Bill Nelson (William Nelson) was born on 18 December 1948 is a prolific guitarist, songwriter, painter and experimental musician from Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, UK.

In mid-1980 Nelson released "Do You Dream In Colour?", and after airplay on BBC Radio 1, especially on John Peel's late night show, the single climbed to number 52 in the charts.

Nelson channelled his troubles into his music, with the result that the 1990s proved an even more prolific period for him. His divorce inspired a 4-CD boxed set, Demonstrations of Affection, and he worked on some guitar-based instrumental projects such as the albums Crimsworth and Practically Wired, or How I Became Guitar Boy.

2002 saw the release of Three White Roses and a Budd (CD Single, with Fila Brazillia and Harold Budd) on Twentythree Records.

In late 2005 through 2006, Universal Music (UK) re-issued the classic 3 Mercury albums on CD. Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam, The Love that Whirls, and Chimera all have been remastered and released with bonus tracks.

The lone CBS album, Getting the Holy Ghost Across/On a Blue Wing, has also been issued on CD for the first time after over 20 years, with all the original tracks and extras on Nelson's Sonoluxe imprint (12/06).

He currently lives in Selby, Yorkshire, England, UK.