BILL EARL
![Bill Earl and Herb Alpert](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_300/public/2024-03/Bill_Earl_Herb_Alpert%20_AM_Picnic.jpeg?itok=ZCRu-CoI)
Bill Earl with Herb Alpert at the annual A&M Records picnic circa 1982.
Bill Earl was a custodian at Fairfax High School while Herb was a student there. Later on Herb hired him as his sort of official wingman and aide de camp. They were great friends and Bill was always around the Lot.