Billy Purcell

Billy Purcell

Billy (B.J.) Purcell (born William S. Purcell, August 4, 1955 in Danville, Virginia) is an American jazz and big band drummer based in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.

His professional music career began in the Roanoke, Virginia area in the late 1960s. In the mid-1970s, he was a staff musician at the Greenbrier Hotel and Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, working and recording with “The Populaires”, the long running house ensemble at the resort. Among the members of “The Populaires” was Kenny Martin, former vocalist and trombone player with the Jimmy Dorsey, Guy Lombardo and Jack Teagarden orchestras.

A student of jazz legend Joe Morello, he is notable for regularly appearing on "The Bill Jefferson Show", a traditional country music television program airing on WPXR, the ION network affiliate in Roanoke. He also serves as percussion instructor at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia.


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