It’s been well over three decades since former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman last released a solo record, but on June 22nd, the hiatus ends with Back to Basics. After discovering a collection of long-abandoned demo tapes, Wyman re-entered the studio aiming to strip his music down to its most elemental form. With Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen and Neil Young as influences, he attempted to examine the full breadth of his life and career
the 78-year-old Wyman told Rolling Stone
“At first I thought, ‘Maybe I’m too old, But then I thought, ‘Every creative artist goes until they drop.’ Whether they’re sculptors, writers, poets or musicians, they just carry on as long as they can. So then I thought, ‘What the hell.'”
