{"title":"Billy Sullivan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBilly Sullivan is a professional musician who has been a veteran of the Cleveland and Buffalo night club scene since 1975. He has played in various bands over the years, including \"Duce\", \"The Paul Pope Band\", \"Club Wow\", \"Moonlight Drive\", \"Beau Coup\", and the duo \"Spina \u0026amp; Sullivan\". Billy has toured all over the world and shared the stage with renowned artists such as Gary Lewis, Mark Lindsay, Mitch Ryder, Dickey Betts, Peter Frampton, Mark Farner, Ian Hunter, Eric Carmen, Sam Moore, Lou Christie, Lesley Gore, Billy J Kramer, Peter Noone, Joey Molland,Tommy Roe,Bryan Hyland,and Jimmy Zero among others. He is an accomplished multi-instrumentalist who plays guitar,sings,and also drums,bass,and keyboards. With numerous recordings under his belt and successful solo releases like \"Never Again {Without You}\" and \"All-American Popster,\" Billy continues to make music and perform live.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBilly's musical journey began at the young age of 13 when he turned professional as a musician. Since then he has become an integral part of the music scenes in Northern Ohio \u0026amp; Western New York. Over the years you might have seen him performing in various bands such as \"Duce\",\"The Paul Pope Band\",\"Club Wow\",\"Moonlight Drive\",\"Beau Coup\"and also alongside Spina \u0026amp; Sullivan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout his career,B\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"paper-dreams","title":"Paper Dreams","description":"\u003cp\u003eBilly Sullivan’s solo debut album \u003ci\u003ePaper Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e on Kickstart Recordings. Including singles ‘Overcome’, ‘I Will Follow’ and the blistering ‘Running Out Of Time’. Recorded over just three days in Coastal Sound recording studios in Liverpool, \u003ci\u003ePaper Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e is Sullivan’s first collection of songs since the demise of former band The Spitfires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I can only really compare each album to the previous one” Sullivan says regarding the new album. “The last Spitfires record ‘Play For Today’ was so thought out. From the sound concept to the subject matters of the lyrics. Every tiny detail was planned and poured over and then of course debated. However \u003ci\u003ePaper Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e was completely natural - a collection of songs that me and Simon Dine just wrote for fun without it being an album or us particularly working towards anything at first. September 2021 to January 2022 were lost months for me and I wasn’t sure what I was going to do. 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Billy became well known on his local circuit, singing in clubs and later around college campuses all over the country, which later led to him performing live with some of the biggest names in black music of the 60's and 70's including Dinah Washington, Miles Davis, Nina Simone and Roberta Flack to name a few. Having signed to the Gamble label Paul released his first LP 'Feelin' Good At The Cadillac Club' in 1968, which started a long standing and very successful relationship with the formidable song writing and production duo Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. this is an exciting studio - 'live club date' recording combination and was produced entirely by the man himself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BBR","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50467658924363,"sku":"371706","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/825ba297-bcd6-4e1e-a27f-8a7df0edfaea_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727340379"},{"product_id":"running-out-of-time","title":"Running out of Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRunning Out Of Time\u003c\/i\u003e is the first physical single to be taken from Billy Sullivan’s forthcoming debut solo album - due early 2023. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lyrically it’s about the idea that once you hit your late twenties, you’re running out of time. That you immediately have to sort a job, a house, relationship, kids. For the only aim to be stability within a mundane scenario. But we’re still fed this idea of ‘normality’ in a time where it’s harder than ever to achieve what is expected. 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