Bill Wyman
| Bill Wyman | |
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Wyman on stage, Middelburg 27-01-2009
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | William George Perks, Jr. |
| Also known as | William George Wyman, Lee Wyman |
| Born |
24 October 1936 Lewisham, London, England |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, music and film producer, photographer, inventor |
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| Years active | 1960–1993, 1997-present |
| Labels | Velvel, Koch International, Rolling Stones, BMG |
| Associated acts | The Rolling Stones, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings, Willie & the Poor Boys, the Cliftons |
| Website | billwyman |
| Notable instruments | |
| Gibson EB-3 Gibson Les Paul bass | |
William George Wyman (born 24 October 1936), born as William George Perks Jr., is an English musician, record producer, songwriter and singer, best known as the bass guitarist 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 metal detecting; 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 as William George Perks, Jr. 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".
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