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Wyman has `no regrets` he left the Stones
Mar 28: Bill Wyman, longtime Rolling Stones bass guitar, said Thursday he had no regrets about leaving the group in 1993.
Mar 28: Bill Wyman, longtime Rolling Stones bass guitar, said Thursday he had no regrets about leaving the group in 1993.
"I don't have any regrets, not at all, in all honesty," Wyman, who turns 67 next October, said in an interview.
His last 10 years had been happy, he said, with his wife and his children now aged 8, 7 and 5 years. As for his life, "I would not change it for anything".
He had written four books and had his own band, he insisted.
"I see them socially", he said of the veteran rock band lead singer Mick Jagger, guitarist Keith Richards and drummer Charlie Watts. Ronnie Wood, also guitarist, is seen as a newcomer though he has been with the Stones more than a quarter century.
My kids play with Mick's children," Wyman said. His children were off on holidays next week with Jagger's children and his ex-wife Jerry Hall.
"It's like a family, which doesn't mean that you want to be together all of the time".
A pillar of the Stones for 30 years, Wyman -- real name William Perks -- was in Paris for the release of his book on life with the group, "Rolling With The Stones".
Legend has it that Wyman was asked to join the group in 1962 because he was the only one with an amplifier.
He denied reports that he was preparing to join the Stones on their current tour around China, India and other Asian countries, the second half of their 40th anniversary world tour.
Next month will see their first stop in China.
Wyman and his Rhythm Kings will play in France this spring, giving around 15 concerts between May and July, including one in Paris June 26.
The legendary Rolling Stones will be giving three concerts in Paris in July, on July 7, 9 and 11, and also playing in Marseille on July 5.
Bureau Report
"I don't have any regrets, not at all, in all honesty," Wyman, who turns 67 next October, said in an interview.
His last 10 years had been happy, he said, with his wife and his children now aged 8, 7 and 5 years. As for his life, "I would not change it for anything".
He had written four books and had his own band, he insisted.
"I see them socially", he said of the veteran rock band lead singer Mick Jagger, guitarist Keith Richards and drummer Charlie Watts. Ronnie Wood, also guitarist, is seen as a newcomer though he has been with the Stones more than a quarter century.
My kids play with Mick's children," Wyman said. His children were off on holidays next week with Jagger's children and his ex-wife Jerry Hall.
"It's like a family, which doesn't mean that you want to be together all of the time".
A pillar of the Stones for 30 years, Wyman -- real name William Perks -- was in Paris for the release of his book on life with the group, "Rolling With The Stones".
Legend has it that Wyman was asked to join the group in 1962 because he was the only one with an amplifier.
He denied reports that he was preparing to join the Stones on their current tour around China, India and other Asian countries, the second half of their 40th anniversary world tour.
Next month will see their first stop in China.
Wyman and his Rhythm Kings will play in France this spring, giving around 15 concerts between May and July, including one in Paris June 26.
The legendary Rolling Stones will be giving three concerts in Paris in July, on July 7, 9 and 11, and also playing in Marseille on July 5.
Bureau Report