Billy Goodman was born in 1954 in Yonkers, New York, into a large Irish Catholic family that had originally immigrated in the 1920s. He started playing guitar at the age of 10 and was performing by age 13. Forced by the ever-helpful nuns to sing in the school choir with his brother Frank, he still maintained a strong interest in girls, rock'n roll and getting into trouble. At age 18 he made his way to Manchester, England, playing folk clubs and learning reggae from the English and Jamaican locals until he finally got kicked out a year later when the immigration authorities disc… read more
Billy Goodman was born in 1954 in Yonkers, New York, into a large Irish Catholic family that had originally immigrated in the 1920s. He started playing guitar at the age of 10 and was performing by age 13. Forced by the ever-helpful nuns to sing in the school choir with his brother Frank, he … read more
Billy Goodman was born in 1954 in Yonkers, New York, into a large Irish Catholic family that had originally immigrated in the 1920s. He started playing guitar at the age of 10 and was performing by age 13. Forced by the ever-helpful nuns to sing in the school choir with his brother Frank, he still maintained a strong interest in girls, rock'n roll and gettin… read more
