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Jul 05, 1956 London Borough of Bromley, England, United Kingdom 67 years old
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About Billy Jenkins Musician
- Billy Jenkins (born 5 July 1956) is an English blues guitarist, composer, and bandleader. Jenkins became famous as a member of Burlesque, then as part of Trimmer & Jenkins.
- After a short period, he was a member of Ginger Baker's Nutters.
- For several years, he ran Wood Wharf Studios.
- He worked on his own VOTP Records label and led the Voice of God Collective, a group which included Iain Ballamy, Django Bates, Steve Watts, Ashley Slater, and other members of the group Loose Tubes.
- The band released several albums, including Sounds Like Bromley and Uncommerciality. In the 1990s, Jenkins recorded several albums on Oliver Weindling's Babel Records and led some seasons at the Vortex Jazz Club.
- He is now best known as a blues guitarist.
- Until 2009, Jenkins was captain of Francis Drake bowls club on Hilly Fields, Lewisham.
- He masterminded a successful season of live music to accompany the 2006 FIFA World Cup at the Vortex Jazz Club. In the mid-1990s, Jenkins and his band The Blues Collective, took part in a parody documentary entitled Virus Called The Blues, produced and directed by Craig Duncan.
