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Bill V.

About Me

Just another Italian guy born and raised in East LA. Have been a musician all my life, but would trade it all to hit one line drive at Dodger Stadium. LOVE my beautiful wife, my family,my wonderful friends (esp. Mark, Greg, Jeff,Tom), the Angels, Schurr Spartan football, Fender guitars, my 67 VW bug, dogs, cats, a good book, Olvera Street, blues, Whittier Blvd. And someday we really will find out who killed JFK!!!! PRAY FOR PEACE

My Interests

Guitars, Music, Baseball, Reading, Animals, Film Noir

I'd like to meet:

Brian Wilson, Hank Aaron, Jimmy Carter, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Buddy Guy, Al Pacino, Alan Alda, Leonard Cohen, Vin Scully

Music:

Beatles, Beach Boys, Stephen Stills, Manassas, Hendrix, CSN, Rascals, Rory Gallagher, Dave Alvin,Dirk Hamilton, Funky Kings,Jeff Beck Group, Thee Midniters, Los Lobos, Paul Weller, John Hiatt, Shakira,Leonard Cohen, Dave Mason, Honk, Van Morrison, Juanes, Poco, Chris Hillman, Springsteen, Lysa Flores, Rick Shea, Jody Linscott, Santana, Popa Chubby, Arthur Lee & LOVE, Chuck Johnson Jazztet, Sergio Mendes/Brazil 66, Chet Atkins, Al Kooper, Laura Nyro, Burt Bacharach, Ned Doheny, Neil Young, Buffalo Springfield, Allman Brothers, Fred Neil, Nobody's Baby, The Safe Brothers, Little Feat, Electric Flag, Chicago, The Band, Robert Cray, Nils Lofgren, Wes Montgomery, Jimmy Smith, Mike Finnigan, Tower of Power, Byrds, Rolling Stones, Curtis Mayfield, Sutherland Brothers, Southside Johnny & The Ashbury Jukes, Taylor Mills, Jo Mama, The Youngbloods, Joy Of Cooking, The Style Council, Flying Burrito Brothers, Joni Mitchell, Suzanne Vega, Howlin' Wolf, Traffic, Willie Nelson, Jarabe de Palo, Crazy Horse, Aleks Syntec, Diego Torres, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Stevie Wonder, Kenny Rankin, Elvis Costello, Keith Richards, Jim Keltner, Etta James, Irma Thomas, Mike Bloomfield, Cream, Dan Fogelberg, Hall & Oates, Mink DeVille, Quicksilver, Aztec Camera, Blow Monkeys, Butterfield Blues Band, Funky Kings, Kalapana, John Legend, Vince Gill, Richie Havens,Horace Silver, Willie Bobo, Ramsey Lewis, Prince, Squeeze, The Truth, Neville Brothers, Toni Childs, Santo and Johnny, Cream, Sir Douglas Quintet, Blind Boy Fuller

Movies:

Betty Blue, Public Enemy, JFK, Milagro Beanfield War, To Have and Have Not, Godfather 1 & 2, 'Round Midnight, Little Caeser,5 Summer Stories, My Cousin Vinny, Blue Velvet, Across the Pacific, American Me, Fillmore:Last Days, A Hard Day's Night, Pulp Fiction

Television:

MASH, Law & Order, Austin City Limits, Married With Children, Mad TV, MTV en espanol, Sopranos, Brotherhood

Books:

1984, Elvis, What Happened?, Hell's Angels, Love is a Dog From Hell, Ball Four. The Big Book

Heroes:

Humphrey Bogart,Brian Wilson, Leo Fender, Stephen Stills, Cal Ripken, Wes Parker, Hank Aaron, JFK, Jackie Robinson, Jim Marshall, Edward James Olmos,Jim Garrison, Vin Scully,Len Mayeski(RIP), Bill W.....AND ANYONE WHO MAKES A STAND FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN