But he had that faith in me that I'd get my act together.' During that year Wilson also guested on the Hunters & Collectors' album What's a Few Men? (November 1987), on Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls' next album, Under the Sun (December), and played with hard rockers X. Wilson acknowledged Kelly for extending his repertoire beyond harmonica, 'I was asked on as a sax player too and I didn't play all that much sax when asked. By May 1987 Wilson had left Harem Scarem, he joined Kelly's 45-date tour of North America promoting Gossip. While a member of Harem Scarem, Wilson provided harmonica on Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls' debut album, Gossip (September 1986). This line-up recorded their debut studio album, Pilgrim's Progress for Au Go Go Records, which was released in December 1986. In September of the following year Wilson, on harmonica and saxophone, and Barry Palmer on lead guitar, joined a neo-Blues group, Harem Scarem, alongside Peter Jones on drums, Charles Marshall on guitar, Christopher Marshall on lead vocals and Glen Sheldon on bass guitar. His early influences were Australian blues groups, Chain and Carson. He joined Sole Twisters in 1984 the R&B band included Brian Horne, Barry Palmer, his brother Craig Palmer, Jeff Pickard, and Nigel Sweeney. He completed his tertiary studies, and worked as an English teacher at various Melbourne secondary schools for 'some 20 years'.

He grew up in Alphington, an inner-Melbourne suburb. Fellow musician and friend Suzannah Espie set up a GoFundMe page which raised over AU$100,000 in just a few days before ceasing to accept further donations.Ĭhristopher John Wilson was born in 1956. A fundraising concert at the Corner Hotel was announced and quickly sold out. On 24 July 2018, Wilson's management announced that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was unlikely to perform again. Outside of his music career Wilson taught English at various secondary schools in Melbourne for about 20 years. It peaked at No. 18 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

In March 1996, Wilson collaborated with Johnny Diesel in a blues project, Wilson Diesel, which issued an album, Short Cool Ones, composed mostly of 'soul and R&B standards'. Wilson's solo albums are Landlocked (June 1992), The Long Weekend (March 1998), Spiderman (2000), King for a Day (July 2002), Flying Fish (2012) and the self titled Chris Wilson (2018). He performed as part of the Sole Twisters, Harem Scarem and Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls, and fronted his band Crown of Thorns. Christopher John Wilson (1956 – 16 January 2019) was an Australian blues musician who sang and played harmonica, saxophone and guitar.

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