Chip Wilson
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"Chip Wilson, New Orleans Roots Music"
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana
United States
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| Member Since | 1/23/2008 | | Band Website | jumpinsomethin.com | | Influences | My influences are New Orleans musicians including Professor Longhair, Snooks Eaglin, The Meters, The Neville Brothers, Lonnie Johnson, Louis Armstrong, and many others. I also feel that the playing of Tuck Andress, Richard Thompson, Robert Johnson, Blind Blake, Blind Willie McTell, Ry Cooder, Blind Willie Johnson, Brownie McGee, Freddie Green, David Lindley, Josh White and Ali Farka Toure have all had a big impact on me. Songwriters including Robbie Robertson, Richard Thompson, Van Morrison and Bob Dylan are all people who I think about as I write, if only to be aware of not stealing their stuff inadvertently.
Of musicians that I have worked with over the years, Sean Harkness stands out as a major influence. I took lessons from Paul Asbell, and he was responsible for reorienting my thoughts about chord theory and harmony. Jerry Lavine also gave me some influential lessons. Brian Camelio, who now runs Artistshare, and I worked together for several years, and his playing certainly helped me. New Orleans bassists Tim Paco, now in Texas, and Angelo Nocentelli, both gave me a sense of time and tone at the bass end of the guitar, which is where it all starts, for me.
Finally, the greatest underrated guitarist of all time, Django’s brother, Joseph Reinardt, will always be an inspiration. | | Sounds Like | Ha! We hate this question. Tommy Malone, guitarist and singer with the Subdudes, told me I sound like Sting. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get Sting to tell me I sound like Tommy Malone, which I would be very satisfied with. My guitar teacher from over two decades ago, Paul Asbell, asked me "Who are you listening to? Because, I hear a little Tuck Andress, I hear a little Snooks (Eaglin, New Orleans Guitar legend), but you’re not really trying to do either of those guys. I haven’t really heard anyone that sounds like you." Which all leads me to believe that, on guitar, I sound sort of like myself, although if you read the section on my influences, I cite three of the above guitarists. I should have added Tommy Malone, though. I wish I sounded like him on guitar, too. Fantastic singer and guitarist. | | Record Label | unsigned | | Type of Label | Major |
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| About Chip Wilson |
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Essential Facts: Born near New York City. Lived most of my adult life in Vermont. Lived in New Orleans for almost fifteen years. I don’t really miss New York or Vermont, although I go there sometimes. I sang in a church choir for money (only way they could get me to come to rehearsal) at age 7. I got a guitar for my 10th or 11th birthday. I burned that guitar up in the fireplace after seeing Jimi Hendrix perform, even though Hendrix had moved past the guitar burning part of his career. I played my first nightclub gig at age sixteen, I think, with Dan Harrison, who now has a recording studio in Connecticut. I have played in bluegrass bands, folk bands, gypsy jazz bands, rock bands, funk bands, jazz bands, and big bands, and ended up concentrating on working as a soloist, starting in 2000. I built guitars for two decades, working first with Roger Borys. I was taught luthiery by Jimmy D’Aquisto, who was a consultant for Borys Guitars. I retired from that trade after moving to New Orleans, although I do occasional guitar repairs and write for Vintage Guitar magazine. After the Federal Flood in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, I lived for a time on my sister’s farm in Massachusetts, and am very grateful to my family for helping me through the time away from New Orleans. I traveled between New Orleans and New England until I was able to resettle in New Orleans in August 2006, one year after the Flood. I continue to play solo for most of my gigs, and have recently concluded that I ought to delete this bio and start all over. For a better bio, go to www.jumpinsomethin.com, or www.sonicbids.com/chipwilson.
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