Bill Gawley  Singer- Songwriter- Guitarist

Biography

Bill Gawley has been writing songs since his high school days in the late 70s, and began performing for the public in 1978. During the 1980s, he spent nine years as half of the folk/rock duo Crimson Sky, and performed as a soloist at many clubs and coffeehouses in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Gradually making his way up the coast of New England, he settled in Brooksville, Maine in 1993. In "real life", Bill is a biologist monitoring air and water quality.

Audiences have been enjoying his shows at restaurants, coffeehouses, and numerous benefit concerts, community events, summer fairs, and music festivals from Maine to Idaho. He has opened for nationally known artists, such as Loudon Wainwright III, Les Sampou, and David Mallett.

Bill's Music

Bill Gawley is a singer/songwriter in the classic sense. His songs weave tales of dancers, lost loves, soap operas, and murder mysteries, from perspectives ranging from political to poignant, sensitive to sidesplitting.His performances are always an adventure, with both the songs and the stories of their inspiration drawing the listener right into his compositions!

Bill Gawley blends elements of folk, rock, blues, country, and ragtime as he accompanies his strong, distinctive vocals with guitar and harmonica. Combining fingerstyle and flatpicking guitar techniques and the occasional open tuning, Gawley has created a clean, efficient instrumental style that has drawn from influences as diverse as James Taylor, Shawn Colvin, and Stephen Stills.