Carry Your Own Guitar

Here we go, you think, another entertainers autobiography. WrongYou have never and will not ever find another story like Carry Your Own Guitar. How an abused, abandoned, 8 year old little white boy adopted by a beautiful Mexican woman who was working under an assumed name in Hollywood films, managed to be transported from a California barrio to the prestigious Juilliard School of Music in New York City, and survive an horrendous automobile accident after being read The Last Rites. This is only the border of the puzzle of Bills life. Fill in the middle with the part where he went on a fishing trip with Rick Nelson and married a beautiful blonde girl that he had only known for three daysA marriage that is still going strong after more than 50 years. Next, find the pieces that fit the years Bill was a member of the elite L.A. recording studio band that played on hundreds of major hit songs in the 60s and 70s. Some guy named Elvis, used to call Bill, The Fixer because of his unique musical ability and insights. No stranger to trouble, the young guitarist almost ended up as a missing piece, when Bill made fun of a foreign dictator over the air on a San Diego radio station. He got put on the rulers international hit list. That could be one of the reasons Bills lifelong friends and members of Los Nomadas used to joke: Dont let em kill the white kid. But, the puzzles not done yet. So, youll have to read the book to see the whole picture. Hold onto your sombreros. Youre in for quite a ride Cant wait for the film version. Holly Rose Garrett,Front Row Lady Music BMI