RICK WILLS
Last updated: 15-11-2017Basic Information
- London, England, Uk
- UNKNOWN
Instruments/Other
- Guitarist
- Bassist
Rick Wills was born in London on 5 December 1947 and moved to Cambridge in [date reqired]
Let It Rock website: "I had always liked the bass guitar, and when rhythm guitars started going out of fashion in the Sixties, I decided to change over and become the bass player."
Band timeline:
The Vikings c61 (Cambridge)
The Sundowners (Cambridge)
The Committee (Cambridge)
Wages Of Sin (Cambridge)
Joker's Wild 66-68 (Cambridge)
replacing Tony Sainty
Little Women 68
Wills / Jerry Shirley
The Flowers (London, Spain, France)
Gilmour / Wills / William Willy Wilson
Bullitt (London, Spain, France)
Gilmour / Wills / William Willy Wilson = Gilmour gets invite to join Pink Floyd
Parrish & Gurvitz
Brian Parrish / Paul Gurvitz guitar / Wills / Mike Kelly ex Spooky Tooth drums / Micky Gallagher keys
asked to join Peter Frampton after he left Humble Pie
Plastic Penny (unofficially)
Wills / William Willy Wilson / Mick Grabham
Cochise 70-72
Wills / Willy Wilson / Mick Grabham of Plastic Penny / Stuart Brown vocals / BJ Cole
Peter Frampton's Camel 72-75
Wills / Frampton
Roxy Music 76
Kevin Ayres 76
Zoot Money / Tony Newman / Ollie Halsall
Small Faces II 77-78
Wills / Steve Marriot /
David Gilmour (solo) 78
Gilmour / Wills / Wilson
Foreigner 79-92
Mick Jones / Wills / Lou Gramm / Dennis Elliott / Ian McDonald / Al Greenwood
David Gilmour (solo) 78
Gilmour / Wills / Wilson
Bad Company 92-98
Robert Hart / Wills
Lynyrd Skynyrd 99 (dep)
The Jones Gang
Wills / Kenney Jones / Robert Hart / Dave “Bucket” Colwell