Bill Vitt

Bill Vitt
Origin	San Francisco Bay Area
Genres	Rock, jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Drums, keyboards
Years active	1960s–present
Associated acts	Sons of Champlin, Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia

Bill Vitt is an American drummer and keyboardist.^[1] He has worked extensively as a live performer and as a session musician. In the 1970s he played with Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders, and the Sons of Champlin. He retired from the music business in the 1980s, but became active again in recent years, playing live shows and recording albums.^[2]

Discography

• Hooteroll? – Howard Wales and Jerry Garcia – 1971
• Tarkio – Brewer & Shipley – 1970
• Danny Cox – Danny Cox – 1971
• Heavy Turbulence – Merl Saunders – 1972
• Rural Space – Brewer & Shipley – 1972
• Tom Fogerty – Tom Fogerty – 1972
• Excalibur – Tom Fogerty – 1972
• Fillmore: The Last Days – various artists – 1972
• Casting Pearls – Mill Valley Bunch – 1972
• Fire Up – Merl Saunders – 1973
• Live at Keystone – Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia, John Kahn, Bill Vitt – 1973
• Keystone Encores – Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia, John Kahn, Bill Vitt – 1988
• Fire Up Plus – Merl Saunders and Friends – 1992
• ASAP – David Collini – 1992
• Keepers – Merl Saunders – 1997
• Side Trips, Volume One – Howard Wales and Jerry Garcia – 1998
• Garcia Plays Dylan – Jerry Garcia – 2005
• Well-Matched: The Best of Merl Saunders & Jerry Garcia – Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia – 2006
• State of Grace – Bill Vitt – 2008
• Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings – Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia – 2012

References

1. Bill Vitt credits at Allmusic. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
2. Gatta, John Patrick (November 16, 2012). "Bill Vitt Remembers His Keystone Companions: Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders". Jambands.com. Retrieved April 3, 2013.