Singing guitarist

Raymie Wilson

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Experienced, versatlie performer with large varied repertoire.
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Singing guitarist
Glasgow
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A short, edited biog! Raymie has been playing and writing songs and original music for over 40 years. Starting off jamming with mates in bands whilst at school, and playing in night clubs and bars with his Dad, Joe. (Illegally)! Then playing in full time rock bands by the age of 17. After 9 years of touring and recording with various rock outfits, he took a peripatetic teaching job in the Southside of Glasgow, which lasted for 2 years. After attending a Musicians’ Union branch meeting he got talking to someone who was looking for a guitarist and singer for a cruise ship contract. He jumped at the offer of a gig at sea, and ended up working various contracts over the next few years as well as doing other gigs in-­‐between. A couple of years later he was contacted by Neil McCormack, owner of the legendary Glasgow family-­‐ run music store “McCormack’s”, and was asked if he could play bass for a Hendrix Tribute guy, Jim Dunlop had brought over from the States. This turned out to be another change of direction, and he started playing with The Randy Hansen Band. Mainly playing Hendrix covers at trade shows etc.. On the way back from a trade show, while passing through London, he found out that Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines were auditioning musicians for possible positions aboard ships. After a successful audition he found himself at sea once again, working as a guitarist, and backing big Vegas-­‐style shows and cabaret acts such as Al Martino, Tony Bennett, Petula Clark, et al.. After a few years and many ship board contracts he got a call and found himself working at Butlins’ holiday camp in Ayr. “Work’s work”. There he met an agent who asked him if he could do a gig in Singapore with “The Legendary Ladies of Rock ’n’ Roll? So off he went and played with, “the Shirelles”, “the Chrystals” and “the Supremes”. On returning to his native Glasgow, yet again, he took up an offer of resident musician for the Pavilion Theatre. For the next 5 years he would play guitar or bass for all the original in-­‐house productions, and some touring shows. Things turned again and after being contacted by a London-­‐based agency, at short notice, to dep for a guitarist on a ship for a few weeks, he ended up working for the next 6 years as guitarist and Musical Director for the company. After a short spell helping to look after his Father, who had became ill. He got the guitar chair gig on the touring production of “Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat”. Almost 2 and a half thousand shows later, he said goodbye to life on the road...................Well at least for a couple of years! He has, since then, played on a few touring shows, but says he’s definitely done enough of them now. The last show he toured with was the UK and Ireland tour of, “7 Brides for 7 Brothers”, on Banjo, and some guitar. Through all this time, he would be constantly jotting down lyrics in notepads and scribbling down music and recording pieces of songs and other musical ideas on whatever he had at his disposal. A few years ago, he issued the instrumental album, “2012”, followed by the EP, “4x4”. Which contained 4 original songs in the Americana vein. Toward the end of 2014 he issued the album, “Weather Permitting”, a collection of 8 songs, all with a story to tell, initially folky then getting heavier and rockier as the album progresses. As always he performed all the instrumentation and vocals, and recorded, engineered and produced all the tracks. In February 2016 he issued an album of original music selections he had written for the Marc Pye play, “Getting Ahead”. Mid 2016 he was approached by folk singer Charlie Harrigan, to lend a helping hand with a new recording. To, “Raymiefy it”, as Charlie put it. So; a washtub bass, tuba, hurdy-­‐gurdy, vihuela and a Burmese temple bell later, “Morning Train’ was done. At this time, Raymie is writing and recording various projects including; a new country album, a rock guitar album, a few power pop songs, a prog concept album, and a first series of a children’s cartoon. He has also recently self-­‐published a book of Classical Guitar pieces, which were originally written whilst teaching in the 1980s.

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Genres:
Country, Folk, Bluegrass, Ceilidh, Folk rock, Rockabilly, Traditional Scottish folk, Rock, Classic rock, Hard rock, Heavy metal, Pop rock, Power rock, Progressive rock, Punk rock, Rock 'n' Roll, Synth rock, Traditional Irish folk, Traditional English folk, Jazz, Dixieland, Swing, Ragtime, Blues, Cabaret, Gypsy jazz, Jazz fusion, Latin jazz, Modern jazz, Postmodern jukebox jazz, Barbershop, Gospel, Avant garde, Easy listening, Experimental, Light music, Originals, Pop, Acoustic, Ambient pop, Americana, Covers, Disco, Funk, Funk rock, Hip Hop, Karaoke, Motown, R&B, Soul, Top 40, Tribute, Vintage, Alternative rock, Britpop, Glam rock, Hardcore, Indie, Post rock
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Event types:
New Year's Eve, Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Concert, Recording session, Theatre / Show, Cruise, Burns night, Birthday party, Christmas party
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Other skills:
Arranger, Audio engineer, Composer, Sound technician, Songwriter, Lyricist, Producer, Orchestrator, Transcription, Actor, Musical comedy, Fluent improviser, Fluent sight-reader, MC, Instrumental teaching, Theory teaching, Singing teaching, Composition teaching, Music therapy, Community music worker, Musicologist
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Raymie's Song list

