Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings: How He Brought His Blues Roots Back to Life

After twenty-eight years holding down the low end in the Rolling Stones, Bill Wyman could have retired to his wine cellar and his vintage guitar collection. Instead, he launched Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings in 1990, a live-and-recording band that let him play the early blues and R&B he’d loved long before Mick Jagger ever shouted at a crowd. Wyman had spent the Stones years mostly locked into Keith Richards’ riffs, but the Rhythm Kings gave him the freedom to pick