Bill Lombardo has had an interesting career already, and he hasn’t hit 35 yet. Beginning in the early ’60s as a rock drummer, Bill participated in the San Francisco psychedelic scene. He went on to play funk, country, and top-40 bands. He’s played in clubs, on concert stages, at debutante balls and corporate functions. Along with all of that, Bill spent several years, first as drummer and later as leader, with the orchestra of his famous uncle, Guy Lombardo. Bill is now a successful bandleader/performer in his own right. In this interview, he outlines his highly diversified career, and the unique outlook on the musical profession it has given him. BL: Being a member of the Lombardo family, I was always around music. When we lived in New York, where I was born, my older brother Peter was taking lessons at the school that Gene Krupa and Cozy Cole set […]

February 1985 Issue