Bill Malone - guitar & vocals
Bill was born and raised in the “Motor City”- Detroit, Michigan. It’s been over 30 years since Bill received his first guitar and amp as a gift from his parents. The very first song he learned was “Bumpin’ on Sunset” by Wes Montgomery. By the age of 17, he was playing professionally.
Being self taught, he took a personal interest in Blues which came from listening to his father’s many early recordings of B. B. King. This initiated Bill studying various different blues guitar artist and developing a style of his own. One day his cousin introduced him to Jimi Hendrix and the rest was history!
With his roots deeply steeped in Blues no wonder Bill has a wide variety of mentors including Albert Collins, Elmore James, Albert King, B.B. King and T-Bone Walker to Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Johnny Winter.
Younger fans comment that he “shreds” on the guitar, and older folk say he “just plain rocks.”
Bill has shared the stage with Tab Benoit, Larry McCray and Coco Montoya.
As one of newest additions to the band, his vocals and jammin’ guitar licks will add an unique flair to the musical stylings of Root Doctor
