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Alex Wilson Band Blues Band from Milwaukee, WI

Will travel up to 500 miles

  • Member Since 2015
  • Starting at $450 per event

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Alex Wilson grew up in a family of talented musicians. Alex's grandmother, Rosa Saviano was a renowned professional jazz singer in Chicago in the 1940's and 50's. Tom Wilson, Alex's father, is a multi-faceted musician who has had the distinct pleasure of accompanying nearly every blues performer to pass through the Milwaukee/Chicago music scene in the last thirty years. Marc Wilson, Alex's uncle AND drummer, is one of the most sought after drummers in the country. He's played with B.B.King, Big Walter Horton, Buddy Guy, Jimmy Rodgers, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Susan Tedeschi, Anson Funderburgh and Sam Meyers to name but a few. Alex picked up the guitar at five years old and never put it down. Immersed in the Milwaukee blues scene, Alex was surrounded, and influenced by such local luminaries as Stokes, Lee Gates, Jim Liban and Milwaukee Slim. Alex formed his own garage band at twelve years old. By seventeen he began to dig deep into the blues, learning the songs and styles of masters such as Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Buddy Guy, Jimi Hendrix and Magic Sam. At seventeen Alex began playing professionally and by twenty-one he had joined Milwaukee's Blue Rubies and was performing regionally while still playing part-time with his own band. Playing up to 25 gigs a month, Wilson honed and sharpened his skills as a singer/songwriter, guitar player and over all entertainer. In '05 and '06 Alex began to focus solely on his own project, booking shows, finding his own sound and the right players from the mid-west music scene to take his show on the road. In 2008 Alex played a series of shows with Grammy nominated blues harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite for the Chinese New Year in Beijing, China. Alex returned to the states to find himself a triple nominee for the WAMI (Wisconsin Area Music Industry) Awards. Between 2007 and 2011, Alex was nominated by the WAMI for the categories of “Blues Artist of the Year”, “Guitarist of the Year” and “Album of the Year” and has won the awards in 2007, '08, '09 and '11. In 2011 he represented Grafton Blues Association in the International Blues Challenge (IBC) in Memphis, TN. Out of 130 other bands from all over the world, Alex and his band ended up finishing in the top 8 in the IBC finals at The Orpheum Theater. In 2013, this was repeated, placing them in the IBC finals amongst the last 10 bands, this time out of more than 150. With Alex's uncle Marc Wilson on the drums, and Matt Turner singing harmonies and playing bass, Alex is running with one of the toughest bands on the scene today. A versatile musician, Alex effortlessly switches between genres. He plays everything from sweet Beale Street blues to West coast swing. From hard Texas grinders to stone cold Chicago grooves with a feeling that's said to be timeless. Alex's style and tasty originals matched with his undeniable stage presence and unmistakable guitar style will drive you to the dance floor. His album “Tell Me Why” has been released on “Rathskeller Records”. To say that Alex Wilson is one to look out for down the road is an understatement. Taking the world by storm, this musician is a force to be reckoned with.

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  • My Life With You | Alex Wilson
  • The Moon Is Shinin' | Alex Wilson
  • Take It Easy Babe | Alex Wilson
  • Lookin' Good | Alex Wilson
  • When We Get So Close | Alex Wilson
  • You Used To Know Me | Alex Wilson
  • Sacred and Untrue | Alex Wilson
  • Come Back Baby | Alex Wilson
  • Rockinitis | Alex Wilson
  • I Wish I Had My Baby Back | Alex Wilson
  • I Like To Play | Alex Wilson

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