2 Out Of 3 Ain't Bad
10/10
A Fool Such As I
A House Is Not A Home
A Spaceman Came Travelling
Achy Breaky Heart
Ain't No Sunshine
All In The Game
All Night Long
Alright Now
Always On My Mind
Amarillo
American Pie
Angles
Angie
Another Day
The Answer
Aqualung
Are Friends ELectric
Arthur's Theme
Avenues & Alleyways
Baba O'Reilly
Babe
Bad Bad Leroy Brown
Bad Moon Rising
Baker Street
Bat Out Of Hell
Beautiful Noise
Beautiful Sunday
Begin The Beguine
Behind Closed Doors
Blanket On The Ground
When A Blind Man Cries
Soldier Of Fortune
Blockbuster
Blueberry Hill
Boot Scooting Boogie
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Brown Eyed Girl
Brown Sugar
Burning Love
By The Time I Get To Phoenix
Bye Bye Love
Caledonia
Ces't La Vie
Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Come Monday
Come Together
Con Te Partiro
Copperhead Road,
Country Roads
Coward Of The County
Coz I Luv You
Cracklin' Rosie
Crazy Horses
Crocodile Shoes,
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Crazy
Crocodile Rock
Crocodile Shoes
Crying In The Rain
Dance the Night Away,
Dancing In The Moonlight
Daniel
Davy's On The Road Again
Day After Day
Daydream Believer
Dead Flowers
December '63
Delilah
Desperado,
Devil Went Down To Georgia
Dignity
Dirty Old Town
Disco Inferno
Do They Know It's Christmas
Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
Don't Look Back In Anger
Don't Stop Believing
Don't Believe A Word
Down On The Corner
Down Under
Dreadlock Holiday
Dream Weaver
Drive In Saturday
Easy
Elvira
Empty Rooms
Eve Of Destruction
Every Breath You Take
Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Everyone's A Winner
Fairytale Of New York
Far Far Away
Feelings
Fiesta
Find Yourself A Rainbow
Fisherman's Blues,
Fly Me To The Moon
Follow You Follow Me
Folsom Prison Blues,
Forever In Blue Jeans
Four Strong Winds
From A Jack To A King
Galway Girl
Gambler
Gentle On My Mind
Georgia On My Mind
Get It On
Get Ready
Gimme Some Lovin'
Golden Years
Goodbye Look
Set On You
Greased Lightning
Great Balls of Fire,
Green Green Grass Of Home
Guilty
Guitar Man
Handbags And Gladrags
Happy Xmas War Is Over
Hard Day's Night
Have I Told You Lately
He Ain't Heavy
He'll Have To Go
Hello Hooray
Help Me Make It Thru' the Night,
Heroes
Hey Good Looking
Hey Joe
Higher Ground
Hold Your Head Up
Honky Tonk Women
Horse With No Name
House Of The Rising Sun
I Am I Said
I Believe In Father Christmas
I Can See Clearly
I Feel Good
I Feel Fine
I Hear You Knocking
I Heard It Through The Grapevine
I Just Called To Say I Love You
I Just Can't Help Believing
I Left My Heart In San Fransisco
I Love To Boogie
I Love You Because
I Recall A Gypsy Woman,
I Remember You
I Saw The Light
I Want To Hold Your Hand
I Want To Wake Up With You
I Want You To Want Me
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
I Wonder Why
I Won't Back Down
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
I'm A Believer
I'm On My Way
I've Got The Music In Me
I've Got You Under My Skin
If I Can Dream
If You Leave Me Know
Impossible Dream
In The Air Tonight
In The Court Of The Crimson King
In The Midnight Hour
In The Summertime
It Stoned Me
It's Not Unusual
It's Now Or Never
Jambalaya
Just A Gigolo
Just The Way You Are
Keep On Running
Kids In America
Killing Me Softly
King Of The Road
Knock Three Times
La Bamba
Living La Vida Loca
Lady In Red
Last Dance With Mary Jane
Last resort
Last Xmas
Lay Lady Lay
Leaving On A Jet Plane
Let It Be
Let Me Entertain You
Letter From America
Lido Shuffle
Life On Mars
Little Old Wine Drinker Me,
Living Next Door To Alice
Living On A Prayer
Loch Lomond
Lola
Lonely This Xmas
Long As I can See The Light
Love Changes Everything
Love Is In The Air
Love Is The Drug
Love Me Do
Love On The Rocks
Lovely Day
Lovesick Blues
Lucille
Lucky Man
Lyin' Eyes
Mack The Knife
Maggie May
Margaritaville
Man Who Stole The World
Man Without Love
Me & Bobby McGhee,
Mendocino
Merry Xmas Everybody
Mistletoe & Wine
Moondance
Mister Blue Sky
Mustang Sally
First, My Last My Everything
My Friend Stan
My Life
My Prayer
Nessun Dorma
Donna e mobile
New Shoes
New York State Of Mind
New York, New York
No Particular Place To Go
Norwegian Wood,
Nutbush City Limits
O Sole Mio
Proud Mary,
Oh! Pretty Woman
One Of These Nights
One Of Us
Only Women Bleed
Paradise By The Dashboard Light
Peaceful Easy Feeling
Pencil Full Of Lead
Piano Man
Pinball Wizzard
Pirate Looks At 40
Play That Funky Music
Please Come Home For Xmas
Profeta Non Saro
Proud Mary
Purple Rain
Quando Quando Quando
Quo Medley
Red Hot Slasa
Red Rose Cafe
Refugee
Release Me
Return To Sender
Rhinestone Cowboy
Ring Of Fire
River Deep Mountain High,
Rock Around The Clock
Rock DJ
Rocket Man
Roll On Down The Highway
Romeo And Juliet
Rosegarden
Roxanne
Ruby Ruby
Ruby
Runaway
Sail Away
Sail Away (Nilsson)
Sailing Ships
Save The Last Dance For Me
Say You Love Me
She Loves You
She Wears My Ring
Shiver Me Timbers
Shooting Star
Sit Down
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay,
Sledgehammer
Snowbird
Something
Song Sung Blue
Sorrow
Space Oddity
Spanish Eyes
Spanish Harlem,
Spinning Wheel
Spirit In The Sky
Squeeze Box
Stand By Me
Stay With Me
Step Into Xmas
Stop The Cavalry
Stuck In The Middle With You
Suddenly
Summer Of 69
Summer Breeze,
Superstar
Superstition
Surrender
Suspicious Minds
Sway
Sweet Caroline
Sweet Child Of Mine
Sweet Home Alabama
Sweet 16
Tequila Sunrise
That'll Be The Day
That's Amore
The Air That I Breathe
The Lady Is A Tramp
The Last Time
The Living Years
The Man Who Sold The World
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
The River
The Walk Of Life
The Weight
The Wonder Of You
There Goes My first Love
There's A Heartache Following Me
Things We Said Today
This Masquerrade
Three Times A Lady
Tie Your Mother Down
Til There Was You
Till
Tom Traubert's Blues
Trouble
Tumbling Dice
Turn It On Again
Turn Your Love Around
Unchained Melody
Under The Boardwalk,
Valerie
Victim Of Love
Virginia Plain
Wagon Wheel
Walk Between The Raindrops
Walk Right Back
Walk The Line
Walking In Memphis
Wasted Time
We Wish You Well
We're All Alone
Weather With You
When I Need You
Where The Sweet Water Flows
White Christmas
White Wedding
Will You
Wind Beneath My Wings
Wishing Well
Without You
Wonderful Tonight
Woodstock
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
You Can Leave Your Hat On
You Got It
You May Be Right
You Never Can Tell
You To Me Are Everything
You Wear It Well
You'll Never Walk Alone
You're My Best Friend
You've Lost That Loving feeling
You're Cheating Heart
Ziggy Stardust
Plus many songs from 'The Great American Songbook' and others.
Customer questions

