A new box set of post-Rolling Stones work by Bill Wyman will include tracks with appearances by George Harrison and former Ringo Starr All-Starr Band members Peter Frampton and Gary Brooker, plus fellow former Rolling Stone Mick Taylor, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Chris Rea, Nicky Hopkins and percussionist Ray Cooper, among many others.
The five-disc "Bill Wyman Collector's Edition Box Set," which collects four studio albums by Bill Wyman and the Rhythm Kings, will be released in the U.S. on Proper American Records on Oct. 25.
Harrison plays slide guitar on the track "Love Letters" from the 2001 Bill Wyman and the Rhythm Kings' album "Double Bill." Also on the track are Wyman on bass, Georgie Fame on organ, Tommy Emmanuel on guitar, Graham Broad on drums, Terry Taylor on guitar, Frank Ricotti on percussion, Janice Hoyle on backing vocals and Beverley Sweets on vocals. The track was recorded in late 2000, according to Kristofer Englehardt's "Beatles Deeper Undercover."
Wyman's group did their own version of a Harrison Beatles song, a cover of "Taxman," on "Living in the Material World: A Tribute to George Harrison," which released in 2003. Ringo Starr made a guest appearance in the 1985 live video by Willie and the Poor Boys, which also featured Wyman.
Both Bill Wyman and the Rhythm Kings and Ringo Starr and the All-Starr Band are groups set up basically for the fun of playing. As Wyman, who left the Rolling Stones in part because he didn't want to travel much anymore, says, "We have a really nice time playing music that grabs us and we go home with smiles on our faces, just like the audience does. That’s really all it’s about.”
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