Songs From The Rocky Fork Tavern by Bill Wence

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Americana | Country Blues

12 tracks | 43 minutes

Released Apr 2007
on 615 Records

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Americana, County, Roots

Editorial review

Bill Wence kicks off Songs from the Rocky Fork Tavern with the easy rocking "Angelene," a likable song that captures the tension between true love and the open road. The lyric looks back with regret, with the narrator coming to terms with just what he's lost; the upbeat cadence, however, sounds as free as the open road, revealing just how attractive the myth of the open road remains, even when it turns out to be empty. "What Do You Think About Me and You" follows, and it's a relaxed, Jimmy Buffett-styled love song. Wence had penned most of the material on Songs from the Rocky Fork Tavern and enjoys getting to the emotional heart of the matter. In "Old Rock and Roller" he tells the tale of an aging musician, committed to his lifestyle though he knows that time is no longer on his side. All of these songs are enhanced by Wence's emotive vocals and a sympathetic, gently rocking band. There are ballads dedicated to love lost like "She's Leavin' for Dallas" and more upbeat paeans to misery like David Oxford/Tommy Allen's "Honky Tonk Heartache." Like Buffett and a number of the better singer/songwriters from the early '70s, Wence has a down-to-earth, non-pretentious manner that makes his music easy to like. With solid songs, arrangements, and vocals, Songs from the Rocky Fork Tavern is also easy to recommend. ~ Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr., All Music Guide

Bio / Background

Bill Wence is a writer, picker, singer and above all, a music lover. Living in Los Angeles in the mid-60's and in the Northwest, and in Alaska in the late 60's, he played music in clubs and shows, as well as getting his start in radio and TV. During this period, Bill was booking shows in Alaska and brought Bobby Bare, Charlie Rich, Ernest Tubb and others to the Capital city.

Bill to move to Nashville in 1973 and went on the road playing piano with Tom T. Hall. As a writer, Bill has had Billboard cuts by Ronnie McDowell, Cristy Lane, Bobby G. Rice, Orion and others. He had four self-penned, self-produced and self-promoted Billboard singles in 1979-80, which led people to ask, "Hey, can you do that for me?". Bill opened up his own promotion company in 1980 charting hundreds of Billboard singles in the next two decades with acts as varied as Collin Raye, Jerry Jeff Walker, Blackhawk, Randy Travis and many others.

Bill started working with NPR as well as College, AAA stations.