On this day, 16 June 1999, former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman played Cardiff’s St David’s Hall on his Anyway The Wind Blows Tour.
Billed as Bill Wyman and the Rhythm Kings the band included Georgie Fame. Gary Brooker. Albert Lee. Terry Taylor. Beverley Skeete. Graham Broad. Frank Mead. Nick Payn. Martin Taylor. Melanie Redmond and Keeley Smith.
Born 24 October 1936 he achieved international fame as the bassist for the Rolling Stones from 1962 until 1993. In 1989, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Rolling Stones. Since 1997, he has recorded and toured with his own band, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings. He has worked producing records and films, and has scored music for films and television.
Wyman has kept a journal since he was a child during World War II, and has published seven books. He is also a photographer, and his works have been displayed in galleries around the world.
Wyman is an amateur archaeologist and enjoys metal detecting. He designed and marketed a patented "Bill Wyman signature metal detector", which he has used to find relics in the English countryside dating back to the era of the Roman Empire.
In July 1981, Wyman's solo single "(Si Si) Je Suis un Rock Star" became a top-20 hit in many countries. Also in 1981, Wyman composed the soundtrack album Green Ice for the Ryan O'Neal/Omar Sharif film of the same name.[citation needed] In the mid-1980s, he composed music for two films by Italian director Dario Argento: Phenomena (1985) and Terror at the Opera (1987).
