Bill and his late wife Bonnie established their legendary musical career as a duo in the early 70’s in Austin, Texas, and Red River, New Mexico. The joy they clearly felt performing together, their beautiful harmonies, and Bill’s masterful guitar picking made them favorites of the Austin music scene, where they are still deeply loved and respected by long-time fans and fellow musicians. Bill considers himself lucky to have collaborated, recorded, and performed with many giants of music, including Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Emmylou Harris, Nanci Griffith, Robert Earl Keen, Jerry Jeff Walker, Butch Hancock, Eliza Gilkyson, Michael Martin Murphy, John Denver, and too many other favorites to name. Bill has won numerous music-industry awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award from New Mexico Music Commission and is an inductee to the Kerrville Folk Festival Hall of Fame. The film biography, “New Mexico Rain: The Story of Bill and Bonnie Hearne” captures their extraordinary life and career.