"Samp" June 5, 2008

Bill Sample has been a force in the West Coast music scene for many years. A recent highlight of Bill’s career includes playing on the 2008, Grammy-winning Ratatouille soundtrack. Bill’s recording credits include Ashanti, Simple Plan, Michelle Wright, Jim Brickman, Randy Bachman (Jazz Thing), Eric Bibb, Valdy, Seal, Wakim Chow, Norman Foote and countless TV and radio commercials.

As a producer, Bill has worked with Eric and Leon Bibb, Jane Mortifee, the “legendary” Sample Stearns Band, Leonard and Sample and others. During his tenure as Music Director for David Foster, Bill worked with Brian Adams, Celine Dion, Fee Waybill (The Tubes), Boz Scaggs and Kenny Loggins, to name a few.

Bill’s composition credits include numerous scores for TV and film, including The Swinging Nutcracker, a one hour adaptation of Tchaikovsky’s Ballet, arranged for big band. Bill was Music Director for the Variety Club Telethon for ten years and is heading into a 14th season with Telemiracle in Saskatchewan. He co-starred in the TV series The Jim Byrnes Show, playing the ‘role’ of the piano player.

In 2006 - 2007 Bill Music Directed and accompanied the highly acclaimed musical Cookin’ at the Cookery with Jackie Richardson at the Arts Club Theatre.

In 2003, Bill was inducted into the BC Entertainment Hall of Fame.

(Quoted from www.billsample.wordpress.com)

Todays band additions: Bill Sample Trio & Bill Sample Quintet.

Todays gallery addition: Bill Sample Trio

Our thanks to drummer Bob Brown supplying todays pix.

DRIVE IN MOVIE THEATRE

For one night only, Saturday, August 16, 2008 there will be an outdoor theatre set up at South Shawnigan Lake called the "Lake Oasis Drive In". That's right folks, jump in your car, drive up the Malahat to the South Shawnigan turnoff and follow the signs to enjoy an afternoon and evening that includes a show & shine, live music, concession by the Beacon Drive In and three movies with authentic commercials in between (nothing like dancing ice crean bars and a hot dog jumping into the bun!). The audio will be transmitted through your am/fm radio so no speaker boxes will be hanging off your window. Mark it on your calendar and step back in time with us for an experience you can't get anywhere else on Vancouver Island this summer.

For more info, listen to the announcement on CFAX in our audio section or e mail us at:

[email protected]