If you don't know Bill has been teaching at Blue Bear School of Music many years. It's a great place to learn and all of the folks that work there are very dedicate to the school, music and the students. Blue Bear offers several scholarships and tuition on a sliding scale to make it possible for anyone to take classes regardless of financial status. They also run several program for kids in schools and preschool!

Okay I babble to the point! Bill is taking part in the Blue Bear Mustache-A-Thon. The help raise money for the school (it' a non-profit) and it's many wonderful programs. Below is some info from the Blue Bear website. Please check it out and if you feel inspired click over and scroll down to Bill's photo and sponsor him! He started later the the rest of the "contestant" so help him catch up! And hey it's tax deductable!


Be a 'Stache Sponsor! Donate to your favorite 'stache(s) and help support our youth music, scholarship and sliding scale programs. We'll be awarding prizes for the most money raised, funkiest 'stache and more. Winners will be announced on stage at Blue Bear Live IV. (Instructions for sponsoring multiple Mustachios are included on our sponsor form.) Stay tuned to this website, and sign up for our bi-weekly Blue Bear Mustache-A-Thon email updates (see sponsor form) to catch all the exciting developments and watch our Mustachios' progress from Week 1 through Week 6.

Your 'Stache Sponsorship is tax deductible. The full amount of your tax deductible contribution as a Mustache-A-Thon sponsor for 2009 will be acknowledged in an electronic receipt, which you will receive via email once you have submitted the sponsor form. Please save that email as your receipt.

Howdy Friends!

Bill's gig with Kami at the Hotel Utah got reviewed in Crawdaddy. If you check it out click on the link below and scroll down.

Kami Nixon and the Skiddy Knickers at the Hotel Utah Review

Howdy Friends!

Come on out and support Kami Nixon & the Skiddy Knickers featuring Bill Spooner at their first headlining gig! They'll be playing with Calaveras & Gerard Landry and the Lariats.

Friday 11/28
Hotel Utah
500 Fourth St., at Bryant, SF
415-546-6300
Show starts at 9PM

Well it turns out Bill had so much fun at the recent gigs with Kami Nixon that he's decided to sign on. If you want to hear Bill come on out to one of the Kami gigs listed. Good songs, good player, good people... Good Times!

Check out songs from Kami's cd Fertile Girl, produced, recorded and played on by Bill. Mixed by Boone & Bill.

Kami Nixon

Bill has allowed me to post another new song, Sandman, in the works. If you've watched the recent video I added from Vinnie's Tribute then you've heard it. This a quick demo in preparation for the final recording. I think it's pretty powerful. The song was the result of Bill putting to music the poem that Prairie wrote shortly after Vince's death. It is truly a Spooner/Prince creation.

I also added an acoustic version of Boy Crazy Bill recorded years ago. It was originally available for download from mp3.com (remember what a cool site that was when it started out?).

As always Bill really does appreciate any feedback.

Thanks for listening.

Bill did a pretty extensive interview with Eddy at Rock of Ages earlier in the year. There is also an interview with Al Kooper worth checking out.

Bill Spooner Interview

Hello Friends!

You will see and hear there is a new song posted. It's rough, I know, I know! But I wanted to share it. It will probably sound much different when it grows up, for now enjoy a song in it's babyhood.

The Tubes will be inducted into the Arizona Music & Entertainment Hall
of Famein Phoenix on September 23. All surviving members of the original band will be performing.

Date: Sunday, September 23, 2007
Time: 5PM
Location: Dodge Theatre
400 W Washington St
Phoenix, AZ
Arizona Music Hall of Fame

Michael Cotten recently interviewed music legend and producer of the Tubes first album Al Kooper. You can view an excerpt at THE TUBES PROJECT.
If you like what you see let them know!

Anna has started a myspace page dedicated to the live performances of the Tubes Group. Check it out. The Tubes Live