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| honorific_prefix =

| name = Billy Block

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| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist

| birth_name = William Donald Block

| alias = Mr. Nashville

| origin = [[Wikipedia:Houston, Texas|Houston, Texas]]

| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|03|11|1955|08|10}}

| genre = [[Wikipedia:Alternative country|Alternative country]], [[Wikipedia:Americana|Americana]]

| Occupations = Musician, journalist, broadcaster

| years_active = 1972–2015

| website = {{URL|https://www.facebook.com/BillyBlockDocumentary/|Billy Block Documentary (Facebook)}}

| notable_instruments = drums, bass

}}

<ref name=pureMusicInterviewOnline>

{{cite web|title=Pure Music Interview |last=Goodman|first=Frank|url=http://www.puremusic.com/cover10.html|work=A Conversation with Billy Block, Western Beat Impresario|publisher=Pure Music|accessdate=26 January 2013|pages=6|date=September 2000|archive-date= 26 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527053250/http://www.puremusic.com/cover10.html|dead-url=no}}</ref>

<ref name=pureMusicInterview>{{cite news|last1=Goodman|first1=Frank|url=http://www.puremusic.com/pdf/billyblock.pdf|title=A Conversation with Billy Block, Western Beat Impresario|accessdate=15 March 2015|publisher=PureMusic|date=September 2001|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315175123/http://www.puremusic.com/pdf/billyblock.pdf|archive-date=15 March 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="USA Today">{{cite news|title=Billy Block, champion of roots music, dies at age 59|url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2015/03/11/billy-block-champion-roots-music-dies-age/70179754/|accessdate=15 May 2016|publisher=[[Wikipedia:USA Today]]|date=11 March 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="CMT’s Block Party">{{cite web|title=CMT’s Block Party|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1476546/cmts-block-party/|publisher=[[Wikipedia:CMT]]|accessdate=15 May 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515083327/http://www.cmt.com/news/1476546/cmts-block-party/|archivedate=15 May 2016|date=11 August 2003}}</ref>