01. What & How & If & When & Why [3:38]
02. I Lost My Ring [3:37]
03. Love, Love, Love [3:41]
04. Stuff (Can't Get Enough) [4:05]
05. Running Back To You [4:01]
06. She's Wonderful [3:56]
07. Seventeen [3:50]
08. I'll Pull You Through [3:07]
09. November [3:45]
10. Just A Friend Of Mine [3:42]
11. It's A Lovely Day [2:05]
12. I Got Time [3:54]

It’s clear now, more than two decades later, that Bill Wyman didn’t leave the Rolling Stones because he felt boxed out by the Jagger-Richards songwriting juggernaut. The Stones have put out three full-length albums and a smattering of stand-alone things since, while Wyman has put out exactly none.

Well, until June 22, 2015, when their erstwhile bassist will issue Back to Basics via Proper Records — Bill Wyman’s first new solo project in 33 years. He’s joined by Robbie McIntosh (The Pretenders, Paul McCartney), Guy Fletcher (Mark Knopfler) and long-time collaborator Terry Taylor on an album produced by Andy Wright (Jeff Beck, the Eurythmics).

To be fair, however, he has been active with Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings, and that loose amalgam’s low-key, country-blues approach to music making permeates Back to Basics. This is more JJ Cale than it is “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” and therein probably lies the creative divide between Wyman and his old bandmates.

And so, we have Bill Wyman employing an oaken vocal on “November,” to the accompaniment of a delicate Spanish guitar, and the aw-shucks shuffle of “I Got Time” — an ambling harp-flecked song that makes good on that promise. Those amiable asides are goosed along on Back to Basics with Wyman’s flinty scamper through the Blockheads-ish “What & How & If & When & Why” and a rousing, Ray Charlies-inspired update of “I’ll Pull You Through.”

Still, the overarching theme here — as it has been, really, since his similarly amiable 1974 solo debut Monkey Grip — is one of relaxed craftsmanship, as unpretentious and small-scale as his long-lost friends in the Rolling Stones are outsized and cocksure. ---Nick Deriso, somethingelsereviews.com

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01. She’s Looking Good 03:29
02. Unchain My Heart 03:58
03. All Night Long 04:36
04. Drown In My Own Tears 03:51
05. That’s Better For Me 04:18
06. Harlem Shuffle 03:41		download
07. Louisiana 1927 04:35
08. Show Me 03:49
09. Too Late 04:23
10. I Don’t Need No Doctor 03:12
11. Johnny B Goode 07:05
12. That Is Rock & Roll 02:48
13. Crying In The Rain 03:47		download

Line-up:
Bill Wyman - Bass & Vocals
Albert Lee - Guitar & Vocals
Dennis Locorriere - Vocals/Guitar & Harmonica
Geraint Watkins - Piano/Accordion & Vocals
Terry Taylor - Guitar & Vocals
Beverley Skeete - Vocals
Graham Broad - Drums
Nick Payn - Saxophone
Frank Mead - Saxophone/Vocal & Harmonica

His “walking” style of bass playing was inspired by bluesman Willie Dixon. He has produced records, TV and film scores, and has written several books about his own life, with the Stones and as a photojournalist, including his 1990 biography, 'Stone Alone', and 2002's 'Rolling with the Stones'.

He is also a restaurateur and professional photographer who has had his work showcased internationally, and has even patented a metal detector, which allows him to unearth ancient relics in his native England. With a CV, which includes being bassist of the Rolling Stones, for several decades, Bill Wyman could have cemented his place in rock and roll history, but he went on to form the industrious Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings.

Their newest release, recorded live, hence the name, 'Live Communication' features an outstanding group of musicians. The line-up includes guitarist Albert Lee, vocalists (Dr. Hook) Dennis Locorriere and Beverley Skeete, pianist/accordionist Geraint Watkins, Graham Broad on drums, and Nick Payn and Frank Mead on sax.

The 13-track CD pulls from a variety of genres: blues, boogies, rock, rockabilly, swing, as well as from a pool of acclaimed songwriters: Willie Dixon, Carole King, Ashford/Simpson, Lieber/Stoller, Joe Tex and even Chuck Berry. But it is the extreme sophistication, yet earthiness, that exudes from this recording that makes it outstanding. --- Lisa Torem, pennyblackmusic.co.uk

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