“Here we go,” you think, “another entertainer’s autobiography.” Wrong…You have never and will not ever find another story like ‘Carry Your Own Guitar.’ How an abused, abandoned, 8 year old little ‘white’ boy adopted by a beautiful Mexican woman who was working under an assumed name in Hollywood films, managed to be transported from a California barrio to the prestigious Juilliard School of Music in New York City, and survive an horrendous automobile accident after being read ‘The Last Rites.’ This is only the border of the puzzle of Bill’s life. Fill in the middle with the part where he went on a fishing trip with Rick Nelson and married a beautiful blonde girl that he had only known for three days…A marriage that is still going strong after more than 50 years…. Next, find the pieces that fit the years Bill was a member of the elite L.A. recording studio band that played on hundreds of major hit songs in the 60’s and 70’s. Some guy named Elvis, used to call Bill, ‘The Fixer’ because of his unique musical ability and insights. No stranger to trouble, the young guitarist almost ended up as a ‘missing piece,’ when Bill made fun of a foreign dictator over the air on a San Diego radio station. He got put on the ruler’s international hit list. That could be one of the reasons Bill’s lifelong friends and members of ‘Los Nomadas’ used to joke: ‘Don’t let ‘em kill the white kid.’ But, the puzzle’s not done yet. So, you’ll have to read the book to see the whole picture. Hold onto your sombreros. You’re in for quite a ride… Can’t wait for the film version. Holly Rose Garrett, Front Row Lady Music BMI
