Bill Small’s Blog

I’m very excited to announce that recording has begun on my new record. Yeah I know I still say record. I guess I show my age a bit. I spent 3 days starting on Labor Day at Moonhouse Studio in south Austin with Chris Gage (producer, engineer), Glen Fukunaga (bass), and fellow Mystiquero Ray Rodriguez […]

Ok, many of you probably know this already, but Joss Stone …. Wow!! I had quite a bit of road time this week and I grabbed some of Julie’s CD’s on my way out the door. One of them was Joss Stone’s first record. From what I gather she was in the neighborhood of 16 […]

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I’ve been performing in front of audiences for 31 years. I remember seeing a performance of our school chorus half way through 5th grade. They did a Beach Boys song. I knew immediately I wanted to be a part of that. I sang my first solo in front of an audience during our end […]

On a long drive last weekend, my girlfriend Julie pulled out some much treasured CD’s of live performances by our friend Tommy Elskes. Tommy’s been on our minds ever since. We’ve been listening to Tommy today as we go about our various Saturday tasks.
I met Tommy at the Saxon Pub in Austin in 1990. I […]