Bill Wyman
Bill Wyman
William George Wyman, known professionally as Bill Wyman, is an English musician, record producer, songwriter and singer best known as the bassist for the English rock and roll band the Rolling Stones from 1962 until 1993. Since 1997, he has recorded and toured with his own band, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings. He has worked producing both records and film, and has scored music for film in movies and television...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionBassist
Date of Birth24 October 1936
fashion people young
Because of the fashion, the young people don't have any access to the history of music, unless people like me revive it. There are very few people to revive it, because you can't earn any money doing it.
respect player bass
I always got great respect as a bass player.
opened restaurant
And that's why I opened that restaurant just to get some of it out of my attic, to put up on the walls.
band behind music
The whole idea behind the band was to play music that we love.
bill born fans george name older perhaps resigned rolling stone stones william
I resigned myself to this eventuality. After all, it was the musician's name first (he's a lot older than I am, certainly, and perhaps more famous), and . . . But then I remembered. . . . Bill Wyman the Rolling Stone wasn't born Bill Wyman. . . . His real name, Stones fans know, is William George Perks.
america good hit time tour
Our first time in America wasn't a very good tour because they didn't know us because we hadn't had a hit record.
charts knew people record shows stadium
Our record was at 98 in the charts when we went so no-one knew us, so people just didn't come to our shows - we'd be in a 10,000 stadium and there'd be 300 people there.
absolutely love songs
There are a lot of songs that I absolutely love what I did.
great singing
But in my band, I have 4 great singers, so why singing myself ?
best last ten
The last ten years have been the best of my life.
couple focused music
I didn't do music for a couple of years; I just focused on other things.
dates dig garden stuff
I can dig in my garden and find stuff that dates back to the 1100's.
although came maybe thinking
I came away thinking maybe we are not right for America, although I thought we were.
best kings rhythm smaller venues
In the Rhythm Kings I get to play smaller venues and to me that is the best part of it.