R I C K
W I L L S
LEGENDARY & REVERED BASSIST
with
DAVID GILMOUR ...PETER FRAMPTON... FOREIGNER...THE SMALL FACES...
BAD COMPANY...ROXY MUSIC ...
and many more
Rick co-wrote the songs 'Do You Feel Like We Do' and 'Doobie
Wah' during his time with Peter Frampton. To date Rick Wills has played bass
guitar on 113 published albums and singles.
Rick Wills and Lou Gramm in their (Foreigner) days
"Rick" Wills is a British bass guitarist. He is
best known for his work with the rock band Foreigner and his associations with
the Small Faces, Peter Frampton, and Bad Company.
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| Rick w/Willie Wilson on David Gilmour's first solo album |
Wills joined the rock band Joker's Wild in 1966, (with David
Gilmour on guitars and vocals), replacing Tony Sainty, until they broke up in
1968. He played bass on Peter Frampton's first three albums before parting from
Frampton in 1975. He became the bassist with Roxy Music in 1976, before leaving
them and joining the Small Faces in 1977, during their reunion period. He left
the Small Faces and appeared on David Gilmour's critically acclaimed solo album
in 1978, with William Wilson on drums. The next year, Wills became a member of
rock band Foreigner and remained with them for 14 years.
After leaving Foreigner in 1992, he joined Bad Company and
stayed with them until Boz Burrell rejoined the band in 1998. In July 1999 he
filled in for Lynyrd Skynyrd bassist Leon Wilkeson for live shows when Wilkeson
briefly took ill. He appeared at The Steve Marriott Memorial Concert on 24 April
2001, as part of a backing band with Bobby Tench, Zak Starkey and Rabbit
Bundrick.
Wills was reunited with Small Faces drummer Kenney Jones in
the Jones Gang during 2006 and appeared with The RD Crusaders for The Teenage
Cancer Trust at The London International Music Show on 15 June 2008. Wills left
The Jones Gang in the summer of 2015 and was replaced by Pat Davey.
Rick co-wrote the songs 'Do You Feel Like We Do' and 'Doobie
Wah' during his time with Peter Frampton. To date Rick Wills has played bass
guitar on 113 published albums and singles.
with Foreigner 40th Anniversary
THE COMPLETE ATLANTIC STUDIO ALBUMS
1977-1991
FOREIGNER
Rhino celebrates the band's prolific tenure with Atlantic Records, with a seven-disc collection that brings together Foreigner's first seven studio albums, as well as a number of bonus tracks.
Rick Wills Discography
With Cochise
Cochise
(1970)
Swallow
Tales (1971)
So Far
(1972)
Past
Loves (A History) (1992) - Compilation
Velvet
Mountain: An Anthology 1970-1972 (2013) - Compilation Double Album
With Peter Frampton
Wind of
Change - A&M (1972)
Frampton's
Camel – A&M (1973)
Somethin's
Happening – A&M (1974)
With Roxy Music
Viva! –
Atco (1976)
With Kevin Ayers 1976
Yes we
have no Mañanas (So Get Your Mañanas Today)
With The Small Faces
Playmates
– Atlantic (1977)
78 in
the Shade – Atlantic (1978)
With David Gilmour
David
Gilmour – Harvest (1978)
With Foreigner
Head
Games – Atlantic (1979)
4 –
Atlantic (1981)
Agent
Provocateur – Atlantic (1984)
Inside
Information – Atlantic (1987)
Unusual
Heat – Atlantic (1991)
With Bad Company
What
You Hear Is What You Get: The Best of Bad Company – Atco (1993)
Company
of Strangers – Elektra(1995)
Stories
Told & Untold – Elektra (1997)
With The Jones Gang
Any Day
Now - AAO Music (2005)
For
more information about Rick Wills
visit
Rick
Wills Fan Page
RICK WILLS
APPEARS
SEPTEMBER 8TH 2020
7 PM PACIFIC/10 PM EASTERN
on INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS
with RAY SHASHO
on BBS RADIO ONE
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BOOK TRAILER
BOOK REVIEW
-By Literary Titan (5) STARS
The Rock Star Chronicles, by Ray
Shasho, is a splendid book written by a music enthusiast who has poured their
heart and soul into it. It’s a story of a boy who loved rock music, and his
obsessive passion of it earned himself the name Rock Raymond. He went to school
but instead was schooled in all matters of music while his peers were buried
chin-deep in coursework. He then became a radio DJ and has now compiled a book
on all interviews he held with Rock gods who raided the airwaves back in the
70s and 80s. It’s a compilation of interviews with outstanding vocalists,
legendary guitarists and crazy drummers in the rock music scene. Each interview
gives a reader an in-depth view into their personal lives and the philosophies
that guide their lives which all serve to humanize these great icons. For
readers who are old enough to call themselves baby boomers this book will bring
old memories back to life. Millennials, on the other hand, may think of this
book as a literal work of the Carpool Karaoke show.
The Rock Star Chronicles is a book I
didn’t know I was waiting for. To come across a book that will talk me into
trying something new. One brave enough to incite me to venture into new
frontiers. This book made me a believer- I am now a bona fide Rock and Roll music
fan.
Ray Shasho masterfully gets the
interviewees talking. He smartly coaxes answers from them with crafty questions
designed to get a story rolling out of them. The artists talk about diverse
issues ranging from music, politics, and their social engagements. Having been
on the music seen all his life, Ray Shasho knows the buttons to press, how to
get them comfortable about talking about their lives.
The book’s cover is befitting of its
subject matter with the leather look offering a royal background to the golden
letter print. It speaks to how high a level rock music holds in the pecking
order- arguably, modern music as we know it has originated from blues and rock
music. The second noteworthy thing is the use of high definition pictures
to reference the musician being interviewed in every sub-chapter. This ensures
that the book is for both original rock and roll lovers and aspiring new ones.
Together is makes for a refreshing and consistently enjoyable read.
I recommend this book to rock music enthusiasts,
aspiring musicians wondering what it takes and all readers curious to learn new
things by going back in time.
