b. Dallas, Texas, USA. A professional country musician since the early 70s, it is only recently that Bell has begun to earn deserved recognition. As a child he spent time in South America, where his father worked in oil production. He returned to Houston when he was of school age, playing cornet in high school, having already taken piano lessons from his mother, but later switching to guitar and forming the Tradewinds. After high school he secured opening spots at famed Houston venue the Sand House Coffee House. Building his profile was to prove a laborious process, but eventu...