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Little did I know I was gonna end up being uncle to so many, so many, so many superstars,” Wilson said. “I’m so happy that I got a chance to rub elbows with him (Russell), and some of that uncle rubbed off on me at a very young age. Justin Timberlake, Pharrell Williams, Stevie Wonder and more honored Wilson when he was awarded the BET Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013. He has contributed to dozens of songs, worked with Snoop Dogg on several projects and shared Grammy nominations with Kanye West. Just as Uncle Leon offered him advice and inspiration as an up-and-coming performer, Wilson, now known as “Uncle Charlie,” said he tries to be a positive influence on younger musicians.
#IT LEAKED IN IT TO WIN IT CHARLIE WILSON NEW ALBUM HOW TO#
You know, he took me out of a club that only held 150 people or 55 people and took me to 30,000-feet places – and I learned how to perform from there.”
And I apply all of those things to my life and music. I ain’t gonna never forget the things he told me. I mean, he really used to talk to me a lot. He gave me my start, he gave me some tips on what it is to do music and shows and things that you have to do if you want to be successful.
So many people I used to see come through those doors. “Just being there (at Russell’s Church Studio), seeing Ringo (Starr), George Harrison, man, (Bob) Dylan. “I remember all of those late nights, laughing and pulling on his beard,” Wilson recalled. 13 at his suburban Nashville, Tenn., home. Tulsa music icon Leon Russell introduced the world to the Gap Band, who backed him on his 1974 album "Stop All That Jazz." The Wilson brothers released their band’s debut album, 1974's "Magician's Holiday," on Russell’s Shelter Records, and the future Rock and Roll Hall of Famer affectionately known as “Uncle Leon” played piano on the Gap Band’s eponymous 1977 release. Formed in 1967 as the Greenwood, Archer & Pine Street Band, the Gap Band became renowned for its ferociously funky anthems ("Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)," "You Dropped the Bomb on Me") and sweet R&B slow jams ("Yearning for Your Love," "Outstanding"). This has been a dream come true for me, and I can’t wait ‘til it goes down.”Īlthough he was born in Oklahoma City, Wilson came of age in Tulsa, where he and his brothers Ronnie and Robert famously started one of the most popular funk groups of the 1970s and '80s. And this is gonna be an awesome feeling,” he said in a phone interview last month before heading into the studio to put the finishing touches on his new album. I mean, everybody wants to do that, and I just hadn’t got a chance. I know all the artists in this business would love to go home and play for the hometown people. “It’s remarkable this feeling that I have right now, this homecoming.
Before he embarks next month on his nationwide “In It to Win It Tour,” which includes a March 17 return engagement at Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy Arena, the 11-time Grammy nominee will play a hometown show Saturday at Tulsa’s River Spirit Casino. 29, will release his seventh solo studio album, aptly titled “In It to Win It,” Feb. The former Gap Band frontman, who turns 64 Jan. I’m still doing the same thing that I did when I was in my early 20s,” he said with a laugh.
#IT LEAKED IN IT TO WIN IT CHARLIE WILSON NEW ALBUM WINDOWS#
I’m singing all of the song and rolling down windows and seeing if people are listening to the radio station. … I’m just like a little kid in a candy store. I’ve never taken what I’m doing for granted because I’ve seen stars from yesteryear try and put records out and nothing happens for them. “Trust me, it’s exciting to me, because it’s so hard to get radio still. 'In It to Win It': Oklahoma native Charlie Wilson keeps making music, plans home-state showsĬharlie Wilson still gets a thrill when he hears one of his new songs on the radio. A version of this story appears in Friday's Weekend Life of The Oklahoman.
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