Willie Wilson (drummer)
| Willie Wilson | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | John Andrew Wilson |
| Born |
8 July 1947 (age 69) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Instruments | Drums |
| Associated acts | |
Willie Wilson (born John Andrew Wilson, 8 July 1947) is an English rock drummer, known for his work with Pink Floyd and his long-time association with their guitarist, David Gilmour.
In mid-1965, Wilson joined Jokers Wild, a Cambridge band that included his school-friend David Gilmour on guitar, Dick Parry (later to work with Pink Floyd) on saxophones, and, after a while, Rick Wills (subsequently with Foreigner and Bad Company) on bass.
In mid-1967, Gilmour, Wills and Wilson travelled to France. The trio performed under the band name Flowers, then Bullitt, but were not successful. After hearing their uninspired covers of contemporary chart hits, club owners were reluctant to pay them, and soon after their arrival in Paris, thieves stole their equipment. When Bullitt returned to England later that year, they were so impoverished that their tour bus was completely empty of petrol and they had to push it off the ferry.
Gilmour subsequently replaced Syd Barrett in Pink Floyd. When Barrett was making his first solo album, The Madcap Laughs, released in January 1970, he enlisted Wilson, who played bass on two of the album's tracks, "No Man's Land" and "Here I Go". Wilson also provided percussion on the follow-up, Barrett, released in November the same year.
In the early 1970s, Wilson and Wills joined country rock band Cochise, with whom his recorded work was credited as "John 'Sly' Wilson".
In 1972 and 1973, Wilson recorded with Al Stewart, drumming on the albums Orange and Past, Present and Future, respectively. He is credited as "John Wilson" on both albums.
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