The Real Bill Lewis is a singer, songwriter, guitar player, pianist, playwright, novelist, and musician’s musician. You can find him jamming with the stellar hill country musicians who show up for his regular gig under the trees in Luckenbach, Texas, doing his duo with the legendary Doug Davis, playing piano with The Any Given Sunday Band, or touring the vicinity with his solo troubadour act. Whether he is crooning songs from his folk opera about addictions both legal and illegal or stunning the audience by accommodating most any request they can throw to the stage, his voice, phrasing, and musical originality is always unmistakably Bill Lewis. The Real Bill Lewis’ past and current gigs include The Blue Door (Oklahoma City), Gruene Hall, Alice’s Restaurant (opening for Arlo Guthrie), Hondo’s on Main (Fredericksburg), Silver Creek (Fredericksburg), Luckenbach, Poor David’s Pub (Dallas), Oma’s Secret Garten at Gruene, Billy Bob’s Texas, Lajitas Resort . . . along with lots of other honky tonks, concerts, and festivals across the U.S. over the last thirty years. He has opened for or shared the bill with Billy Joe Shaver, Asleep at the Wheel, Arlo Guthrie, Hank Williams, Jr., Bruce Robison, Michael Martin Murphy, John Anderson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ernest Tubb, Joe Ely, Leon Rausch, The Glaser Brothers, Faron Young, Sammi Smith, Tracy Nelson, and Grandpa Jones, to name a few. Bill Lewis is available to perform as a solo act, duo, trio, or full band.