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About Me

..Mbilly’s a guy picking a guitar, a solo, somewhat twangy, folk songwriter that’s unassuming to a fault, save for some damn good stage banter, and a voice that sounds as if it’s somehow aged two decades beyond the twenty-something I know Helfrich to be.--Willamette Week

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Member Since: 12/21/2005
Band Website: mbilly.blogspot.com
Band Members: Will Helfrich sometimes played/plays with: Aaron ’Rantz’ Pomerantz, Emily Strelow, Ian Lyles, Tara Jane O’neil, Aliah Farah, Dave Depper.
Influences: Souled American, Townes Van Zandt, Brian Eno, Uncle Tupelo, Sam Cooke, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Will Oldham, Swan Silvertones
Sounds Like: Pt. Pleasant

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Record Label: Paxenfeld Family Foundation

My Blog

I Made Me A Record + New Song Up

Friends, I am incredibly happy to say that I have finished recording and mixing my album, title Mister Nobody Baby.  I will be sending it off to be mastered sometime the next month and then should hav...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:47:00 GMT

I Makey Record

Over the past year I've been recording with some very wonderful and incredibly generous people. I started back in October of 07 with Ms. Tara Jane O'Neil recording at my home. That spring Mr. Adam S...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:46:00 GMT

China Profile

I am easily amused, for certain, this is true. But for whatever reason, this gives me great pleasure:http://us.profile.myspace.cn/index.cfm?fuseaction=u ser.viewprofile&friendid=44517126thank you and ...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:30:00 GMT

New Old Song: Drawn To You

Friends, for your listening pleasure is a version of Drawn To You I recorded this past fall with the lovely, insanely talented Ms. Tara Jane O'neil. It's an old song I wrote when I was nineteen or so...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:29:00 GMT

Listen to the Portland Lounge Series show

A couple Sundays ago I did the Willamette Week's Portland Lounge Series. I sat down with WW's Music Director Amy McCullough and we shot the shit in front a crowd. It was fun. Then I played some sad ...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:45:00 GMT

mbilly on Willamette Week's localcut.com

Michael Byrne of the Willamette Week put "Weight Of Gravity" on localcut.com as the cut of the day. He also said nice things about it here: http://localcut.wweek.com/?p=1550. M.Bryne's nice words i...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:35:00 GMT

Words From The Press and Other Semi-Notables

...M. William Helfrich wins your heart with nothing but a gravely voice and guitar. --Portland MercuryMBILLY is Will Helfrich, a Portland singer/songwriter whose gift for mournful lyrics and likewise ...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 10:59:00 GMT

Don't delay, get mbilly's "Today!" today!

A five track cd-r EP available to you, myspace social network user, from me, mbilly. First four tracks were recorded live at Mississippi Studios last summer during John Weinland's album release show....
Posted by on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:00:00 GMT