{"id":28622,"date":"2012-10-13T21:15:04","date_gmt":"2012-10-13T21:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.svalbardblues.com\/dsb\/dark-season-blues-2012\/artists\/billy-t-band\/"},"modified":"2012-10-13T21:15:04","modified_gmt":"2012-10-13T21:15:04","slug":"billy-t-band","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.svalbardblues.com\/en\/dsb\/dark-season-blues-2012\/artists\/billy-t-band\/","title":{"rendered":"The Billy T Band"},"content":{"rendered":"

Billy T Band | Dark Season Blues 2012<\/h2>\n

The Billy T. Band has performed at Svalbard and Dark Season Blues countless times before, both as a headlining act and as a backing band. They are essentially the house band of the blues club. <\/p>\n

Billy T. Band is a blues\/soul band fronted by American bassist William Troiani. The band\u2019s third album, \u201cMo-Billy-T,\u201d will be released just before they arrive in Svalbard. <\/p>\n

\u201cL.O.V.E. \u2013 Just A Silly Notion\u201d won the 2010 Spellemann Award. With a handful of songs inspired by American soul, blues, R&B, funk, and swamp rock, \u201cMo-Billy-T\u201d picks up where the previous album left off. This time, the main focus is on original material, and the album is described as the band\u2019s most cohesive to date. We can\u2019t wait to see them take the stage again at Dark Season Blues. <\/p>\n

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Band members:<\/p>\n

Bill Troiani<\/span> – Bass and vocals<\/span><\/div>\n
H\u00e5kon H\u00f8ye<\/span> – Guitar and vocals<\/span><\/div>\n
Ian Fredrick Johannessen<\/span> – Guitar<\/span><\/div>\n
Alexander Pettersen<\/span> – Drums<\/span><\/div>\n

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“Mo-Billy-T”: Billy T Band’s third album will be released on October 19 (BIGHCD1208). The album picks up where the previous one left off (“L.O.V.E. \u2013 just a silly notion” \u2013 winner of the 2010 Spellemann Award) with a collection of songs inspired by American soul, blues, R&B, and swamp rock. This time, the main focus is on original material, interspersed with a few obscure gems from “my wasted youth,” to use Bill\u2019s own words. Clearly Billy T Band\u2019s most cohesive album to date, as \u00d8yvind Pharo writes in the album\u2019s liner notes. All the elements from the first two albums have been refined and realized in “Mo-Billy-T.” <\/p>\n

If you\u2019re familiar with the Norwegian blues scene, you\u2019re surely aware of this band, which grew out of the house band at the now-defunct \u201cMuddy Waters\u201d in Oslo in the early 2000s. With William \u201cBill\u201d Troiani on lead vocals and bass, this band is among the best you\u2019ll find in this genre right here in Norway. That said, this isn\u2019t strictly a blues band. They incorporate elements of classic R&B, soul, rock, and funk, which always add color to the overall sound. <\/p>\n

Bill was born and raised in New York and began playing bass in the early 1960s. His first band was called “The Post War Baby Boom Blues Band” and included Stanley Eisen (Paul Stanley of Kiss) on guitar. For the past 15 years, Bill has lived in Norway, and both he and the rest of the band have collaborated with a number of well-known musicians both in Norway and abroad. Bill also has a long history working with, among others, Tom Russell and Eddie Kirkland, in addition to several years as leader of the house band at Muddy Waters, where artists such as Kid Andersen and Amund Maarud honed their talents. In addition to Bill, the Billy T Band consists of a group of outstanding musicians who have built up a growing fan base in Norway and abroad. This is thanks to countless performances on concert stages, from Oslo to Moscow to New York. <\/p>\n

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