Melbourne Blues Legend Chris Wilson Loses Battle with Cancer at 62 - Noise11.com
Songs of Bob Dylan;Chris Wilson

Chris Wilson at the Songs of Bob Dylan concert photo by Ros O'Gorman

Melbourne Blues Legend Chris Wilson Loses Battle with Cancer at 62

by Paul Cashmere on January 17, 2019

in News

Australian blues and roots legend Chris Wilson has lost his battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 62.

Chris announced that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in July 2018.

Chris Wilson is a stalwart of the Australian music scene. One of Chris’ early bands was Sole Twisters with Barry Palmer, who later would join Hunters & Collectors.

Over the years he has contributed to Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls ‘Gossip’, then joined the band for ‘Under The Sun’. Chris guested on Hunters & Collectors ‘What’s A Few Men’, he fronted his own band Crown of Thorns, collaborated with Diesel on the ‘Short Cool Ones’ project and released his solo records.

Wilson Diesel reunited in 2013 for a performance of ‘Short Cool Ones’ at the Sydney Blues & Roots Festival.

Chris was recently immortalised in the documentary ‘Chris Wilson Live at the Continental 23 Years on’, a film by Chris Franklin.

In his life away from the stage, Chris is a school teacher, teaching English to Melbourne’s secondary students.

Chris Wilson performs at Memo Music Hall in St Kilda as part of BOBfest on Friday 22 May 2015.

Chris Wilson performs at Memo Music Hall in St Kilda as part of BOBfest on Friday 22 May 2015

photo by Ros O’Gorman

Follow Noise11 on Twitter for news as it happens

For news as it happens follow Noise11 on Facebook

Noise11.com

Listen to the Noise11 Music News channel now at iHeartRadio

Related Posts

Regurgitator 2024
Regurgitator Have A New Song And It Features Peaches

Peaches joins Regurgitator for their new song’ ‘This Is Not A Pop Song’.

20 hours ago
Blondie, Rod Laver Arena Melbourne on Thursday 6 April 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Deborah Harry Joins The Dandy Warhols For New Song ‘I Will Never Stop Loving You’

The Dandy Warhols have a number of special guests on their new album ‘Rockmaker’ but the one they are treating up to today is the Deborah Harry collaboration ‘I Will Never Stop Loving You’.

4 days ago
Eric Bazilian and Tania Doko
The Hooters Eric Bazilian and Bachelor Girl’s Tania Doko To Tour Australia Together

Eric Bazilian, co-founder of US rock band The Hooters, and Tania Doko from Australia’s Bachelor Girl, will head out on Australian dates together in April.

5 days ago
Neneh Cherry A Thousand Threads
Neneh Cherry To Release Memoir ‘A Thousand Threads’

Neneh Cherry will publish her memoir ‘A Thousand Threads’ in October.

7 days ago
The Edge, U2 perform at Etihad Stadium.
U2 Becomes Third Vegas Show To Top $200 million In Ticket Sales

U2’s ‘U2:UV Achtung Baby Live At Sphere’ has become the third show ever to sell more than $200 million in ticket sales. The other two are both Celine Dion shows ‘A New Day …” and ‘Celine’.

7 days ago
Karl Wallinger of World Party and The Waterboys
Karl Wallinger of World Party and The Waterboys Dies At Age 66

Karl Wallinger, the backbone to World Party and The Waterboys, died on Sunday 10 March at age 66. A cause of death was not announced.

March 12, 2024
Renee Geyer Difficult Woman
Renée Geyer ‘Difficult Woman’ To Get First Ever Vinyl Release

‘Difficult Woman’, the ninth album for Renée Geyer, will be released for the very first time ever on vinyl on 15 March 2024.

March 11, 2024