User:Wmkimmel/sandbox

'William L. Kimmel Jr.'' ==     William Kimmel was born in Los Angeles in May of 1960. He started playing piano at the age of four and added guitar when he was 11 years old. When he was 14 he had progressed in talent and was hired as a stufdio musician by Capital Records and later BMI inc. He was a member of the band "America" during the 1976 -1978 years, and helped Dan Peek compose some of the bands greatest hits. In 1979 William (Bill) moved to Las Vegas,Nevada, where he opened for many bands at the Alladin theater. His band was called Firefall and they opened for Kansas, Heart, Areosmith and Santana. Bill played with the gosple group "New Jerusalem Express" in Jamestown, NY from 1981 to 1986. Since then Bill's music carrer has been kept to a local level. This year (2012) Bill started recording and making videos for his facebook fan page:  and his personal blog:  http://zenawarness.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/hello-world/. He also has a youtube channel. Just search: wmkimmel in youtube search. Bill has been a practicing Zen Buddhist for over 30 years and was a resident a Upaya Zen Instatute in Santa Fe, NM. Bill spends his time helping others with end of life care training and grief management. Bill lost his 7 year old son(Michael)to an accidental drowning in 2006 and lost his 14 year old daughter (Kaleigha) to Cystic Fibrosis in 2007. Bill has been honored by the United States Honor Society for his work whith grief management. Bill has 4 surviving children; Jason 29, Christopher 27, Shawna 25 and Samantha 14. Bill's blog:  is open for all to follow and if you or a friend is going through the greif of death, please feel free to follow his blog or contact him for help and/or resources.