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Ray Wilson (musician)
Raymond Wilson (born 8 September 1968) is a Scottish singer and guitarist, vocalist in the post-grunge band Stiltskin and in Genesis from 1996 to 2000. Early career and Stiltskin Before starting a band called Guaranteed Pure in the 1990s, which featured himself along with Paul Holmes (keyboards), Steve Wilson (guitars), John Haimes (bass) and Chris Cavanagh (drums)., he joined Edinburgh Band Strategy in 1987 recording and independently releasing a demo titled Second Move. Guaranteed Pure released an album called ''Swing Your Bag'', the title track of which was included on a compilation album on the label of Fish entitled ''The Funny Farm Project : Outpatients '93''. He then joined Stiltskin; they released one album and had a No. 1 hit in the UK with the single "Inside". Genesis Wilson joined Genesis as the band's lead singer after Phil Collins officially announced his departure in March 1996. Genesis founder members Tony Banks and Mike Rutherford were handed a CD of the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumfries
Dumfries ( ; sco, Dumfries; from gd, Dùn Phris ) is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is located near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth about by road from the Anglo-Scottish border and just away from Cumbria by air. Dumfries is the county town of the historic county of Dumfriesshire. Before becoming King of Scots, Robert the Bruce killed his rival the Red Comyn at Greyfriars Kirk in the town on 10 February 1306. The Young Pretender had his headquarters here during a 3-day sojourn in Dumfries towards the end of 1745. During the Second World War, the bulk of the Norwegian Army during their years in exile in Britain consisted of a brigade in Dumfries. Dumfries is nicknamed ''Queen of the South''. This is also the name of the town's professional football club. People from Dumfries are known colloquially in Scots language as ''Doonhamers''. Toponymy There are a number of theories on the etymo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calling All Stations
''...Calling All Stations...'' is the fifteenth and final studio album by English rock band Genesis. It was released 1 September 1997 by Virgin Records, and is their only album featuring Scottish singer Ray Wilson as frontman following the departure of longtime drummer/singer Phil Collins in 1996. The remaining members—founding keyboardist Tony Banks and guitarist/bassist Mike Rutherford—decided to continue the band and write new music for an album, during which they auditioned singers and picked Wilson. ''Calling All Stations'' was released to mostly negative reviews from music critics who chastised its lack of direction, but praised Wilson's performance. It sold poorly in comparison to their earlier albums; it reached No. 2 in the UK and performed well in Europe, but it peaked at No. 54 in the US. This marked their first studio album not to reach number one in the UK since 1978. " Congo", the first of three singles from the album, went to No. 29 in the UK. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Live And Acoustic (Ray Wilson Album)
''Live and Acoustic'' is a live album and first CD release from Ray Wilson. It was originally released as ''Unplugged'' in late 2001 via his website, but was reissued in 2002 as ''Live and Acoustic'' by InsideOut Music. It was recorded in August 2001 during the Edinburgh Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe Festival for which Wilson played 13 sold out shows. This was technically the first release by Wilson under his own name following the release of ''Millionairhead'' in 1999 by his band, Cut_. Track listing # "In the Air Tonight" (Phil Collins) # "Inside (Stiltskin song), Inside" (Peter Lawlor) # "Rest in Peace" (Lawlor) # "Shipwrecked (Genesis song), Shipwrecked" (Tony Banks (musician), Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford) # "Not About Us" (Banks, Rutherford, Ray Wilson) # "Another Day" (Wilson) # "Sarah" (Wilson) # "Gypsy" (Wilson) # "Swing Your Bag" (Wilson) # "Always in My Heart" (Wilson) # "Lover's Leap" (Taken from "Supper's Ready") (Banks, Collins, Peter Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Rutherford) # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Propaganda Man
