Bill Bentley (born August 24, 1950,

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)Margaret Moser
Back Door Man: The Man Behind ''More Oar'', Bill Bentley

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, December 17, 1999; www.austinchronicle.com. is an American

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, particularly notable for having produced

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of the music of significant cult artists Roky Erickson (1990),

Skip Spence Alexander Lee "Skip" Spence (April 18, 1946 – April 16, 1999) was a Canadian-born American singer, songwriter, and musician. He was co-founder of Moby Grape, and played guitar with them until 1969. In the same year, he released his only s ...

(1999), Doug Sahm (2009) and Lou Reed (2013), in addition to other recording projects.

History

Bill Bentley was born in Houston, Texas in 1950 and attended Lamar High School. He commenced playing drums at an early age. His music career started at the age of fifteen, when he interned at the

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-AM radio station in Houston. While in high school, he formed a band called The Aggregation, the local rivals of which were The Coachmen, from neighbouring Lee High School and featuring guitarist

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, later of

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. Bentley grew up in the newspaper business; his father, Bud Bentley, was a cartoonist and later the art director at the ''

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''. Bentley attended

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in Georgetown, Texas and later the

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, where he joined a band of

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s called The Bizarros. The band was notable for including

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founding member

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. Bentley had also developed an admiration for the 13th Floor Elevators during the Sixties, following the band extensively to dozens of Houston concerts starting at La Maison in 1965 on through to their last performances at Love Street Light Circus and Feel Good Machine in 1968. Bentley had developed

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skills, and was able to use these as an entry to a position in 1974 as the

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at the ''

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newspaper. In 1978, Bentley became the in-house publicist for KLRN-TV in Austin, as well as for the stations' long-running television show Austin City Limits. In 1980, he became the music editor at the ''

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'', being one of six people forming the core of the first editorial staff at that paper. Entering the record business, Bentley became the director of publicity at

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and rose to become a

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. In his role as a publicist, he has worked with such artists as Los Lobos, Elvis Costello,

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, Green Day, X,

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, The

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and

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As a record company executive, he has provided guidance to the careers of such artists as Doug Sahm, ZZ Top and

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. In addition, throughout a career in music that spans over forty years, he has been a writer of

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to numerous record releases. In 1990, upon learning of the financial distress of Roky Erickson, founder of the 13th Floor Elevators, Bentley organized a tribute album for him, for the purpose of raising funds. The result was '' Where The Pyramid Meets The Eye: A Tribute to Roky Erickson'', released on

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, part of the Warner Bros. Records group with which Bentley was then associated. Similarly, in 1999, when Bentley learned that

Moby Grape Moby Grape is an American rock band founded in 1966, known for having all five members contribute to singing and songwriting, and who collectively merged elements of folk music, blues, country, and jazz with rock and psychedelic music. They were ...

co-founder

was seriously ill with cancer and facing mounting medical bills, Bentley again organized a tribute album: '' More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album'', released on Birdman Records. In 1992, Bentley was instrumental in restarting the career of

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, acting as executive producer and writing the liner notes for Scott's comeback album, ''All The Way'', which was also released on Sire Records. Bentley is also notable for his efforts to enhance public appreciation of the contributions of particular artists. For example, he is the executive producer of a retrospective Roky Erickson compilation, '' I Have Always Been Here Before: The Roky Erickson Anthology'' ( Shout! Factory, 2005) and a tribute album to

Doug Sahm Douglas Wayne Sahm (November 6, 1941 – November 18, 1999) was an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist born in San Antonio, Texas. Sahm is regarded as one of the main figures of Tex-Mex music, and as an important per ...

