Bill Sims Jr. (June 23, 1949 – February 2, 2019) was an American blues musician.
[1] He was born and grew up in Marion, Ohio, United States,[2] and began playing piano at the age of four.
At age 14, he turned professional and joined the rhythm and blues band the Jacksonian Blues, which he left to attend Ohio State University.
In 1971, Sims joined another rhythm and blues group, the doo-wop-influenced Four Mints.
He released his debut album, Blues Before Sunrise, in 1992, and in 1999, PBS did a 10-hour documentary on Sims and his interracial family (with Sims's partner Karen Wilson).