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Bill
Dendle began playing banjo in 1963, and by 1967 was
appearing at Mickie Finn's in San Diego as leader
of the South Market Street Jazz Band, which also
appeared at Disneyland and on USO tours. In 1968,
Bill took over the job of lead banjoist at Capone's
Warehouse in Monterey, where he appeared off and
on for the next nine years. 1977 found Bill as an
entertainment consultant, banjoist, trombonist, band
leader and entertainer at Florida's Disneyworld,
where he opened the Empress Lilly Showboat. Bugs
and humidity sent Bill back to San Diego in late
1977 to revive the South Market Street Jazz Band,
which became a popular fixture at Dixieland Jazz
Festivals throughout the United States. From 1982
on, Bill appeared as one-half of the duo called Goodtime
Banjos at banjo concerts, jazz festivals, conventions
and private parties until 1995. Bill is currently
director of three jazz camp programs, two in Sacramento
(youth and adult), and one in Mammoth Lakes. He plays
trombone, guitar and banjo in Shelley Burns & Avalon
Swing, a popular Sacramento jazz, show and dance
band, and appears at jazz festivals, parties, conventions
and shows with his wife, the talented vocalist/entertainer
Shelley Burns, and Fast Eddie Erickson. Bill has
performed with Bob Haggart, Bob Crosby, Johnny Varro,
Dick Cary, Abe Most, Nick Fatool, Bob Draga and others,
and is highly regarded as a banjoist, trombonist
and very funny master of ceremonies. He has also
maintained a parallel career in Education, and is
currently Vice-Principal at Lindbergh Educational
Center in Manteca, California. Bill's home page is
found at S & B
Productions.
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