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Bill Wallace (born May 18, 1949) is a bassist
Bassist

A bass player is a musician who plays a double bass, bass guitar, or another low-pitched instrument, such as keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as tuba or sousaphone....
 from Winnipeg, Manitoba
Manitoba

Manitoba is a prairie provinces in Canada, which has an area of 647,797 square kilometres and a population of 1,207,959 , with more than half located within the Winnipeg Capital Region ....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
. He got his start in the 1960s with Winnipeg rock band called The Gettysburg Address. He later joined his friends Kurt Winter
Kurt Winter

Kurt Winter was a Canadian guitarist.Starting his career with the Winnipeg bands the Fifth, Gettysbyrg Address, and Brother, Winter joined The Guess Who in May, 1970, along with co-guitarist Greg Leskiw to fill the gigantic shoes of the recently-departed Randy Bachman....
 and Vance Masters in Brother. Wallace was the lead singer and bassist. Brother was on its way on becoming the most popular rock band in Winnipeg, but by then Randy Bachman
Randy Bachman

Randolph Charles Bachman, Order of Canada, Order of Manitoba was lead guitarist and songwriter of the 1970s rock bands, The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive....
 of The Guess Who
The Guess Who

The Guess Who is a Canada rock music band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, that was one of the first to establish a major successful following in their own country while still residing there....
 had just left and needed a replacement.






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Bill Wallace (born May 18, 1949) is a bassist
Bassist

A bass player is a musician who plays a double bass, bass guitar, or another low-pitched instrument, such as keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as tuba or sousaphone....
 from Winnipeg, Manitoba
Manitoba

Manitoba is a prairie provinces in Canada, which has an area of 647,797 square kilometres and a population of 1,207,959 , with more than half located within the Winnipeg Capital Region ....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
. He got his start in the 1960s with Winnipeg rock band called The Gettysburg Address. He later joined his friends Kurt Winter
Kurt Winter

Kurt Winter was a Canadian guitarist.Starting his career with the Winnipeg bands the Fifth, Gettysbyrg Address, and Brother, Winter joined The Guess Who in May, 1970, along with co-guitarist Greg Leskiw to fill the gigantic shoes of the recently-departed Randy Bachman....
 and Vance Masters in Brother. Wallace was the lead singer and bassist. Brother was on its way on becoming the most popular rock band in Winnipeg, but by then Randy Bachman
Randy Bachman

Randolph Charles Bachman, Order of Canada, Order of Manitoba was lead guitarist and songwriter of the 1970s rock bands, The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive....
 of The Guess Who
The Guess Who

The Guess Who is a Canada rock music band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, that was one of the first to establish a major successful following in their own country while still residing there....
 had just left and needed a replacement. Kurt was called up to replace Bachman. This was ultimately the end of Brother, but both Masters and Wallace ended up in The Guess Who at one point in time. Bill co-wrote famous Guess Who hits "Bus Rider" and "Hand me Down World" (with Masters and Winter in Brother) but to this day has never received the credit. Bill Wallace replaced Jim Kale
Jim Kale

Michael James Kale, born August 11 1943, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) was a bassist for the popular band , The Guess Who. Kale left the band in 1973, after the Live at the Paramount album, when his drug use interfered with his ability to perform....
 in mid 1972, not long after the famous live album "Live at the Paramount" was released, which was, coincidentally, the same album on which Donnie McDougall
Donnie McDougall

Don McDougall is a guitarist who joined The Guess Who in 1972, replacing Greg Leskiw who moved on to a solo career. His first album performance was on the record Live At The Paramount, recorded in Seattle, Washington....
 was introduced to fans.

Since then, Bill (Wee Willy as known by Burton Cummings
Burton Cummings

Burton Cummings Order of Manitoba is a Canada musician and songwriter.A gifted showman, he was the lead singer for the Canadian Rock music Musical ensemble The Guess Who....
) has written and co-written many tunes including "Clap for the Wolfman", "Road Food", and "Follow Your Daughter Home", as well as had the lead singing part on "Bye Bye Babe". In 2000, then-bassist Jim Kale
Jim Kale

Michael James Kale, born August 11 1943, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) was a bassist for the popular band , The Guess Who. Kale left the band in 1973, after the Live at the Paramount album, when his drug use interfered with his ability to perform....
 could not fulfill his plans to join the original members of the Guess Who for a cross-Canada tour, so Wallace was called in to become the permanent bassist of the Guess Who. His two grown children, Gord and Marlo, were able to see their father perform live with The Guess Who for the very first time in July 1999 at Can-West Park. Before re-joining the Guess Who, he was a music teacher in his hometown of Winnipeg.

In 2001, he received an honorary music doctorate at Brandon University
Brandon University

Brandon University is a Canada university located in the city of Brandon, Manitoba, Manitoba, with an enrolment of 3383 full-time and part-time students....
 in Brandon, Manitoba
Brandon, Manitoba

Brandon is a city in southwestern Manitoba, Canada.The surrounding area is often referred to as "Westman Region, Manitoba".The city started as a major junction on the Canadian Pacific Railway, and the Assiniboine River and was then incorporated in 1882....
 with the rest of the Guess Who.

Bill currently teaches "Guitar" and "Digital Arts" classes at West Kildonan Collegiate.