biographical info
What is a Bill Colgate? Poster boy for mid-life crisis or a somewhat late bloomer?
In the past few years he has won 2nd Grand Prize Overall in the USA Songwriting Competition, 5th Place in The John Lennon Songwriting Contest and was a finalist in The Mountain Stage NewSong Contest (2003). He has just released his 3rd CD "boomer bust". It is the 2nd with his principal collaborator, guitar ace Cam MacInnes, and his first with killer rhythm section The Urbane Guerillas (Cam MacInnes, Shiraz Tayyeb and Stephen Bright).
Born in Welland Ontario and raised in Toronto, Bill Colgate is a bar band singer turned successful actor turned critically lauded and award winning singer/songwriter. In his acting life he has worked with the following names you may recognize: Tommy Lee Jones, John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton and Diane Keaton.
In his musical life, Bill appears regularly with his band Bill Colgate and The Urbane Guerillas and has shared the concert stage with the following notables: Ron Sexsmith, Sarah Slean, Amos Garrett and John Lee Hooker,
lineup
Bill Colgate Singer/Songwriter
Cam MacInnes guitar
Joe Gaitanis guitar, banjo, vocals
Jeff Dunk bass, acoustic guitar
Bruce Moffet drums
influences
Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen
Cole Porter
Lyle Lovett
Neil Young