Meet Another Former "Cops In Concert" Alumnus, Bill Brendle.

Yes, another very successful former memeber of "Cops in Concert" era 1984-85. My roomate John Sponsler had replaced Bill when he and then drummer Tony Hernandez left "Cops" to persue another musical venture. Bill briefly returned to "Cops" for one show around 1989. Bill grew up here in town and graduated from the same high school my wife attended around '81-'82.

Bill got a music job with the cruise lines and eventually became a one man band using his keyboards and sequencers. He graduated into the ship's music director. I didn't see much of Bill during this time since the cruise line staff are usually gone for about 6 months out of the year.

I recently was wondering about old band mates and did a Google search on another musically friend bass player Tim Sherwood. Through Tim's website, I did a search on Bill and found him on MySpace.

Bill has composed and produced music for many independent and feature films for 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight, and Warner Brothers. His music has been heard in many TV commercials, and he is the composer for a several documentary films that have aired on PBS, The Discovery Channel, and HBO. He works with Rickey Minor (musical director for the Grammys), and is currently an arranger/orchestrator on the highly successful program “American Idol”. He has performed as a keyboardist and pianist with some of the most recognized names in music including: Sergio Mendes, John Legend, India Arie, Erykah Badu, Joss Stone, Jojo, The Black-Eyed Peas, Jurassic 5, Whitney Houston, Gino Vanelli, Michael McDonald, Tito Puente, Celine Dion, Eric Benet, Carol King, Joe Williams, Steve Winwood, and Chaka Khan. In Brazil, he worked in the studios around Rio with Maria Bethânia, Simone, Rita Lee, Hermeto Paschoal, Guinga, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, and Ivan Lins.

Be sure to check out all of Bill's music on MySpace.