Bill Woods
Bill Woods, originally from Denison, Texas, came to the San Joaquin Valley at the age of 16. By the age of 26, Woods was the bandleader at the Blackboard Café. During that ten-year interval he lived in Arvin, Woodlake, and Richmond (during the war) playing guitar and singing at church and performing in local bands. His big break came in the late 1940s when he was hired by former Bob Wills vocalist Tommy Duncan to play piano and fiddle. Tommy Hays, a guitarist and bandleader who still plays in Bakersfield, once said that Bill Woods could darn near play anything including keyboards, guitar, and fiddle.Woods was a key factor in many performers careers including Buck Owens, Ferlin Husky, and Cousin Herb Henson. Bill Woods is known as the “Father of the Bakersfield Sound”.
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