Artist Info: Willie And The Poor Boys

* Genre: Rock
* Formed: 1984
* Active: '80s, '90s
* Major Members: Mickey Gee, Bill Wyman, Geraint Watkins, Andy Fairweather-Low, Charlie Watts

With Mick Jagger and Keith Richards bickering back and forth in the press during the mid-'80s (leading many to assume that the Stones were kaput), bassist Bill Wyman decided to fill up his newly acquired spare time by forming an all-star band, Willie and the Poor Boys. The group's roots lay in the series of high-profile 1983 ARMS Concerts (which raised money for multiple sclerosis research) [read more...]