Bill Culp

Bill Culp is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and entertainer who performs approximately 200 shows per year and includes Canada, the USA and Europe amongst his musical travels. As a busy professional, Bill works as a solo artist, band leader, sideman, actor and emcee, and has enjoyed success in each of these pursuits.

As a solo artist, Bill Culp first rose to prominence with the 2005 release of "Roots'n'Roll" on Bullseye Records of Canada. The disc's impressive mixture of rock & roll, pop and country was distributed across North America via Fusion 3 in Canada, Burnside in the USA, and across Europe via Dusty Records (Sweden). With a solid combination of catchy songwriting coupled with excellent musicianship, the disc was critically praised and peaked at # 11 on the Freeform American Roots chart in the USA, while the lead single "Riverside" enjoyed three consecutive months on the Canadian Country Radio Hot 100 chart. In total, the disc was radio play listed in twelve countries around the globe including France, Belgium, Scotland, Australia, The Netherlands, The UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, The USA and Canada. Click here to read some reviews for "Roots'n'Roll".

As a musician, Bill Culp has performed on-stage and/or in the studio with an interesting array of notable names including Garth Hudson (The Band, Inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland), Cleave Anderson (Blue Rodeo), Kimberly Rew (Katrina and the Waves), Dave Rave (The Shakers), Gord Lewis and Frankie Venom (Teenage Head), Bill Priddle (Treble Charger), Juno winners Jack deKeyzer and Jim Byrnes, CCMA winner Sean Hogan, David Celia, Keith Glass and Joan Besen (Prairie Oyster), 4-time Juno nominees Chris Whitely and Marie Bottrell, Kevin Kane (Grapes of Wrath), Simon Kendall (Doug and the Slugs), Jack Syperek (The Trews), Gene Taylor (The Blasters), Ray Farrugia (Junkhouse), Astrid Young, Steven Drake (The Odds) amongst a long and growing list. Click here to read more about some of Bill's live performance highlights.

As a band leader, Bill Culp provides top-notch backing musicians for numerous world-class tribute shows featuring the music of Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash, Tammy Wynette, Patsy Cline, Jerry Lee Lewis and Roy Orbison. Bill also works as the band leader with one of Canada's top dance party bands "The Rug-Cutters" and the rockabilly flavoured "Memphis Cats".

As an actor, Bill is best known for his co-starring role in the musical play "Good Rockin' Tonight: The Sun Records Story", the official, international touring show of the legendary Memphis-based record label that launched the careers of numerous rock & roll pioneers. In this show, Bill portrays Carl Perkins "the king of rockabilly" and the author of the classic tune "Blue Suede Shoes".

From his early, raw recordings with Canadian campus punk legends "The Problem Children" to his latest releases on iTunes, click here for Bill's complete discography.