''Propaganda Man'' is an album by Ray Wilson released in 2008. Track listing Personnel * Ray Wilson - Vocals, Guitar, and Mouth Organ * Ali Ferguson - Lead Guitar and Backing Vocals * Lawrie MacMillan - Bass and Backing Vocals * Ashley MacMillan - Drums and Percussion Additional personnel * Graeme Hughes - Guitar on "Things Don't Stop" * Scott Spence - Additional Guitar on "Bless Me", "Progaganda Man", and "Cosmic Baby" - Guitar on "Modern Day Miracle" * Kim McLelland - Piano on "Razorlite" and Organ on "Modern Day Miracle", "The Brakes Are Gone", "Propaganda Man", and "Frequency" * David Archibald - Piano on "The Brakes Are Gone" and "Frequency" * Gregor Lowrey - Accordion on "Modern Day Miracle" and "The Brakes Are Gone" * Tesiree Priti Kaitesi - Vocals on "Bless Me" and "Propaganda Man" * Alvin Mills - Bass on "Bless Me" * Uwe Metzler - Guitar on "Bless Me" * Nir Z - Drums on "Bless Me" Production * Album produced by Ray Wilson * "Things Don't Stop" produced by Graeme Hug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Next Best Thing (Ray Wilson Album)
''The Next Best Thing'' is the second studio album by Ray Wilson. The album gained small commercial success both in Europe and in the United States, following on from his success with ''Change'' and the recent tour dates in Europe. Theme The album deals with personal experiences from Ray's perspective including "The Actor" where he sings about his time with the rock band Genesis. Track listing # "These Are the Changes" ( Ray Wilson) # "Inside" (Peter Lawlor) # "How High" (Scott Spence, Wilson) # "The Fool in Me" (Wilson) # "Adolescent Breakdown" (Wilson) # "Sometimes" (Wilson) # "Alone" (Wilson) # "Magic Train" (Wilson) # "The Actor" (Wilson) # "Ever the Reason" (Spence, Wilson) # "Pumpkinhead" (Wilson) # "The Next Best Thing" (Wilson) Personnel * Ray Wilson - vocals, lead/acoustic guitars, bass *Irvin Duguid - keyboards *Nir Z NIR or Nir may refer to: Science and technology * Near-infrared, a region within the infrared part of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum * Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Change (Ray Wilson Album)
''Change'' is the first solo studio album by Ray Wilson (musician), Ray Wilson, after his Live and Acoustic (Ray Wilson album), live album the previous year. He started to gain success after a series of sold-out gigs during the 2001 Edinburgh Festival. The album achieved a new form of success and he did a series of tour dates throughout Europe. Track listing (Regular edition) # "Intro" (Ray Wilson (musician), Ray Wilson) # "Goodbye Baby Blue" (R. Wilson) # "Change" (R. Wilson) # "Along the Way" (Steve Wilson) # "Yesterday" (R. Wilson) # "Beach" (R. Wilson) # "Cry If You Want To" (R. Wilson) # "Beautiful Child" (R. Wilson) # "She Fades Away" (S. Wilson) # "I Look for You There" (S. Wilson) # "Believe" (R. Wilson) # "Another Day" (R. Wilson) # "The Last Horizon" (R. Wilson) Track listing (Special edition ''extra tracks'') # "Gouranga" (R. Wilson) # "Dark" (S. Wilson) # "Cool Waters" (R. Wilson) Track listing (2CD Tour edition) # "No Son of Mine" (Tony Banks (musician), Tony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Carpet Crawlers
"The Carpet Crawlers" is a song by the English progressive rock band Genesis, recorded for their sixth studio album ''The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway''. Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks wrote most of the music, with the help of Peter Gabriel. Lyrically, the song tells the section of the album's story whereby Rael, the lead character, finds himself in a red carpeted corridor surrounded by kneeling people slowly crawling towards a wooden door. Rael dashes by them towards the door and goes through it. Behind the door is a table with a candlelit feast on it, and behind that, a spiral staircase that leads upwards out of sight. The complex symbolism of Peter Gabriel's lyrics has been interpreted as referring to the fertilisation journey or as describing a scene inspired by Gnosticism in which humanity is misled by the 'callers': instead of the promise of heaven, the carpet crawlers find death and rebirth to a hellish environment. The song was released in April 1975 as the album's sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selection