, '' Keep Your Soul: A Tribute to Doug Sahm'' (

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, 2009), recorded and released nearly ten years after Sahm's death. Similarly, Bentley was associated with the 1992 compilation of O.V. Wright material, '' Soul of O.V. Wright'', released twelve years after Wright's untimely death, at the age of forty-one. Bentley was with Warner Bros. Records from 1986 to 2006, at which point he became the personal

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representative of

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, as well as the

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of Sonic Boomers Inc., an internet-based music news and information site, modeled "as something like

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for the older set, or maybe something like '' No Depression'' on the Web."John Nova Lomax
Bill Bentley goes online with Sonic Boomers

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, June 19, 2008; www.houstonpress.com. He also became the

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Director at

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, where his first signing was

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. SXSW
Bill Bentley Profile
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Merle Haggard scores highest solo bow in 25 years

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, May 7, 2010; www.reuters.com. When Concord Music Group purchased Vanguard Records, Bentley became senior director of A&R at Concord. He joined Concord Records's A&R department in 2015, and was A&R director for Alejandro Escovedo's Burn Something Beautiful release. He also co-produced the 6-CD set Otis Redding Live at the Whisky a Go Go: The Complete Recordings. Bentley remains a longtime contributor of music reviews and music articles to the ''

''. and writes the monthly reviews column Bentley's Bandstand at www.americanahighways.org. Bentley's first book, ''Smithsonian Rock & Roll: Live and Unseen'', was published by Smithsonian Books in October 2017. He is presently writing for Neil Young Archives, and started Water Bros. Films in 2019. The company is developing a documentary on longtime music manager Elliot Roberts (Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Geffen-Roberts Management, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and others), who passed away in 2019. Bentley produced a second tribute album for the late singer Roky Erickson, titled ''May the Circle Remain Unbroken'', released by Light in the Attic Records in 2021, and is presently producing a tribute album to Lou Reed titled ''The Power of the Heart'', to be released by Light in the Attic Records in October 2023.

Credits

* 1972 ''Greatest Hits''

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(

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/ MCA) Liner Notes * 1975 ''Electromagnets''

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(EGM Records) Liner Notes * 1987 '' Just Say Yes: Sire's Winter CD Music Sampler'' Various Artists(

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) Writer, Liner Notes, Editing * 1988 '' Opal: Assembly 1'' Various Artists (Opal Records) Liner Notes * 1989 '' Joe "King" Carrasco and The Crowns'' Joe "King" Carrasco ( Stiff/Tornado) Liner Notes,

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Producer * 1990 '' Good Old Funky Music'' The Meters (

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) Liner Notes * 1990 '' Just Say Da: Volume IV of Just Say Yes'' Various Artists (Sire) Liner Notes * 1990 '' L.A. Ya Ya'' Various Artists (

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) Liner Notes * 1990 ''

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and John Cale (Sire) Liner Notes * 1990 '' Where The Pyramid Meets The Eye: A Tribute to Roky Erickson'' Various Artists (Sire) Liner Notes, Executive Producer, Album Supervision * 1991 '' Allen Toussaint Collection''

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(

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) Compilation * 1992 ''

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(Sire) Liner Notes, Executive Producer * 1992 '' Grey Ghost'' Grey Ghost ( Spindletop) Liner Notes * 1992 '' Soul of O.V. Wright'' O.V. WrightHouston-based Wright is described as "one of the most underrated

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singers of his era". See Stewart Mason, Review of ''Soul of O.V. Wright'' www.allmusic.com. Wright died of a heart attack in 1980, at the age of forty-one; see O.V. Wright.( MCA) Liner Notes, Compilation * 1993 '' Velvet Redux: Live MCMXCIII'' The

(Sire/Warner Bros./Reprise) Liner Notes * 1994 '' Bird Nest on the Ground''

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(Antone's) Liner Notes * 1994 '' Can't Live Without It'' Various Artists( Antone's) Liner Notes * 1994 '' One Foot in the Blues''

(Warner Bros. Records) Liner Notes * 1994 '' Short Fuse''

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(Rounder) Liner Notes * 1994 '' Words + Music'' Ry Cooder (Warner Bros./Reprise) Interviewer * 1994 '' Z Zelebration: A Tribute to the Late Great Z.Z. Hill'' Various Artists (

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) Liner Notes * 1996 '' 4 Aces'' Texas Tornados (Reprise) Executive Producer * 1997 '' Anthology: The Elektra Years'' The

Paul Butterfield Blues Band Paul Vaughn Butterfield (December 17, 1942May 4, 1987) was an American blues harmonica player, singer and band leader. After early training as a classical flautist, he developed an interest in blues harmonica. He explored the blues scene in his n ...

