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Overview
BILL GREEN has played music all his life. At seven, he began playing guitar and piano until reaching high school when
he chose football over music. Upon graduation from high school and
All-State football honors, Bill received full athletic scholarships and
played football at Sul Ross State and Texas Tech University. In 1972, due to injuries, Bill gave up football
and upon graduation from college in 1973, he re-examined his future and
began pursuing his music career full time.
From 1972-1975, Bill played steel guitar with songwriter and friend, David Price
while also spending time in Nashville writing for a publishing company and recording. In 1976,
Bill recorded his first
Billboard Chart record, “Texas on a Saturday Night”. From 1976
to 1982, Bill continued to record in Nashville, releasing other Chart singles including “Fool Such as I”,
"Freeborn Man", and “Texas Greats”. In
1976 he went to work with the legendary Johnny Bush as bass player and
front man for a two year stint. In 1978, Bill formed his own band,
the Texas Greats, and toured the Southwest U.S. working with his friends
John Wesley Ryles, Becky Hobbs, David Wills, Brian Collins, and Kenny
Dale. In 1980, he formed the San Antonio based booking agency, Texas
Greats Promotions, and handled booking duties for many local, regional,
and national acts. In 1982, Bill left the “road” to spend more time
with his family and concentrate on the business and studio production.
It was at this time that Bill formed BGM records and his publishing
company, Bill Green Music. In addition to his production and record
business duties, as a songwriter Bill has had songs recorded by Johnny
Bush, Johnny Rodriguez, Doug Kershaw, Billy O'Rourke, and others, not to
mention three of his own albums which included many of his own songs.
Working in recording studios since the early 70’s, as an artist,
musician, producer, and engineer, has proven to be a
successful venture for Bill. In 1984, he had his first
Billboard production success with Bobby Jenkins', "Blackjack
Whiskey," which led to many other National chart credits including
Kenny Dale, Toby Keith & Easy Money, Billy Mata, Doug Kershaw and Hank
Williams, Jr. and others. More recent production and recording credits include
TJ Broscoff, Krysti Worley, Johnny Bush with Willie
Nelson, Johnny Rodriguez, Lantana, The Pear Ratz, Big John Mills, Billy O'Rourke,
Bobby Flores, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Stephanie Urbina Jones, and many others.
In
1985, Bill served two terms as president of the San Antonio Chapter of the
Texas Music Association and member of the State Board of Directors
TMA and was instrumental in the formation of the Texas Music Commission
(now the Texas Music Office, a branch of the Governors Office). In
addition to studio work, the
early 1990’s found Bill producing outdoor stage shows for special events on
artists such as Garth Brooks, George Strait, Willie Nelson, Reba
McIntire, Travis Tritt, Alabama, Tanya Tucker, and others.
With over 30 years experience in the music business, Bill is currently
President of BGM Network, with offices and studios in San Antonio.
Most of his time is spent in the Studio and administering the BGM
publishing catalog. The fact that he is experienced on multiple musical instruments and is equipped with the fundamentals of music
theory, gives him an advantage when it comes to producing and
engineering. Since 1972, Bill has accumulated over 40,000 hours of
studio and recording experience as a producer, engineer, musician,
songwriter, and artist (most hours as a producer and engineer).
Studio
Credits
(partial
list)
JODY
JENKINS (engineer, piano, tic tac)
KRYSTI
WORLEY (producer, engineer, mandolin)
BILLY MATA (producer, engineer, musician-6 albums)
TJ
BROSCOFF (producer, mandolin, piano, harmony vocals)
KELLY
KENNING (engineer)
JOHNNY
RODRIGUEZ & JOHNNY BUSH (engineer, harmonica, harmony vocals)
JEFF
GRIFFITH (producer, engineer, mandolin)
THE
PEAR RATZ (producer, engineer, keys, fiddle, harmony vocals-2 albums)
JAY
BOY ADAMS (engineer)
RICHIE
ALLBRIGHT (producer, engineer, fiddle, harmony vocals)
JOHNNY
BUSH (producer & co-producer, engineer, musician, harmony vocals-4
albums)
HERMANN
LAMMERS MEYER /Germany (engineer, musician, harmony vocals)
JOHNNY
BUSH & RAY PRICE (mix)
HALEY
SCARNATO (engineer)
LONNIE
SPIKER (producer, engineer)
JOHNNY
BUSH w/ WILLIE NELSON, KEVIN FOWLER, TOMMY ALVERSON,
STEPHANIE
URBINA JONES, and COODER GRAW (producer, engineer)
BIG
JOHN MILLS (engineer, background vocals)
RED
JENKINS / Sweden (producer, engineer, musician, harmony vocals)
BRUCE
HUDSON w/ DAVID
LEE GARZA Y LOS MUSICALES (producer-engineer)
LANTANA
(Producer, engineer, harmonica)
JIMMY
KAISER (producer, engineer, harmony vocals)
JIMMY
& DAVID LEE KAISER (engineer)
RICK
SOUSLEY (Producer, Engineer, harmony vocals, keys)
LESLIE
TOM (Producer, engineer, musician, harmony vocals)
GABE
GARCIA (engineer)
LONNIE
SPIKER (Producer, engineer)
BOBBY
FLORES (engineer-3 albums)
STEPHANIE
URBINA JONES (engineer, producer)
COODER GRAW (engineer)
JUSTIN TREVINO (engineer)
GLENN
GREEN (producer, engineer-3 albums)
STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN (engineer/audio book)
TOBY
KEITH and EASY MONEY (producer, engineer)
COLD/
Geffen Records (engineer)
BILLY O’ROURKE (producer, engineer, musician)
RICK CAVENDER (engineer-3 albums)
BRIAN STRANGE (engineer)
CHARLIE WALKER, RED JENKINS intl. (producer, engineer)
DAVID PRICE (producer, engineer, musician)
BEN McPEAK (producer, engineer)
GEORGIA MIDDLEMAN / (engineer w/ Dick Wagner producing)
DOUG KERSHAW w/ HANK WILLIAMS, JR. (producer, engineer)
DARRELL
McCALL (producer, engineer)
KENNY DALE (producer, engineer)
JOHN WESLEY RYLES (engineer)
GLENN
BARBER (producer, engineer)
CERRITO
(producer, engineer)
THE
CONES SISTERS (engineer)
BETH
WILLIAMS (mix)
BOBBY
JENKINS (co-producer)
Bill's
Halter Ego Site here.
 
 
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