He is considered by many to be one of the best rock bass players in the world. Buffalo native Billy Sheehan now makes his home in California.

Back in the late 70's and early 80's, I would go see Billy perform quite often at places like The After Dark and Stage One. We used to do the occasional shot together as well. Billy was always very nice to me and loved to talk about music. We still keep in touch with occasional emails. I am very proud of him. He is one of the "Buffalo" guys that made it big.

Here's a recent video of Billy jamming with guitar great Steve Vai.

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