with flautist Aysha Wills. In 2011, Bourne fronted the Free Radio Band with his son Pat to record the Bluesland album. Daughter Emily contributed the album's cover art. In 2012 he collaborated with Tippy Agogo and other musicians to release Amoeba Collective. In 2013, Bourne led the historic Edmonton Christmas album titled An Edmonton Christmas: Live Off the Floor, along with other Edmontonian artists including Joe Nolan, Jenie Thai, Jeremy "Jey" Witten, and Justine Vandergrift. He was a member of The Christmas Carol Project, which staged annual performances of Dickens A Christmas Carol. Bourne played the part of Ebenezer Scrooge. Bourne was one of the members of Trancescapes, a seven-member group formed by him in or around 2013. In 2015 they issued Gaia Sadhana. All six tracks on the album were entirely improvised, and had Sanskrit titles. In addition to guitar, violin, and percussion, the music features drones, a Tibetan singing bowl, and non-lexical vocables. Beginning in April 2020 and continuing for several months, Bourne partnered with Paul Steffes to stage a series of pop-up concerts in neighbourhoods around Alberta, and into British Columbia. In the studio, Bourne often served as producer, arranger, mixer, and engineer when working on his own projects. In addition to performing on the album, he was producer for The Kitchen Boys 1994 release, Passion Town. He was producer for The Black Pioneer Heritage Singers' live recording in 2008. Personal life Bourne's great-grandfather was Icelandic-Canadian poet Stephan G. Stephansson. In 1979 Bourne married Dorothy Campbell. The couple divorced in 1995. They had two children; Patrick William and Emily Jean. Bourne was a licensed diesel mechanic. He also held both a Class I license with airbrake endorsement, and a Class VI motorcycle license. His hobbies included fly fishing. He once drove a classic 1968 Lincoln Continental on a coast-to-coast musical tour. Bourne earned a reputation as a musical mentor. For a while he gave free guitar lessons to young people through the Boyle Street Community League. Starting in 2018, he was a mentor with the Heart of the City Festival. Bourne died of cancer on 16 April 2022. The 2022 Sasquatch Gathering and Music Festival was dedicated to his memory. Discography Solo albums 1981 Bill Bourne 1997 Farmer, Philanthropist & Musician 1998 Sally's Dream 2002 Voodoo King 2007 Boon Tang 2009 Between Trains 2012 Songs from a Gypsy Caravan 2017 Hummingbird 2020 A Love Fandango With The