Ray Wilson – reviews, concert reports, interviews and much more about the former Genesis singer
On February 14, 2005 Ray Wilson played the KKC, a student-run club at the Duisburg-Essen University, with Irvin Duguid and his brother Steve Wilson. Christian Gerhardts set up this gig. Here are his impressions.
After a brief acoustic tour Ray toured again with a full band in 2004. Melanie Hohmeyer saw several shows.
Ray’s second solo album was released some fifteen months after his debut Change. The Next Best Thing is a completely different album, says Christian Gerhardts.
In the autumn of 2003 Ray Wilson toured Germany with a full band for the first time since Cut_. Melanie Hohmeyer watched and listened closely.
Ray Wilson’s first solo album Change was released in 2003 by InsideOut Records. We checked it out for you.
In the cold spring of 2003 the record label InsideOut invited the media for the press presentation of Ray Wilson’s first solo album Change in Cologne. Ray Wilson was in good spirits and played more than the scheduled 45 minutes before he mixed with the press and patiently answered their questions. Christian Gerhardts was there.
In 2002 Ray Wilson brought his acoustic programme to German audiences for the first time. On June 15 he was headliner at the Park-Kult-Tour festival in Duisburg; the day after that he played his first real solo concert in Germany at Kaue, Gelsenkirchen. Christian Gerhardts was in the audience.
Ray Wilson has a home game every year at the International Fringe Festival in Edinburgh. In 2001 Ray played 13 sold-out shows in a pub called Madogs. Martin Christgau was there.
After Genesis things went quiet around Ray Wilson. In 2000 he wrote genesis-news.com this e-mail.
When the Calling All Stations tour ended Ray Wilson turned to his solo project, a band he called Cut_. In the line-up was Nir Zidkyahu, who had already drummed for Genesis. The album Millionairhead came out in spring 1999.
