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About Me

Guitarist Duncan Black's recent description of Les Wilson as being "....little known but rather cool...." is probably a fairly accurate description! A veteran improvisor whose playing has received a warm response both at home and in Europe, Les Wilson is steadily establishing a reputation as a sensitive and empathic player in a wide variety of styles and situations, although he is most at home in improvised and acoustic settings.

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Member Since: 4/25/2007
Band Members: Just Me (obviously) on my own stuff

MID LIFE CRISIS (Classic Rock for all ages):

Ian Andrews- lead guitar
Dave Bray - vocals, guitar, harmonica, kazoo
Steve Bray - vocals, guitar
Brian Long - bass
Les Wilson - drums, thunder drum

THE NEW TRIO (tbd):

Duncan Black - guitars and effects and all kinds of sounds
Adrian Day - bass
Les Wilson - drums

Influences: Jon Christensen, Istvan Balo, Liam Genocky, Audun Kleive, Jack DeJohnette, Peter Erskine, Pip Pyle, Per Oddvar Johansen, Christian Ville, Francois Merville, John Marshall, Francis Lassus, Michael Di Pasqua, Teun Verbruggen, Frank Katz, Yves Boisvert, Paul Motian
Karin Krog, Norma Winstone, Helin-Mari Arder, Pauline Lerche, Sarah Pillow, Kate Bush, Meredith Monk, Zuzana Labcikova, Phil Minton, Maggie Nicols, Lauren Newton, Jeanette Lindstrom, Sidsel Endresen, Lena Willemark, Susanna and the Magical Orchestra
Anders Jormin, Arild Andersen, Lars Danielsson, Eberhard Weber, Palle Danielsson, Barre Phillips, Uffe Krokfors, Henri Texier, Percy Jones, Chris Squire
Jon Balke, Christian Wallumrod, Jan Gunnar Hoff, Bobo Stenson, John Taylor, Mike Westbrook, Lars Jansson, Francois Breant, Dave Stewart, Misha Alperin, Rainer Bruninghaus, Francois Raulin, Marc Wagnon
Allan Holdsworth, John Abercrombie, Marc Ducret, Bill Frisell, John Goodsall, Duncan Black, Alfredo Genovesi
Louis Sclavis, Trevor Watts, John Surman, Jan Garbarek, Kristin Sevaldsen, Elton Dean, Mihaly Dresch, Dave Liebman, Mike Osborne, Trygve Seim, Knut Riisnaes
Arve Henriksen, Mathias Eick, Kenny Wheeler, Markus Stockhausen, Per Jorgensen, Nils Petter Molvaer
Albert Mangelsdorff, John Horler, Christian Lindberg, Torbjorn Sunde
Brand X, Tunnels, Oregon, The Bilbocks, Francis Poulenc, Erik Satie, Gabriel Faure, JS Bach, Steve Reich, Per Norgaard, Edvard Grieg, Bela Bartok, Marcel Dupre, Olivier Messiaen, Valentin Silvestrov, Galina Ustvolskaya, Federico Mompou, Henry Cow, National Health, Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Alexandr Mosolov, Carl Nielsen, Sir Lennox Berkeley, Vienna Art orchestra, Vince Mendoza, Skryabin, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, CPE Bach, Borodin, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Hans Eisler, Lili Boulanger, and Me :)
Sounds Like: Mostly like me, not really like any of the above. On a good day can vaguely resemble Jon Christensen. Intuitive rather than technical stylist. Textural rather than driving. Best ask other people....
Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

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I am listening to.......

Albums I am playing a lot these days: Anne Marie Almedal: The Siren and the Sage: Because it's simply beautiful, and cheers me up. Incidentally, so is she... Kristin Sevaldsen:&nbs...
Posted by Les Wilson: Drums on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:14:00 PST

A Word About The Pieces

The Treacherous Path This is from a Whale Oil Beef Hooked gig at Southborough, Kent in 1989. It was one of best ever gigs, partly because the set was new and fresh and also because we didn't k...
Posted by Les Wilson: Drums on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 02:08:00 PST

Current Gear

I am currently playing a Mapex Saturn Pro Series fusion set comprising 10, 12 and 14 toms, with 22 bass drum, all in transparent cherry red. My snare is a 13" Pearl Omar Hakim Signature model.&n...
Posted by Les Wilson: Drums on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 09:58:00 PST