Terry Wilson (musician)
Terry Wilson is an American bass player, record producer and composer.Biography
In the early 1970s he started as a professional musician, playing bass for bands/artists like Blackwell, Bloontz, John Martyn amongst others. In 1975, he became a member of the rock band Back Street Crawler. Around this time he also worked with Johnny Nash, John Bundrick, Speedy Keen, Paul Travis, Shusha, Sue Glover, Paul Kossoff, Eddie Quansah, No Slack, Mark Ashton, Geoff Whitehorn and others.
In 1981–1982 he played bass for Eric Burdon on the album Comeback and on live shows, as well as the Rockpalast concert. He's also credited on many later released compilations of Burdon and as the composer of The Animals's 1983 reggae/rock-single Love is for all Time.
Throughout the 80s and the 90s he worked with Gary Dayton Hill, Johnny Nash, Darling Cruel, Kimm Rogers, Alejandro Escovedo, Stephen Bruton, Little Whisper, Maria Maldaur, Storyville, Tamara Champlin, Bill Champlin, Juice Newton, Mark Sebastian, Big Trouble and others.
In the new millennium he also worked/toured/wrote for – or is credited on records by – Gary Dayton Hill, Kathy Mattea, Chuck E. Weiss, Jack's Mannequin, Ana Popovic, Dallas Hodge, JD & the Straight Shot, his wife Teresa James and Eric Burdon for which he's a permanent band member since 2009.
In 1980, he had a small role in the movie UFOria, starring Fred Ward and Harry Dean Stanton.Discography
- Blackwell: Blackwell
- Bloontz: Bloontz
- Johnny Nash: "Celebrate Life"
- John Rabbit Bundrick "Dark Saloon"
- Speedy Keen "Y Know Wot I Mean?"
- Shusha "Before the Deluge"
- Paul Travis "Return of the Native"
- John Martyn "Sunday's Child" Island Records
- Eddie Quansah "Che Che Cuelee"
- John Martyn
- Beverley Martyn
- Back Street Crawler "The Band Plays On" Atlantic Records 1974
- Back Street Crawler "2nd Street"
- Crawler
- Crawler "Snake, Rattle & Roll"
- Blaze Foley "If I Could Only Fly"
- David Lynn Jones
- Eric Burdon "Comeback" / "Crawling King Snake"
- Stephen Bruton "It Is What It Is"
- Stephen Bruton "Right on Time"
- Paul Kossoff "Blue Blue Soul"
- Teresa James "The Whole Enchilada"
- Alejandro Escovedo "Gravity"
- Alejandro Escovedo "Thirteen Years"
- Storyville "Bluest Eyes"
- Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps "Live"
- Teresa James "Oh Yeah!"
- Teresa James "The Rhythm Method"
- Teresa James "The Bottom Line"
- Teresa James "By Request"
- Jodie Siegal "Stepping Stone"
- Cynthia Jones "West Coast Highlights"
- Danny Everitt "Cold Wind, Cold Rain"
- Eric Burdon "My Secret Life"
- Eric Burdon "Soul of a Man"
- Dallas Hodge "I Need A Vacation"
- Ana Popavic "Still Making History"
- Eric Burdon "Til' Your River Runs Dry"