Selection may refer to: In science: * Selection (biology), also called natural selection, selection in evolution ** Sex selection, in genetics ** Mate selection, in mating ** Sexual selection in humans, in human sexuality ** Human mating strategies, in human sexuality * Social selection, within social groups * Selection (linguistics), the ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments * Selection in schools, the admission of students on the basis of selective criteria * Selection effect, a distortion of data arising from the way that the data are collected In religion * Divine selection, selection by God * Papal selection, selection by clergy In computing: * Selection (user interface) ** X Window selection * Selection (genetic algorithm) * Selection (relational algebra) * Selection-based search, a search engine system in which the user invokes a search query using only the mouse * Selection algorithm, an algorithm that finds the ''k''th sma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genesis Revisited II
''Genesis Revisited II'' is the 22nd studio album by musician Steve Hackett, released on 22 October 2012 by Inside Out Music label. It is a sequel to his 1996 album ''Genesis Revisited'' and largely consists of reworked versions of songs originally by Genesis with a variety of guest vocalists. Track listing Personnel * Steve Hackett – guitars, vocals (disc 1, track 3 – V: "Willow Farm"; disc 2, track 10) * Mikael Åkerfeldt – vocals (disc 1, track 3 – I: "Lover's Leap" & IV: "How Dare I Be So Beautiful?") *Nad Sylvan – vocals (disc 1, track 1 & 8; disc 2, track 4) * Nik Kershaw – vocals (disc 1, track 4) * Conrad Keely – vocals (disc 1, track 3 – III: "Ikhnaton and Itsacon and Their Band of Merry Men") *Amanda Lehmann – guitar, vocals (disc 2, tracks 3, 5, 8 & 11) * Francis Dunnery – guitar, vocals (disc 1, tracks 3 – VII: "As Sure As Eggs Is Eggs (Aching Men's Feet)" & 5) * Steven Wilson – guitar (disc 2, track 11), vocals (disc 1, track 9) * Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Hackett
Stephen Richard Hackett (born 12 February 1950) is an English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who gained prominence as the lead guitarist of the progressive rock band Genesis from 1971 to 1977. Hackett contributed to six Genesis studio albums, three live albums, seven singles and one EP before he left to pursue a solo career. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010. Hackett released his first solo album, ''Voyage of the Acolyte'', while still a member of Genesis in 1975. After a series of further solo albums beginning in 1978, Hackett co-founded the supergroup GTR with Steve Howe in 1986. The group released the self-titled album '' GTR'', which peaked at No. 11 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in the United States and spawned the Top 20 single "When the Heart Rules the Mind". When Hackett left GTR in 1987, the group disbanded. Hackett then resumed his solo career. He has released albums and toured worldwide on a regular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperial Castle, Poznań
The Imperial Castle in Poznań, popularly called ''Zamek'', "the Castle" ( pl, Zamek Cesarski w Poznaniu, german: Königliches Residenzschloss Posen), is a palace in Poznań, Poland. It was built under German rule in 1910 by Franz Schwechten for William II, German Emperor, with substantial suggestions from the Emperor. Since its completion, the building has housed government offices of Germany (to 1918, and during World War II) and of Poland (1918–1939, 1945–present). Naming The name of this structure is misleading, as the building is a palace rather than a castle. Another difference arises from the adjective ''imperial'' (''cesarski'') preferred by the Poles and ''royal'' (''königliches'') used by the Germans. The German name refers to William II as King of Prussia, in this function he built the palace as his provincial residence, while the Polish name refers to him as Emperor of Germany because the term "royal" is reserved for Poznań's Royal Castle, home to the earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poznań
Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's Fair (''Jarmark Świętojański''), traditional Saint Martin's croissants and a local dialect. Among its most important heritage sites are the Renaissance Old Town, Town Hall and Gothic Cathedral. Poznań is the fifth-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. As of 2021, the city's population is 529,410, while the Poznań metropolitan area (''Metropolia Poznań'') comprising Poznań County and several other communities is inhabited by over 1.1 million people. It is one of four historical capitals of medieval Poland and the ancient capital of the Greater Poland region, currently the administrative capital of the province called Greater Poland Voivodeship. Poznań is a center of trade, sports, education, technology and touri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
