The son of Mohican-German parents was born on the Stockbridge-Munsee Reservation in northern Wisconsin. His Mohican name is
Fush-Ya Heay (meaning "bird song")
He learned to sing traditional songs at an early age and at age 12 got his first guitar.
After leaving the reservation to study art at the Layton School of Art and Design in Milwaukee (he later attended the University of Wisconsin at LaCrosse), Bill moved to Nashville to pursue a career as a singer/songwriter.
Bill's best known songs are Ghostdance, Raven in the Snow and Tumbleweed which was co-written with Peter Rowan.
Bill has an equally active career as a painter. His work has been shown and sold in prestigious galleries around the country, and he maintains a studio at his Nashville home, where he lives with his wife and children.
"Prayers For The Truth," states all that the Native American Indian community hold sacred, while offering forgiveness to those that nearly annihilated an entire people.
Your one the most AWESOME human beings on the plant, Keep walking in beauty that you are. Your so beautiful. thank you
Sep 18, 12:43 PM
thanks so much !
Apr 14, 07:49 AM
i have loved your music since i first saw you open for Tori Amos when i was 15 in 95'... keep up the praising!
Apr 08, 04:47 PM
Ya-ta-hey!
I've loved you and your circle since I first saw you in 1999. You honor the People!
Wado!
Nov 18 2008, 11:26 AM
Please come to Bangor, ME!
Jul 25 2008, 03:02 PM
Message to Bill and his circle: Please perform in Northern California, Reno, or Southern Oregon (Ashland, Jacksonville, or even Eugene), so I can see you in person! I love your music! Thank you for all you do.
May 29 2008, 04:13 PM
Great song, I'd like to start doing it in the band up here, maybe even put it on my cd for next year....It's gonna be a Country Cd. Right Bill. Aho!