Instruments Guitar, vocals Years active 1970 – present | Name Bill Durst Role Musical Artist | |
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, guitarist Associated acts Thundermug
Tres Hombres
The Brains
Big On Venus Albums Hard and Heavy, The Great Willy Mammoth, Bill Durst Live Genres Rock music, Blues rock, Blues Similar Thundermug, Steve Strongman, David Wilcox, Jeff Healey | ||
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Bill Durst is an award-winning Canadian blues artist, who is also one of the founding members of the band Thundermug.
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- Day877b bill durst trio the devil and the deep
- The bill durst band la grange 2011 kitchener blues festival
- History
- Solo
- With Thundermug
- With The Brains
- References
The bill durst band la grange 2011 kitchener blues festival
History
Bill Durst, based on London, Ontario, Canada, co-founded the band Thundermug in 1970. The band existed from 1970 to 1976 and from 1991 to 2001, releasing five albums and two Top 40 Canadian singles. Thundermug went on hiatus in 1976, after releasing three albums. During this hiatus period, Durst joined a ZZ Top tribute band called Tres Hombres, and later was a member of The Brains, a band that released one album in 1980, on Falcon Records. In 1983, Durst released a solo album, Call Billy, on Passport Records His second solo album, Father Earth, in cassette-only format, was released in 1989, on the independent Cottage Records.
Thundermug reunited in 1991 and continued until 2001. The Thundermug name was formally retired in 2000, and the band continued for a period thereafter as Big on Venus. During the 1991–2001 period, two further albums were released by the band, featuring Durst, which resulted in three charting singles. Both during this period of band reformation and following the final breakup of the band, Durst continued his solo career. In 2005, he released The Wharncliffe Sessions. This record and subsequent recordings were released independently, on Durst's Durstwerks label. In 2006, as a member of Thundermug, Durst was inducted into the London Music Hall of Fame. In 2009, Durst released The Great Willy Mammoth and, in 2012, Bill Durst Live. In 2012, Durst won the London Music Award for most popular blues/R&B artist. In 2013, Durst was a featured performer at the Montreal International Jazz Festival. In 2014, Durst received the Jack Richardson Music Award for best blues/R&B performer.