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BILLY:

Mark Parypa

David Lee

Tom Shannon

Gord Lane 

Scott Watson

A five piece cover band based in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada playing a wide repertoire of songs from current favorites, Canadian classics to retro hits from the past.

http://home.westman.wave.ca/~billy/

Friday, June 26, 2009

Christmas Party 2008  (Where's Tommy??)

Sunday, December 23, 2007

• A big thank you to everyone who came out to the 4th annual Billy Christmas party last night.  Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  If you happened to miss last nights party, we will be back in the summer for Mark's Summer Shed Soiree 2008.  For the history of Billy, please click here.

Billy Christmas Party December 22, 2007

Billy Christmas Party December 2, 2006

Sunday  January 15, 2006

• Not much news to report but I figured it was time to take down the Christmas lights for another year.  After a three week break over the holidays we finally got back at it and beat some of the cobwebs off last week.  It looks like we are going to concentrate on learning some new tunes for the next little while.   Some pictures from our last gig at the Forty can be seen here.   Also, if you missed the year in review, it can be found there as well.  

Tuesday  December 20, 2005

• Thanks to everyone who came out to any of the gigs over the last year.  We are gonna take a break for a few weeks and then finally get back to learning some new songs.   Don't forget to sign the Guestbook.   See you in the New Year.  

Sunday, December 18, 2005

• Thanks to everyone who managed to take some time to come down to the Forty this weekend.   We had a bit (understatement) of a rough night on Friday with some technical issues that threw us off initially.  Although we got everything sorted out, for some reason we just couldn't really get on the same page.  There isn't a whole lot you can say really - sometimes these things happen.  Luckily, this wasn't a one nighter so we had another chance.   It would be nice to say that somebody in the band had some inspiring words or if we even talked about the previous night, but thats not really the way Billy works.  On Saturday, we just got on stage, played the best we could and everything went fine.  Simple as that. The Omen played great as expected and as usual Mike did a great job with the sound.  Some pictures from the weekend and possibly the Billy year in review will be up later this week. 

Sunday, November 20, 2005

• Billy will be playing live at the North Forty Saloon with The Omen on December 16/17, 2005.  Before you spend all your hard earned cash on gifts, come on down to the Forty for a few beers and what should be a pretty wide selection of tunes.

Sunday, November 6, 2005

• No real news this week.  I was just looking for an excuse to mess around the web site a bit.   We are currently working on revamping our set lists to add some tunes, and also add some acoustic flavor into the mix.   

Sunday, October 23, 2005

• Thanks to everyone who came out to the social at the Strathclair arena last night.  Also, thanks to the organizers for having us, The Last Little Bar Band,  Wad and to Morgan for giving us a hand with the sound.   Should have some more pictures posted from last night some time next week.   

Monday, October 10, 2005

• Billy will playing the Strathclair arena on October 22/05.  This gig is a fundraiser for the restoration of the arena.  The other two bands playing are The Last Little Bar Band and Wad.  Tickets details:  Under 12 yrs free,  12-16 yrs $8.00, 17 & over $15.00.  This should be a special show as Scott Watson will be back to sing some tunes as only he can.  

Wednesday, September 07, 2005

• Added some new pictures from our Minnedosa Rockin the Fields set courtesy of Kat photography. Check them out here.  We had our first practice yesterday after a five week break.  Hopefully we will soon have some new tunes in the works.  Finally, it looks like we will be playing somewhere in the Strathclair /Shoal Lake area on October 22/05 (details to follow).  

Sunday, July  30 2005

• Thanks to everyone who checked out our set in Minnedosa on Friday night.  Also, a big thanks to Vaughan Boles, the sound crew, and all the co-op organizers for putting off the event.  Our thoughts going into this gig  was to keep the talking to a minimum and play as many songs we could in the hour and a half we were given.  This way people would get a little more bang for the buck.  We managed to play twenty tunes.  Not quite the Ramones (who used to play eighteen songs in thirty minutes), but all in all, not too bad.  Check out a couple of pictures here.  Hopefully, we can post some more later.  

Sunday, July  10 2005

• Thanks to everyone who came out to the North Forty on Friday and/or Saturday night.   Also, a big thank you to the staff for making it a great weekend.   Hopefully, it won't be another two years before we can get back again.  For the next few weeks we'll be getting our set ready for  Rockin' The Fields.  We are always looking for song suggestions, so If you've got any, drop us an email at billy@westman.wave.ca or leave them in the Guestbook.

Sunday, July  3 2005

• The lineup for Rockin' The Fields has now been announced.  We'll be playing on Friday July 29th at 8:30PM.  Also on Friday night will be Filthy Lucre, Wide Mouth Mason and Jack Semple.  Finally, as you can see above come on down to the Forty this weekend for a few beers and some good tunes.  Don't forget to sign the Guestbook.

Friday, June 10,  2005

• Billy,  a gig?   Can it be?  Yes it can be.  July 8th and 9th at the North 40.  I took a look back through the archives and figured out that we haven't played the 40 since April of 2003.  Also, Prism has been added to the Rockin' The Fields lineup so get your tickets now.   Finally, both the song list and gigs pages have been updated.  

Sunday, April 01,  2005

• Thanks to everyone who came out for the social in Kenton last weekend.  Everyone in the band had a great time.  We do not venture outside Brandon very often for gigs.  However, both times we have been in Kenton in the last few years we got a good reception, so thanks again.  Looking forward to Rockin' The Fields, but hopefully we can get some other things going (gigs, more tunes etc.) in between now and then.  Don't forget to sign the guestbook.  

Thursday, March 03,  2005

• Check out the song list for some of the new tunes we have been working on as of late.  It looks like we are playing at Rockin' The Fields in Minnedosa on August long weekend.  It should be a good time.  Also announced so far are Kenny Shields and Streetheart, April Wine, Jack Semple, Wide Mouth Mason,  Filthy Lucre, 18 Rabbit, Sweet Siren, Chris Ghidoni and Nobodys Business, and FUGR.  

Monday, January 03, 2005

• Thanks to everyone at the Band Bash on Friday night.  Also, thanks to  all the other bands, sound guys, security, etc.  Hopefully, a good time was had by all.  Just posted some pics so take a look on the photos page.  We should be posting some new gigs soon as Tom is thriving in his new role as booking agent.  

Sunday, December 19, 2004

• Check out the photos section for some new pics from last night.  Thanks to everyone who came out .   We are about to start getting our set ready for the New Years Eve Band Bash at Brandon University.  Tickets are available at  Look Music, LA Hair, Cycleboyz, Warlock Tattoo, Catch-A-Tan, Cecil's Bar In Shilo or from any of the bands (DEZL,18 Rabbit,  Makin' Gravy, and Billy).  Don't forget to sign the guest book and more importantly, have a MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Tuesday, December 07, 2004

•  Welcome to the new Billy website