What if my timings change after I've booked you?

Not usually a problem. Sometimes things happen and things like times need to be changed. Get in touch asap and we'll sort it out.

Can you provide an iPod/DJ service before and between your sets?

Yes. if you need this, please let me know what types/genres of music you would like. I can usually sort something out. If however, you would like music after my sets, then I would need an additional fee. Which would be negotiable.

How much time do you need to set up?

I don't use a lot of equipment, so generally it takes me 10 to 20 minutes to set up and sound check. Usually shorter.

Can I pick the pieces you play from the set list?

I don't work from set lists. Usually I will start with a song that I feel most of the company will know, and gauge the rest of my sets from there. I always try my utmost to read the audience. If you have any specific songs you would like me to play, just ask me and I will try to accommodate.

Do you bring all the equipment you need to perform?

Yes. Whether it's just an acoustic guitar or with tracks and a PA.

Can you learn specific pieces before the event?

Usually I will be able to learn specific pieces if required. Though I may charge a small prep fee for the rehearsal time.

What do your clients love most about your performances?

The way I can read audiences and adjust the set accordingly.

Which venues have you performed at in the past?

Too many to mention. I've been performing for a long time.

Which artists have you been most influenced by?

To be honest I am influenced by most things I hear and see. Life - generally.

What is the most high profile gig you've performed?

Couldn't really say.

Raymie's Prices

Note: prices may vary based on travel distance. For an exact quote, click “Check availability”.

Standard Prices
Performance durationPrice
Short performance (up to 15 min)£40
Up to 1 hour£160
Up to 2 hours£300
Up to 3 hours£420
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Raymie's Reviews

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David B
5 years ago, for a Bar / Club / Venue event in 40 Park Rd
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5 out of 5

Hi Raymie Really appreciated tonight, absolutely first class, I hope you will be available to come back to our club! Appreciate everything you have done for us. I have posted something on our page, and added your details to it as we would really recommend you! Like I said hope to see you again really soon, and thank you! Regards David ".

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Aileen W
5 years ago, for a Birthday party in 278 W George St
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5 out of 5

I booked Raymie to perform for a small intimate party I was having for a group of friends. He was excellent in his choice of songs. bang on for the age group there. I would reccomend him to anyone looking for entertainment. Amazing voice and great patter. brilliant night. Cheers Aileen.

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