Bill Watkins was born in Birmingham in 1950 into a Welsh/Irish family. As a teenager he moved to "Sister Scotland," where he discovered "a country that's like Ireland but without the rules." He has made a living as a musician, maritime radio officer, theater lighting director, and film lighting gaffer. Watkins has also contributed numerous articles to Private Eye, a satirical magazine in the U.K., The Glasgow Herald, and serves as the video critic for the Irish Gazette, an Irish-American newspaper in Minneapolis/St. Paul. He lives and entertains in Minneapolis, Minnesota where he is a free-lance druid and a co-owner of Molly Quinn's Irish Pub, where he leads weekly music sessions.

Bill's website can be found at
http://www.wildbillwatkins.com
Please pay him a visit