Carlos Johnson’s Serious Blues Band plugging away at some classic shuffles.

LEARN! ABSORB! PLAY BETTER! SOUND BETTER! Bill Dickens PLAYED LIVE on November 7th – for Bass Player Mag with a host of other phenomenal players.   Here are the Bass Player Live 2015 Clinicians and Artists that appeared @ Bass PLAYER LIVE 2015  

I first met Jaco back in 1976 when he came to Chicago with Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters, but he was playing bass for the Headhunters. It was the headhunters featuring Jaco Pastorius because he was touring for his first record. After the show I got a chance to meet him and got a chance […]

  Bill Dickens adds his magic to a recording session for Grammy award winning harmonica player Sugar Blue’s latest release VOYAGE. Sugar Blue’s work has been heard throughout the ages and well known for his Harmonica work with the Rolling Stones on the song “Miss You” from their release “Some Girls” . Check out Bill’s […]

July 2nd, 8 pm – Pre-Dead Jam The Greatful Dead and then . . . Bill Dickens will be playing with Leo Nocenteli Bernie Worrell, Stanton Moore, Bill Evans from the Miles Davis band 8:00 PM The Portage Theater 4050 N Milwaukee Ave Chicago, Illinois (773) 283-7244 http://www.theportagetheater.com/

Bass Club-Chicago proudly presents Bass Clinic & Master Class featuring Bill “The Buddha” Dickens Bass Club-Chicago 5055 N Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60625 (773) 561-3521

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A Few pictures of Bill after the show on May 30th House of Blues – Chicago with Cece Peniston and Ten City

Special THANKS to Trina Williams on Facebook for posting this video. Her comments were as follows . . “The great Bill Dickens doing what he loves to do along with Jay Red Bass, Ty Drums, Delby Littlejohn, Bob, Steve and another great musician..(didnt catch his name). These cats, maaaaaan oh man they sound great! (Tonight’s […]

Carlos Johnson on Halsted in Chicago March 25th, 2015 – Some NASTY FUNKY BLUEZ Amazing performance by Carlos Johnson – guitar – vocals Bill Dickens – bass Roosevelt Vell “Mad Hatter” Purifoy Jr. – keyboards Pooky Styx – drums

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN & DOWNLOAD Stop The Violence – A simple statement in a complicated time.World renowned bassist Bill Dickens wrote and recorded the track for his 2014 release ‘Tha Truth’ to call attention to the shootings in Chicago. Over the July 4 th weekend there were more than 80 victims of gun violence […]

Published on Feb 18, 2015 – Note: Original video was damaged and only partially playable. Michael Henderson Concert Chicago