Billy Hill and the Hillbillies

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Billy Hill and the Hillbillies are a musical/variety group at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. The group performs a bluegrass country-music-centered show along with classic rock and rap (performed in a country and bluegrass style). They have released some of their music on CDs.

The group had four original members, all using the stage name of Billy Hill, who performed from August 5, 1992 until November of 1994. The original members are:

Kirk Wall (master of ceremonies and sometime-Elvis impersonator), guitar and fiddle
Mario Hildago, banjo
Dennis Fetchet, fiddle
John Marshall (founder), bass

Mario was later replaced before the opening inside the Golden Horseshoe on December 18, 1994 by:

Evan Marshall, mandolin

Evan Marshall left the band in 2003.

Today, Billy Hill and the Hillbillies perform 7 days a week inside the Golden Horseshoe Saloon as three different teams: [1]

Blue Team (Sunday, Monday)	Gold Team (Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday)	Green Team (Thursday, Friday)
Rick Storey, banjo and guitar Kirk Wall, guitar and fiddle Anders Swanson, bass and fiddle Dennis Fetchet, fiddle and mandolin	Duane Michaels, mandolin and fiddle Kirk Wall Dennis Fetchet John Marshall, bass	John David, guitar and banjo John Marshall Duane Michaels John Eaden, lead and guitar

[edit] Locations

Critter Country from 1986 until 1990: The original home of Billy and the Hillbillies.
Disneyland's Golden Horseshoe Saloon from 1992 to the present: The current home of the act.
Disneyland's Big Thunder Ranch: 1999-2000 while the Golden Horseshoe was occupied by the Woody's Roundup show based on Disney and Pixar's Toy Story 2.