“Wicked Game: The True Story of Guitarist James Calvin Wilsey” is a new book by Oakland author Michael Goldberg.
How much of an impact do you think that one song — and Wilsey’s contributions — had on Chris Isaak’s career?Chris Isaak might not have a career if not for Jimmy. Jimmy created the sound; Isaak wrote the songs and sang them. Until “Wicked Game,” Isaak’s records had bombed in the U.S. They were great but they were not popular here. In early 1991, even as “Wicked Game” was moving up the charts, Isaak played to 300 people at New George’s in San Rafael.Isaak was the writer.
I had 10 hours of recorded interviews with him done between 1982 and 1995 plus one of his friends shared with me what Chris said to him after Jimmy died and Chris posted comments about Jimmy on Christmas day so it was OK.Of course, the Isaak stuff is only part of the musical equation. Tell me about Wilsey’s days with the Avengers.When Jimmy was a teenager still living in Florissant, Missouri, outside St. Louis, he saw the Patti Smith Group on “Saturday Night Live” and that inspired him.
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