(Elektra) Compilation * 1997 '' Little Bit Is Better Than Nada: The Nada Mixes'' Texas Tornados (Reprise) Executive Producer * 1997 '' Live on Letterman: Music from the Late Show'' Various Artists (

) Producer, Associate Producer * 1997 '' A Tone for My Sins''

Denny Freeman Dennis Edward Freeman (August 7, 1944 – April 25, 2021) was an American Texas and electric blues guitarist. Although he is primarily known as a guitar player, Freeman also played piano and electronic organ, both in concert and on various recor ...

( Dallas Blues Society) Liner Notes * 1999 '' More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album'' Various Artists ( Birdman) Producer, Liner Notes * 2000 '' Blues at Sunrise'' Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble ( Epic/ Legacy) Liner Notes * 2000 '' Return of Wayne Douglas''

(Tornado) Executive Producer * 2000 ''

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'' Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble (Epic/Legacy) Liner Notes * 2001 '' Labour of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe'' Various Artists (Telarc) Liner Notes * 2004 '' Animal Serenade'' Lou Reed (RCA) Executive Producer * 2004 '' Genuine Texas Groover: Complete Atlantic Recordings'' Doug Sahm Liner Notes, Compilation Producer * 2005 '' Heard It on the X''

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(Telarc) Liner Notes * 2005 '' I Have Always Been Here Before: The Roky Erickson Anthology'' Roky Erickson ( Shout! Factory) Liner Notes, Compilation Co-Producer (With Gary Stewart) * 2005 '' Just Say Sire: The Sire Records Story'' Various Artists (Rhino) Liner Notes * 2006 '' Complete Atlantic Sessions''

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Liner Notes * 2006 '' Definitive Collection''

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Liner Notes * 2006 '' Fishing with Charlie and Other Selected Readings''

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(Birdman) Liner NotesAn example of Bentley's liner notes is found here
''Liner Notes for Fishing with Charlie and Other Selected Readings''
www.birdmanrecords.com. * 2007 '' Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino'' Various Artists (

) Advisor * 2007 '' Night In New Orleans'' Eddie Zip (

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) Liner Notes * 2008 '' World of Peace Must Come'' Stephen John Kalinich (

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) Liner Notes, Executive Producer, EssayOriginally recorded in 1969, in the home of Brian Wilson, and co-produced by Wilson, but not released until 2008. Kalinich reciting poetry against a musical background by Brian Wilson and then wife Marilyn. An album of "music and psych-poetry"; se
Record Summary at Light In The Attic Records
www.lightintheattic.net. Vanguard Records: * 2009 ''Keep Your Soul: A Tribute to Doug Sahm'' Various Artists, Executive Producer/Liner notes * 2010 ''The Gathering'' Diane Schuur, A&R * 2010 ''I Am What I Am'' Merle Haggard, A&R * 2011 ''Old Mad Joy'' The Gourds, A&R * 2011 ''Beyond the Sun'' Chris Isaak, A&R * 2011 ''Working in Tennessee'' Merle Haggard, A&R * 2013 ''Wrote a Song for Everyone'' John Fogerty, A&R * 2013 ''Carly Ritter'' Carly Ritter, A&R * 2014 ''Lou'' Joseph Arthur, Executive Producer * 2014 ''Rock & Roll Time'' Jerry Lee Lewis, A&R * 2015 ''Soul Food'' The Word, A&R * 2015 ''First Comes the Night'' Chris Isaak, A&R Concord Music: *2016 ''Burn Something Beautiful'' Alejandro Escovedo, A&R (Fantasy Records) *2016 ''Live at the Whisky a Go Go: The Complete Recordings'' Otis Redding, Co-Producer (Stax Records) Light in the Attic Records: *2021 '' May the Circle Remain Unbroken: A Tribute to Roky Erickson'', Album Producer. Featuring Billy F Gibbons, Lucinda Williams, Charlie Sexton & Alison Mosshart, Chelsea Wolfe, Ty Segall, Mark Lanegan & Lynn Castle, Jeff Tweedy, Margo Price, Neko Case, Brogan Bentley, The Black Angels and Gary Clark Jr. & Eve Monsees. (July 17, 2021) Smithsonian Books: *2017 ''Smithsonian Rock & Roll: Live and Unseen'' by Bill Bentley (October 24, 2017)

References

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