Drive My Car Bill Wyman

• 1 Thunder on the Mountain 03:13
• 2 Drive My Car 03:23
• 3 Bad News 03:23
• 4 Storm Warning 03:43
• 5 Light Rain 03:05
• 6 Ain't Hurtin' Nobody 03:41
• 7 Rough Cut Diamond 03:37
• 8 Wings 03:23
• 9 Two Tone Car 03:17
• 10 Fool's Gold 03:16
• Total Runtime 34:01

Info for Drive My Car

Bill Wyman will release his ninth solo album, “Drive My Car“, on 9th August. A masterful blend of his unique Anglo-Americana rhythm and blues, “Drive My Car” is Wyman’s first album since 2015.

As founding member and rhythm architect of The Rolling Stones, Bill became a household name, revered by fans and peers alike. With a career spanning over six decades, Wyman steps back into the spotlight with a fresh collection of songs showcasing his passion and talent. Five tracks, including the album’s title track are self-penned, a testament to Bill’s enduring songwriting talent. “It’s not something I do every day, but sometimes I just see a guitar in the corner of the room, pick it up to play around and then something clicks into place,” he explains.

Bill’s lifelong love of country music is evident with a poignant tribute to John Prine, featuring a cover of ‘Ain’t Hurtin’ Nobody.’ “We were very great friends, and the Rhythm Kings did a few of his tracks. What a lyricist! I love that line in ‘Ain’t Hurtin’ Nobody’ about ‘Little Richard singing Tutti Frutti from the top of a telephone pole’ – I mean, who writes like that?

"Bill Wyman was a Rolling Stone for a number of years and in my youth you just liked the Stones or the Beatles. I was a Stones fan. So I'm all the more pleased to be writing a review of what is now his ninth solo album. To put it bluntly, the sound of this disc takes you back in time.

The first track takes you back to 2006: "Thunder on the mountain", originally by "Bob Dylan", opens the disc. One of several cover versions on this album that are nevertheless fun. "Drive my car", the first original composition, follows immediately afterwards. The song fits in perfectly with the opener and demonstrates Bill's artistic craft. And so with "Bad news" we also get a beautiful number as an original composition that fits in perfectly with what we have heard so far.

With "Storm warning" we then get a composition by "Hans Theesink", a singer and songwriter from the Netherlands. And you could almost take it as a tribute, the next song is once again a cover of a blues great. "Light rain" by "Taj Mahal" finds its way onto this album. And the album continues with cover versions. It continues with "Ain't hurtin' nobody" by "John E. Prine". And so with "Rough cut diamond", "Sweet baby" and "Tell you a secret" we get more compositions by Bill, while with "Wings" he once again falls back on a song by "Hans Theesink", "Two tone car" by "Chuck E. Weiss" and "Fools gold" by "Lloyd Jones"." (www.hellfire-magazin.de)

Bill Wyman

Bill Wyman
William George Perks, Jr. (born 24 October 1936, age 82), 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.

Wyman has kept a journal since he was a child after World War II. It has been useful as an inspiration to him, as an author who has written seven books, which have sold two million copies. Wyman's love of art has additionally led to his proficiency in photography and his photographs have displayed in galleries around the world. Wyman's lack of funds in his early years led him to create and build his own fretless bass guitar. He became an amateur archaeologist and enjoys relic hunting; The Times published a letter about his hobby. He designed and marketed a patented "Bill Wyman signature metal detector", which he has used to find relics in the English countryside dating back to the era of the Roman Empire. As a businessman he owns several establishments, including the famous Sticky Fingers Café, a rock and roll themed bistro serving American cuisine, first opened in 1989 in the Kensington area of London and, later, in two additional locations in Cambridge (now closed) and Manchester.

Bill Wyman was born in Lewisham Hospital in Lewisham, South London, the son of William Perks, a bricklayer, and his wife, Molly (née Jeffery). One of five children, Wyman spent most of his early life living in a terraced house in one of the roughest streets in Sydenham, southeast London. He describes his childhood as "scarred by poverty". He attended Beckenham and Penge County Grammar School from 1947 to Easter 1953, leaving before the GCE exams after his father found him a job working for a bookmaker and insisted that he take it.

Wyman continues to tour with the Rhythm Kings, which has featured such musicians as Martin Taylor, Albert Lee, Gary Brooker, Terry Taylor (formerly with Tucky Buzzard), Mike Sanchez and Georgie Fame. Following his 70th birthday in October 2006, Wyman undertook another British tour. On 10 December 2007, Wyman and his band appeared alongside a reunited Led Zeppelin at the Ahmet Ertegun Tribute Concert at the O2 in London. Wyman was a judge for the 5th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers. In 2009, ex-Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor was invited as a guest performer with Wyman's Rhythm Kings. On 25 October 2009, Wyman performed a reunion show with Faces, filling in for the late Ronnie Lane as he had previously done in 1986 and 1993. On 19 April 2011, pianist Ben Waters released an Ian Stewart tribute album titled Boogie 4 Stu. Wyman played on two tracks: "Rooming House Boogie" and "Watchin' the River Flow", the latter recorded with the Rolling Stones.

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