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
records firsts
My first record I owned was by Les Paul.
people records firsts
The first records I heard were from Dizzy Gillespie and people like that.
use records sound
When I record in a studio I don't use an amp. I go directly into the board, so I can get that very fat, full sound - which is my favorite sound.
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.
good hear mastered mastering mix record sounds
It's like a record, when you make a record and you mix it and it sounds good and then it's mastered and you hear the mastering when it's all been heightened and all that and it sounds better still - it's the same thing with a book.
beatles played record stage stones time together
It would have been the first time the Beatles and Stones collaborated on stage I suppose. We have played together on record in the past.
burst creativity decades downright great legacy recorded rock rolling similar stars stretch
The Rolling Stones' recorded legacy is unfortunately similar to that of many other rock stars of the 1960s -- a great burst of creativity that tapers off into a stretch (eventually decades long) of unremarkable (and sometimes downright awful) recorded work.
bit
We usually do things a bit more jazzy.
play lines bass
I can't really sing and play live, because I can't play bass efficiently and sing at the same time. If I concentrated on the vocals, I'd mess up the bass, and if I concentrated on the bass, I'd forget the lines.
funny dumb embarrassing
It's all right leaping about the stage when you're 20 but when you get to 25 it gets a bit embarrassing
music song kings
With the Rhythm Kings, I can involve myself in arranging and producing the music as well as the choice of songs.
money
I don't make any money.
photography museums charity
I open events for museums and I do charity work and photography.
shadow shy adulation
I'm always shy in front of an audience, so I'm always at the back, in the shadows, just doing it. I don't like the front, the adulation.