Real Name: William Frederick McAdams III

Birthdate: 10/24 (Scorpio)

Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA

Personal points: Height: 5'10"; Weight: 10 stone 7

Present home: Pittsburgh, PA

Instruments: Guitar, piano, harmonica

Musical education: Little

Age entered show business: 17

First public appearance: Passavant Hospital

Biggest break in career: Opening for Dick Dale

Compositions: "Frederick Douglas High," "Living Room Blues," "Matilda"

Biggest influence on career: Electricity

Former occupations: Farmhand

Hobbies: Film, literature, downhill skiing, tennis, golf

• Color: Green



• Singers: Brian Wilson, Bob Dylan, Lennon/McCartney, Buddy Holly, Fats Domino, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Sam Cooke, Jonathan Richman, Bob Pollard



• Actors/Actresses: Cary Grant, Orson Welles, Jimmy Stewart, Audrey Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman, Carole Lombard, Joseph Cotton, Peter O' Toole, Jacques Tati



• Food: All kinds, esp. French



• Drinks: Tanqueray & tonic, Chartreuse, 7 & 7, Between the Sheets, Thai iced tea, coffee, good beer, fine wines



• Clothes: Early 60's



• Composers: Brian Wilson, Lennon/McCartney, Pete Townshend, Bob Dylan, Bob Pollard, Ray Davies, Bernard Herrmann, Thelonious Monk, Leiber & Stoller



• Groups: The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Who, The Kinks, The Zombies, The Shadows, The Wailers, Guided by Voices, Belle & Sebastian, the Coasters, Grand Buffet

Likes: My cat Matilda, analog, Thomas Pynchon, good Jazz, Jean Renoir, Hitchcock, sharkskin suits, the Archers, vintage cars, technicolor, snow

Dislikes: Broken gear, ignorance, W, small talk, bad art

Most thrilling experience: Junior year abroad in Sheffield, England

Tastes in music: Good

Personal ambition: To use time wisely

Professional ambition: To make records