"Big" Jeff Sipe - Bass
Mikey Chavez - Drums
BILLY DESMOND (BILLY D.): Billy's soulful approach to music has been praised by Albert King, Junior Wells, Humbert Sumlin, & Shawn Colvin among the many who have heard & appreciated his songwriting & guitar talent.
THE HOODOOS: The HooDoos are great local favorites at clubs and regional music festivals where their CD's regularly sell out and their sets drive crowds to hip-shaking delight. Read Full BioBilly D. - Guitar and vocals
"Big" Jeff Sipe - Bass
Mikey Chavez - Drums
BILLY DESMOND (BILLY D.): Billy's soulful approach to music has been praised by Albert King, Junior Wells, Humbert Sumlin, & Shawn Colvin among the many who have heard & appreciated his songwriting & guitar talent.
THE HOODOOS: The HooDoos are great local favorites at clubs and regional music festivals where their CD's regularly sell out and their sets drive crowds to hip-shaking delight. Enjoying his popularity and success in the New Mexico music scene, Billy's first love is writing the extremely popular songs featured by The HooDoos. The HooDoos are a musical force that continues to rock the Rhythm & Blues scene in New Mexico.
Billy D's life experience has given him the strength to write the Blues with a passion that only comes from living it. He is heavily influenced by Chicago's blues, but Billy isn't just a typical blues man. His writing and musical talents create a "Backbeat Roots" style that goes way past traditional blues music. His songs reflect the tough lessons of his past and show his love for Mother Blues and her first-born, Rock & Roll.
Born on the south side of Chicago in the 50's, Billy grew up surrounded by R&B and the Blues, but as a child of the 50's his first love is Rock n' Roll. He started his professional career at 14, playing guitar at teen dances and private parties. By the age of 18 he was sneaking into the Blues clubs of Chicago to hear such greats as Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy and James Cotton. Over the next 10 years he would work as a guitarist for Junior Wells, Big-Time Sarah, and Detroit Junior (Howlin' Wolf's piano player for 20 years). He would also garner a good deal of session work as a slide guitarist.
In the early 1980's he formed his first band, Skip City Blues Band, which featured Billy as lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter. After 7 years of touring the Midwest, Billy moved to Los Angeles where he spent a year studying and working with Blues great Tony Matthews, guitarist for Little Richard and Ray Charles. Between 1989 and 1990 Billy also worked with the all-time best Blues violinist, Don "Sugarcane" Harris.
In 1990 Billy began concentrating exclusively on developing his original material. In 1998 he moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico and began playing his original material in local clubs to great acclaim. Within a few years, The HooDoos were formed and in August of 2002, with the help of the best studio musicians in New Mexico, Billy released his first CD, Tales From Hollywood (Real and Imagined).
In 2003, "She's the One" from this CD was the #1 requested Song by a Regional Artist at KTAO, the largest solar-powered radio station in the world. KTAO produces the annual SolarFest in Taos, New Mexico, where Billy and the HooDoos appeared that year with Robert Cray, Los Lonely Boys, and Shawn Colvin. In 2004 The HooDoos released their equally popular second CD, Rokdalbu!
"Humbert Sumlin was sitting out front of the Kingston Mines on the front fender of his Oldsmobile 98 after my set. Lots of people were talking to him, of course. I was walking up to introduce myself to him, a little nervous because it's Humbert Sumlin for gods sake! He caught sight of me, rose up, walked over and hugged me. I cried! He talked about how glad he was to hear people like me playing, and sat in for the entire next set."
After releasing his second CD, Rokdablu!, and several more successful years in New Mexico, Billy left the Southwest for Oregon in early 2010. His newest CD, Somethin's Wrong , has been embraced by the Portland music community and received outstanding reviews.
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Somethin's Wrong
Billy D & The Hoodoos Lyrics
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sounds like a secret you might want to keep
I love you baby and I know you well
I don't need the story baby I can tell
something's wrong something's wrong with you
It won't be too long now baby
there 's somethin's wrong with me too
Now tell me baby who do you see
Is someone else there or is it me
Am I your lover or just in the way?
