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Bill Bates is a Warwickshire based singer songwriter performing original songs in folk clubs, festivals and parties.

His songs are almost autobiographical. "I tend to add on bits when it suits the song," Bill explained, "but I definitely won't let the truth get in the way of a good rhyme or story".

Bill's comedy songs are often about the ordinary things in his life, such as selling his children's toys at a car boot sale to help pay household bills, or about disastrous family holidays in his little family caravan.

Bill enjoys the songs of Mike Harding, Bill Bailey, Jasper Carrot, Richard Digance and especially admires his mate Keith Donnelly. However, Bills songs do a have a definite unique and self desecrating style. "I tend to get the audience to laugh at me instead of with me. I think it is a gift" he explained.

To contact Bill please telephone 0777 5842 536 or email bill@billbatesmusic.co.uk

Dating Servi

"The Mars Bar song was written after I was invited to a house party. Everything was fine until people started taking off their clothes.  It was a bit of a shock and after four hours I insisted on leaving. As soon as I got home I wrote The Mars Bar Party song. There are many versions, one which is a little suggestive but harmless, another version best sung in noisy venues with semi-naked bar staff and the third version is saved for rather raunchy places where people take off their clothes and dance naked around an open fire. It is this version that is most popular in Folk Clubs!"