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Bill Wyman

Jools welcomes Bill Wyman to the studio to play live with the band and pick some of his favourite records.

Bill Wyman, formerly of the Rolling Stones, guests playing his favourite songs of all time.

Bill Wyman, is best known as the bassist for 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. 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.

57 minutes

Last on

Mon 28 Sep 2015 23:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Bill Doggett

    Honky Tonk (Pt.1)

    • Best Of The 50's (Various Artists).
    • Disky.

  • Tommy Ridgley

    Jam Up

    • Heavy Sugar Second Spoonful.
    • Fantastic Voyage.
    • 24.

  • Elvis Presley

    Good Rockin' Tonight

    • Classic Rockabilly Hot Rock.
    • Proper Records Ltd.
    • 2.

  • Jon Cleary

    Boneyard

    • Gogo Juice.
    • Thirty Tigers.
    • 2.

  • Eubie Blake

    Home Again Blues

    • Milan Jazz Boogie Woogie Story Vol 1 (1917 -1922).
    • Victor Batwing.
    • 5.

  • Rickie Lee Jones

    Je Connais Pas

    • The Other Side of Desire.
    • Thirty Tigers.
    • 3.

  • James P. Johnson

    After You've Gone

    • The Blue Note Years Boogie Blues & Bop.
    • Blue Note/ Capitol Records.
    • 6.

  • Bill Wyman

    What & How & If & When & Why

    • Back To Basics.
    • Ripple Productions Ltd.
    • 001.

  • Ike & Tina Turner

    Nutbush City Limits

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1973 (Various).
    • EMI.

  • Jools Holland & his rhythm and Blues band

    Mr Robert's Roost

  • Dr. John

    Accentuate The Positive

    • A Sentimental Mood.
    • Warner Bros Records.
    • 3.

  • Bill Wyman

    I Got Time

    • Back To Basics.
    • Proper Records.
    • 12.

Broadcast

  • Mon 28 Sep 2015 23:00
    BBC Radio 2