Bill Wyman

Biography

Wire of workman, it buys his first Guitare at the twenty years age, but only like a low makes use of it. December 12th, 1962, after a hearing, Bill becomes the bass player of the Rolling Stones, mainly because it has a solid training of musician of Bal and good material.

In spite of the regularity of its participation throughout its presence in the group, its compositions were seldom retained on the albums. Let us note that they are Keith Richards and Mick Taylor which plays of low on some of the titles recorded in the villa of the south of France of K. Richards for the album Exile one hand Street .

At the end of the years 1960, Bill Wyman finds the front Jumpin' Jack Flash , but author is not declared by it.

In 1967, it is with the favor of the absence of Mick Jagger and Brian Jones that Bill Wyman manages to record one of its pieces, In Another Land , on the album Their Satanic Majesties Requests . Another title returns to him on the album Metamorphosis appeared in 1975: Downtown Suzie , in the style country which it will often include in its career solo.

In 1969, it holds the low one on the album Jaming with Edwards in which take part Nicky Hopkins, Ry Cooder, Charlie Watts and Mick Jagger. It is interesting to study the rhythm section of Rolling Stones which it forms with Charlie Watts, development well on this album and which also appears on another album whose Howlin' Wolf is the high-speed motorboat with also the participation of Mick Jagger.

In 1972 it takes part in the meetings of recording of the first and double album of Manassas on which it intervenes on 2 titles. A solid friendship will be born with Steve Stills with which it will make call for carried out its first 2 albums solos.

Since 1974, the musician carries out in parallel with his participation in Rolling Stones a career solo extremely succeeded as well from the point of view of the albums as in the concerts (rock'n'roll, country). All these albums swinguent extremely well, and one recognizes there best the utility of his participation in Rolling Stones where it forms with Charlie Watts an excellent rhythm section. Moreover, it is surrounded by excellent musicians.

Mainly constrained by its increasingly large phobia of the plane at the time of the rounds with Rolling Stones, it ends up leaving the group in 1993 to devote itself only to its career solo.

Discography solo

1974 : Monkey Grip
1976 : Stone Alone
1981&1982 : Bill Wyman
1985: Willie and the Poor Servant boys

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