Ged Wilson - Anthology (2019)

Ged Wilson is now well established on the British blues scene. He has toured the nation and has three albums under his belt. With much radio airplay and favourable reviews Ged is now starting to make his mark.

Ged Wilson describes his act as blues for the 21st Century. Raised along the Irwell Delta in Manchester and now relocated in Cheltenham, Ged is a veteran of the British Blues boom of the 60's. He cuts his original tunes from the world around him viewed through his northern biased kaleidoscope. With his upbeat guitar styles he weaves some slide, rack harp and laconic humour into his funky one man medicine show.

In the 1970’s inspired by the likes of John Mayall, Rory Gallagher and Savoy Brown Ged joined his first band called “Spike” as lead singer. The band recorded an album (vinyl LP) of self penned songs and went on to play many gigs in the Northwest of England. After a couple of years the 5 piece band went their separate ways as work and lifestyle changes took their toll.

During the 1980’s Ged experimented with the rise in synthesisers and drum machines as well as learning to play saxophone and harmonica. Ged recorded some demos at the now defunct Twilight studios in Salford. All of this was good grounding for his future musical career.

In the early 1990’s Ged formed his band, “Blues at Ten” a 4 piece blues band featuring Ged on lead vocals, guitar and harmonica. The band did many gigs across the north of England sometimes playing 7 nights a week! Here Ged started to hone his craft on stage. Once again after 4 years on the road the band took a break.

Fast forward to the early noughties and Ged was asked to front a new band called “No Money Down” a 5 piece blues band from the North West of England. The band went on to win many plaudits as they toured the country and played the major blues festivals. The band went across to Chicago to jam and observe first hand what was going down in the blues clubs there and bringing this fresh approach back to Blighty. Once again after 4 years on the road the band retired and at that point in 2011 Ged decided to go it alone.

Ged has since made many radio appearances and had his music played around the world. His albums have been appreciated by a global audience and his third studio album “Tonight at Noon” released in 2016 had a promo track “Ain’t That a Shame” featured on the Paul Jones blues show on BBC Radio 2. Ged’s previous studio album “What’s Going On?” was listed in the top 100 albums worldwide for the year 2013.