billy rivers was a blues guitarist and song writer from darvel in ayrshire/scotland

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who tragically dies in a house fire about 2000ish.

he was mainly a loacal artist and never quite hit the big time and so is not really known. we wrote and produces all his own songs which were about his life and experiences and friends.

he realesed two albums, one on tape called shades a blue, and one cd called different shades (that i know of)

heres a list of tracks (from the cd different shades) and descriptions in billys own words.

1.mindblown(1979)

"a tale of how i failed to reach my destinatoin, but in returning meybe i found my destiny"

2.if you had a reason(1980)

"a song about being left in ignorance of the reason behind the departure of someone held dear"

(P.S. what was it? the drinin', B.O>,bad breath, or anti-social behavior and habits, as it sure as hell wasn't another woman, 'cos she swore blind she never told another soul)

3.sleepy eye(1981)

"an instrumental about an imaginary railroad stop somewhere in the new mexico desert"

4.ballad o willei mcrae(1987)

"the song no one else semmed to want to write"

5.reasons(1989)

"why?"

6."a" theme(1982)

"a personal challenge to my own abilities as a song writer"

7. bust nuckle/burnt toast blues (1979)

"me and my acoustic playing two instrumentals back to back. the first being about a personal injury sustained whilst welding a van, the second was inspired by a womans cooking"

8.wait'n'see(1982)

"always full of promises and good intentions"

9.leavin(1992)

"inspired by two of me closest friends, dougie and mop(kilmarnock bike breakers).

when dougie and myself went for a beer or three, and forgot the way home, mop would pack his bags, though since then the big man started getting ahead of the game by packing them himself"

10.fadin luv(1983)

"this song is about the eventual realisation

that everything in the garden was not rosy and what i thought i had, infact turned out to be just a foolish dream"

11.a celtic lament(1986)

"although i have a deep love and respect for my countrys culture, heritage, language and tradition i grew up in an area where gaelic wasnt spoken nor taught and traditional scottish music was very seldom played, so this is a song written by a contempororary celt about contempoary issues and views according to my own personal feelings and beliefs"

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