The Bills are a high-impact, acoustic folk music quintet from the West Coast of Canada.
[1][2] Formed in 1996 (as The Bill Hilly Band),[3] they have performed extensively throughout North America and Europe, with their strongest followings in Western Canada, the Western US, Ontario and the UK.
Though the lineup has had a few changes since the band first formed, the present-day Bills are: The group has also toured and recorded with both Joey Smith and Nick Mintenko on bass; Glen Manders ("Reverend Bill Bass") was the bassist from 1998 to 2008.
[9] At the 2006 Western Canadian Music Awards, The Bills won the award for Entertainer of the Year.
[11] The Bills received a nomination for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year - Group at the 2005 Juno Awards[12]