Bill Gibson is an American drummer. Since 1979, he has been the drummer for Huey Lewis and the News. Since the band's hiatus in 2020, he is currently a member of the Sons of Champlin.
Biography
Gibson was born in Sacramento to Edward and Phyllis Gibson. Gibson started playing the drums at age twelve.[1] His father, Ed, was an architect, and played drums after finishing work for the day.[1] He was influenced by Art Blakey and Buddy Rich. In 1967, his father took him to the Monterey Jazz Festival. He eventually acquired his first drum kit at fourteen, and as a teenager saw The Beatles twice, and The Dave Clark Five.[1]
^Tratner, Michael (February 25, 2021). Love and Money: A Literary History of Desires. Taylor & Francis. ISBN9781000339819. The chapter reads as a review evaluating the qualities in Huey Lewis' albums— some are New Wave... some bring out his quintessential bluesiness— and these shifts in musical style of this bands are as much 'events' in the novel as anything happening in the lives of the characters.