I don't know the answer baby so all I can say is
somethin's wrong somethin's with you
It won't be too long now baby
There 's somethin's wrong with me too
somethin's wrong in the kitchen
somethin's wrong in the bed
somethin's wrong in your eye
something's wrong in your head
somethin's wrong there's somethin's wrong with you
It won't be too long now baby
There 's somethin's wrong with me too
It won't be too long now baby
There 's somethin's wrong with me too
somethin's wrong somethin's with you
and I don't know what to do
The lyrics of "Somethin's Wrong" by Billy D & The Hoodoos depict a narrator who is listening to their partner cry in their sleep and believes that there is something troubling them that they are keeping a secret. Despite their love for their partner, the narrator feels that they don't need to hear the story to know that something is wrong with them. However, the narrator also seems to be grappling with their own issues and expresses uncertainty about their role in the relationship. They ask if they are just in the way or if their partner is seeing someone else. The song ends with the repeated refrain that something is wrong with both of them and the narrator doesn't know what to do.
The lyrics of "Somethin's Wrong" have a melancholic undertone and seem to convey a sense of unease and helplessness. The narrator's inability to fix the problems that they are facing with their partner is palpable, and despite their love and concern for them, they cannot help but feel that there is something happening that they are not privy to. The repeated refrain of something being wrong with both of them also suggests that the issues they are facing go beyond the realm of their relationship, and perhaps have something to do with their own personal struggles.
Line by Line Meaning
I hear you baby cry in your sleep
I can hear you crying in your sleep
sounds like a secret you might want to keep
It seems like you're keeping a secret
I love you baby and I know you well
I love you and I understand you
I don't need the story baby I can tell
You don't need to tell me what's wrong, I can sense it
something's wrong something's wrong with you
Something is troubling you
It won't be too long now baby
We'll figure it out soon
there 's somethin's wrong with me too
I'm also having a problem
Now tell me baby who do you see
Who else are you thinking about
Is someone else there or is it me
Are you thinking about someone else or me
Am I your lover or just in the way?
Do you still love me or do you feel like I'm in your way
I don't know the answer baby so all I can say is
I'm not sure of the answer, all I can say is
somethin's wrong somethin's with you
Something is bothering you
somethin's wrong in the kitchen
There's something wrong with the way we cook food
somethin's wrong in the bed
There's something wrong with us in bed
somethin's wrong in your eye
I can see something is wrong through your eyes
something's wrong in your head
There's something bothering you in your mind
somethin's wrong there's somethin's wrong with you
Something is not right, you seem troubled
It won't be too long now baby
We'll figure it out soon
There 's somethin's wrong with me too
I'm also having a problem
somethin's wrong somethin's with you
Something is bothering you
and I don't know what to do
And I'm not sure how to help you
Contributed by Ella F. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Carl Donnelly
This man and his band are without a doubt a very rare quality that distinguishes a genuine and sincere artist from the run of the mill tripe dished out by some other singers.. Utterly fabulous....
billydandthehoodoos
Carl Donnelly ...Wow Carl just saw this thank U so much!
Billy D
Carl Donnelly
Thank you Billy, keep up the great work, will be chillin to your Art tonight with a nice tipple of southern comfort .Stay safe matey and say hello to the band. .
™GROWING BELUSHI
Great tune
Tim Bayne
10 years later and im still listening to this band!
Jordan Lake
Fuckin same here bro.
Tim Bayne
@Jordan Lake i listen every week, love the music!
Lindsay D'silva
Billy D you are a soul man! This song is a killer
John Lumpkin
I love this! These guys are great, they actually have talent. Wish we could record like this in the 60's. Power to the Indies Kinda makes me want to get high, or get my bass out & play.
Nicodim Ardelean
Just great, awesome song! They don't make songs like these so much nowadays. Keep rockin Billy D! You're doing it great! Can't wait to see some more of your incredibly great rock n' roll.