Bill Yaryan Photo Memorial Page

​Will Yaryan was a true renaissance man, who happened to spend the majority of his career in the music business...and we are all the better for it.  But for the past 20 years, he taught English to monks in Thailand at one of that country's major universities.  He was also an author, historian and philosopher.  And a loving husband to his Thai wife Nan.  And also a great and long-time friend to many of us from the music industry in the 70s.  He passed away from medical complications on March 19, 2021 in Bangkok, Thailand...his adopted home since 2001.   We will have a more extensive biographical section in the coming weeks.  (Note:  In America (particularly in the music biz), he was always known as "Bill", but when he moved to Thailand, he became known as Will.  This memorial page interchanges the names but he was the same great guy)

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Photo Gallery:  The Music Industry Years

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On tour with Led Zeppelin in San Francisco (with Cameron Crowe at left)

With writer Diane Gardiner

With Michael Ochs at a "fun" Whisky A GoGo evening

With Roberta Flack

With ex-wife Judy at Black Oak Arkansas Roller Skating Party

With Michael Ochs on pogo sticks in front of the Whisky A GoGo

With writer/poet Ellen Sander

With Todd Everett and Herbie Mann

With John Wetton of King Crimson at a dinner party

With Teen Magazine editor and friend Maureen Donaldson

With friends Diane Gardiner and Eve Babitz

On clarinet

With Peter Wolf (J Giles Band), Colleen Griffin and Nancy

At the food table at the Black Oak Arkansas Roller Skating Party

With Bob Gibson

At the Black Oak Arkansas Roller Skating Party

At George Carlin Album Preview Party

At George Carlin Album Preview Party, with his first wife Judy

At George Carlin Album Preview Party

Singing At The Little David Records Party

Singing: Colman Andrews, Bill, Todd Everett

Late night, after a concert, somewhere

With writer Tom Nolan

Sunday volleyball at the legendary Francis Feighan games

The Atlantic Records West Coast Office staff, about 1977

With Todd Everett

With the legendary John Carpenter (left) and Michael Ochs

On the phone at Atlantic's Sunset Blvd office

With Abe Hoch and Peggy Lee

L-R: Dick Krizman, Roberta Flack and Will

Accepting a prestigious award from NARAS

With Michael Ochs

With Ronnie Van Zant

With Bob Gibson (middle)

With Paul Rodgers of Bad Company

With public relations executive Paul Wasserman

With Nesuhi Ertegun (right)

Portrait 1

Portrait 2

Non-Music Industry Photos

With his wife Nan, the love of his life

The Marriage Day, with wife Nan

Nan and Will at home

Nan and Will on a very tall building in Bangkok

Nan and Bill in the Thai countryside

His career in Thailand as an English Professor at a well-respected Bangkok University

Professor Yaryan Speaks

At a Thai Teacher's Conference

Light-hearted with some of his students

Class Photo

Family and Friends

Will with three of his children (early): L-R: Luke, Chris and Molly

With three of his children in 2007: Luke, Molly, Will and Chris

Early Music Biz Will

With their closest friend, fellow Thai resident and author Jerry Hopkins