| 词条 | Billy Hector |
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| image = Billy Hector and Suzan Lastovica sm.jpg | caption = Billy Hector and Suzan Lastovica performing together at Big Danny's wake at Red Fusion, in Asbury Park, New Jersey, February 11, 2007 | background = solo_singer | alias = | birth_place =Orange, New Jersey | birth_date = 1956 | instrument = Vocals, guitar | genre = Blues, Rock, folk rock | occupation = Musician, singer-songwriter | years_active = | label = Ghetto Surf Music | associated_acts = Billy Hector Band, Fairlanes, The Shots | website = billyhector.com }}Billy Hector (born 1956) is a blues guitarist and singer-songwriter from Orange, New Jersey.[1] HistoryHector considers himself a working man's musician.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} He was initially lured into the music world after seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. He says this changed his world.[2] He soon found himself drawn to the blues. He started taking guitar lessons at age 9, and later studied jazz guitar and music history at William Patterson University.[2] Hector started playing regularly in a blues band in 1985.[2] He has been producing albums for over 20 years while performing primarily in small clubs.[3] Hector's guitar style is a combination of Jersey Shore blues and rock n roll.[4] As of 2013, his band consisted of Hector on guitar and vocals, Timmy Tindall on bass, and Dan Hickey on drums.[2] Hector received the Best Guitarist Award from music critic Bob Makin of The Aquarian Weekly{{'}}s East Coast Rocker section twice.[5] He is also the recipient of three Asbury Park Music Awards: "Best Guitarist", "Best Blues Band" and the "Living Legend."[5] Hector and his band were billed alongside Bonnie Raitt at The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "Tribute to Muddy Waters".[5] Hector has played with B. B. King,[1] Bo Diddley, Johnny Winter, Buddy Guy, Dr. John, and The Fabulous Thunderbirds,[4] but is most at home in small clubs.[1] He appeared in the movie Hellhound on my Trail backing Sonny Landreth, and in One Way Out.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} He is the touring guitarist For Hubert Sumlin and Joe Lewis Walker.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} Discography
References1. ^1 2 Coyne, Kevin, [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/07colnj.html, Still Strumming and Rocking After All These Years]. September 7, 2008. New York Times. Retrieved July 2011. {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hector, Billy}}2. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|last=Semet|first=Scott|title=Band of the Week: Billy Hector|newspaper=Press of Atlantic City|date=18 Sep 2013}} 3. ^DeMasters, Karen, [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/01/nyregion/jersey-footlights-album-party-for-billy-hector.html "JERSEY FOOTLIGHTS; Album Party for Billy Hector"], The New York Times, April 01, 2001. Retrieved July 9, 2011. 4. ^1 Selzer, Hal B. Local Noise: Billy Hector – Stayin’ Alive. March 26, 2010. The Aquarian. Retrieved December 20, 2011. 5. ^1 2 Billy Hector Band. Jersey Shore Jazz Blues Foundation. Retrieved July 9, 2011. 14 : 1956 births|Living people|American folk singers|American male singer-songwriters|American singer-songwriters|American rock guitarists|American blues guitarists|American male guitarists|Jersey Shore musicians|People from Orange, New Jersey|Songwriters from New Jersey|Guitarists from New Jersey|20th-century American guitarists|20th-century male musicians |
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