Bill was an American expatriate living in Copenhagen Denmark by the time I met him in the early 1990s. He was a close friend of my mentor Jack Yount, who'd brought Bill to my farm to say hello and charm us with a natural storyteller's gift for spinning a yarn.
We recently posted a photo of his friend Sailor Sid tattooing him- this is the uncensored finished product. Sid was a utility tattooer; not particularly refined but much needed in the gay scene for clients who felt unwelcome at biker/military street shops.