songs of country and folk singer/songwriters of the sixties and seventies; artists such as Simon and Garfunkle, Hank Williams, The Mama’s and Papa’s, John Denver and the like. From the moment he was handed a 'real' guitar at twelve, Billy practiced. And practiced some more. In his teens you would find him holed up in his room; a set of headphones perched atop his head, listening to new influences like Pink Floyd, Metallica and even Leona Boyd but it wasn’t until 1992 while sneaking his guitar in to play a cover song as a birthday gift for a buddy that the manager came over and asked if he'd consider a paying gig in the loft upstairs. And so, for the next ten years you could find Bill, who became WiL ( with one L ) packing the bars of Calgary Alberta on any given night of the week. After successfully sneak... more...