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Al Wilson / Show & Tell: The Best of Al Wilson
$13.95-- CD -- 2004 Fuel 2000 302 061 438 2
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AL WILSON BIO
“Al Wilson is a knock-out...!”
“Al has the audience in the palm of his hand, captivated...!”
“A man who knows the way to wrap himself around a vocal...!”
These are just a few of the rave reviews about the versatile artist Al Wilson. Music is his life, a self portrait, revealing the many facets of the man -- from grade-school plays, talent contests, and art shows in Mississippi-- to the U.S. Navy -- to singing and playing drums with vocal and instrumental groups in California.
The “big break” was his hit recordings of “The Snake” and “Do What You Gotta Do” for Johnny Rivers’ Soul City Records. Al’s recording of “Show and Tell,” which sold over two million copies, was Cashbox Magazine’s #1 Single of The Year!
Now in his new album scheduled for January 2001 titled “Spice of Life” we are treated to a taste of his classic recordings spiced up with his talent as both a writer and singer. Truly a work that offers up the heart, soul and reflection of the new millennium.
Al’s style is a blend of earthiness and sophistication. His wide range of pop & jazz, gospel, rock, blues and funk shows the sensitivity and strength that mark him as an enduring star in today’s music scene.
Al says “if you do a thing well, whether it’s soul, blues or rock, you can reach people of different tastes and please them all” and Al Wilson does.
Mr. “Show & Tell” himself; Al Wilson, is anything but your typical entertainer. He is the purest, most energetic and possibly the most talented singer to ever rule a stage. And without a doubt when he hits the stage he launches into the fastest-moving hour ever seen. After nearly thirty years his voice is still incredible intact, delivering notes so fine, so sensual, nearly palpable, to the point you want it to go on forever.
Want some current hits, funk-pop, a medley of standards, or ballads, you get it all plus many of his 22 greatest hits. And no one is left seated when he performs his trademark Show & Tell with abandon and working the crowd into a frenzy befitting any finale.
From his home in San Bernardino, Calif. to The Greek Theater in Los Angeles, Bally’s Las Vegas, Flamingo Hilton, Disney World, Atlanta, Concord Hotels Curacau, Atlantic City with every venue between the Atlantic and Pacific and onto covering the length and breath of South Africa everyone feels the beat and remembers the experience of an Al Wilson show. Al Wilson, is unlike some performers who feel more secure with a “wall” between them and the audience, he may find himself engaged in a little playful banter with audience or maybe a heartfelt serenade. Besides peeling the paint off the walls with his powerful voice he works to entertain the audiences making them feel like they are part of the show.
Clearly this is a man who looks forward to the show every time he steps out on a stage and the audience knows it and appreciates it.
In 1999 when California made Juneteenth a state holiday, Al who’s birthday just happens to be June 19th was honored by the California State Assembly in the First Class of Freedom Fighters for Musical Arts along Joe Vincent and Mr. Rickey Ivie, Esq.; for their efforts in restoring the musical heritage to it’s rightful owners.
Released 2005