Billy Cross

Billy Cross (born July 15, 1946) is an American guitarist, singer and producer from Manhattan, New York who has lived in Denmark since 1980. He has been part of the Danish bands: Delta Cross Band,Cross-Schack-Ostermann, and Everybody's Talking.

Billy Cross graduated from Columbia College-- the undergraduate liberal arts college of Columbia University in 1968 as an English literature major.^[1][2] He is the nephew of Columbia professor and noted literary critic Lionel Trilling.^[3]

Cross began as a professional musician in the United States in 1960 as a studio musician and assistant producer. He played briefly with the 1950s nostalgia act Sha Na Na and played guitar in the Broadway show of Hair. He became the musical director of the National touring company of Hair in 1972. Cross also played in Jim Rado's after-Hair show: Rainbow in NYC. He played guitar on Jobriath's two albums and was a member of his live band. He first visited Denmark in 1974,--giving concerts in Copenhagen--returning there often despite working with Bob Dylan and Meat Loaf at the time. Billy Cross was a member of Dylan's band from late 1977 to the spring of 1979 and took part in recording Dylan's live LP Bob Dylan at Budokan in 1978 and the studio LP Street-Legal. He was also a member of the New York based trio Topaz that released one LP in the USA in 1977. He also played guitar on Robert Gordon/Link Wray's first two albums Robert Gordon & Link Wray and Fresh Fish Special. He also played on Link's album Bullshot.

Billy Cross recorded the album No Overdubs with the Danish blues/rock band Delta Blues Band in 1979. He became a regular member - with the band changing its name to the Delta Cross Band to welcome him. With Delta Cross Band, Billy Cross released four more albums: Rave On (1979), Up Front (1981), "Astro Kid" (1982) and Tough Times (1990). The greatest hits CD Dirty Trax was released some time later.

En 1980, Cross produjo el álbum Tidens tern del cantante de rock danés CV Jørgensen, donde también tocó la guitarra y coescribió la música. Los demás miembros de Delta Cross Band también participaron en el disco. Cross se mantuvo fiel a Delta Cross Band, cuyas actividades habían disminuido considerablemente después de 1983, con menos conciertos.

"Take Me Back", del álbum Up Front , fue versionada por Bonnie Tyler para su álbum de regreso Faster Than the Speed ​​of Night en 1983. En 1986 lanzó Billy Cross, su primer álbum en solitario.

Como productor y músico de estudio, Billy Cross produjo obras de: Anne Dorte Michelsen , CV Jørgensen , Björn Afzelius , Allan Olsen , Henning Stærk , Søs Fenger , Henrik Strube, Jørn Hoel, Pretty Maids , Johnny Madsen , Lars Lilholt y la banda danesa Dalton formada por Lilholt, Madsen y Olsen. ^{[ 4 ]}

Everybody's Talking lanzó cuatro CD: Everybody's Talking , Talk of the Town , Louisiana y Now We're Talking entre 2003 y 2010. En 2017 lanzaron We Need to Talk .

Lanzó su segundo álbum en solitario, Life Is Good, en 2004, seguido de otro álbum, So Far So Good, en 2009. Regresó con su álbum The Dream Hasn't Changed en 2012. Lanzó su quinto LP en solitario, Goodbye to the 60s, en 2015. Su sexto álbum, The Prettiest Train, se lanzó en 2021. Junto con Rasmus y Jonas Dissing y Las Nissen Copenhagen Skyline, se espera que un álbum de canciones de Billy cantadas por Rasmus junto con una canción inédita de Bob Dylan se lance el 27 de mayo de 2022. Billy Cross ha escrito dos libros: el libro de cocina estadounidense "Mit amerikanske køkken" (2001) y un libro de memorias "Så langt så godt – et liv med rock" (2010), ambos en danés. ^{[ 5 ]}

• Mit amerikanske køkken , libro de cocina (2001)
• Så langt så godt – et liv med rock , memorias (2010)

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