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Ricky Wilson
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Overview
Born
March 19
,
1953
·
Athens, Georgia, USA
Died
October 12
,
1985
·
New York City, New York, USA
(AIDS)
Birth name
Ricky Helton Wilson
Height
5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
Mini Bio
Ricky Wilson was born on March 19, 1953 in Athens, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for
Mystery Men (1999)
,
Paul (2011)
and
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
. He died on October 12, 1985 in New York City, New York, USA.
Trademarks
His unconventional guitar tunings and stringings. Often played guitar with the middle two strings removed.
Trivia
Died at Memorial Sloane Kettering Hospital in New York City
Guitarist for
The B-52's
from 1977 to 1985.
Older brother of
Cindy Wilson
.
The epitaph on his tombstone reads: "The breeze of Grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze".
Quotes
I don't write down lyrics or anything else, and I've no idea how guitar-tuning is supposed to go. I just work with the strings until something comes out that sounds good to me; from there, everything else falls into place.
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