Billy Price
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Billy Price is a soul singer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was born in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, and began singing in high school.
Price attracted national attention in the mid-1970s during his three-year collaboration with blues guitarist Roy Buchanan. The pair toured the U.S. and Canada, playing Carnegie Hall in New York, the Newport Jazz Festival, the Roxy and the Troubadour in Los Angeles, and the Spectrum in Philadelphia. Shortly thereafter Price formed the Keystone Rhythm Band, which remained intact until 1990. He then formed The Billy Price Band, which currently consists of Lenny Smith (guitar), Willy Franklin (bass), Dave Dodd (drums), John Burgh (keyboards), Joe Herndon (trumpet), Eric DeFade (tenor sax) and Rick Matt (baritone and tenor sax).
Though he works full-time in corporate communications at the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, he continues to perform regularly in Pittsburgh, the eastern United States, and occasionally in Europe.
- Official Website (http://www.billyprice.com)
Discography:
2003: "Funky, Funky Soul." DVD of performance at the Belgium Rhythm & Blues Festival
2002: "Sworn Testimony: The Billy Price Band Live." Double-CD of April 2002 performance at the Ram's Head Tavern in Annapolis, MD.
1999: "Can I Change My Mind." Collection of songs written specifically for Price by Jerry "Swamp Dogg" Williams.
1997: "The Soul Collection." CD containing 16 soul songs including a duet with Otis Clay, "That's How It Is."
1993: "Danger Zone." Price's first album without the Keystone Rhythm Band.
1988: "Free At Last." Album with the Keystone Rhythm Band featuring songs written by Price and other members of the band.
1984: "Live." Recording of Billy Price and the Keystone Rhythm Band live at the Wax Museum in Washington D.C.
1981, 1979: "Is It Over?, They Found Me Guilty."CD of Price's first two albums with the Keystone Rhythm Band.