He’s played and performed Blues Music most of his adult life, although he also performs Soul, Funk and old school R&B (James Brown, Wilson Picket, etc). Originally from the Pacific Northwest, where he lived all of his life until September of 2013 when he moved to the mountains of Western North Carolina. He is currently a member of one of the top rated Blues Rock bands in Western North Carolina, The Mattocks-Johnson Band who perform on a regular basis locally here in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Harmonica and his voice are his primary instrument followed by his skill on the guitar and piano.

His music projects here in the mountains of North Carolina are currently:

The Howie Johnson – Bill Mattocks Acoustic Duo

The Mattocks – Johnson Band

The Bill Mattocks Quartet

and most recently…Bill Mattocks Blues