William R. Strickland has been played on NTS in shows including The Cosmic Principle w/ Nick Mitchell Maiato, featured first on 29 October 2017. Songs played include Romeo De La Route.

William Strickland is a living embodiment of the restless, salty, mad-genius eccentricity of what Santa Cruz used to be and sometimes still is. What Kinky Friedman is to East Texas, Strickland is or used to be to Santa Cruz.

Strickland, a gregarious and rotund singer-songwriter, hasn't been around much in recent years; he's lived for many years in Arizona. But in the 1970s, he was a regular presence on the local music scene, known for…