Like James Jamerson and Bernard Edwards before him, the late Robert Wilson (who succumbed to a heart attack at age 53 on August 15, 2010) is well on the path to receiving long-overdue accolades and posthumous appreciation for his highly original, influential bass guitar style.
Wilson and his older brothers – vocalist/keyboardist Charlie and trumpeter/keyboardist Ronnie – were born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and learned to sing and play at their father's Pentecostal Church and via lessons at home. By their teens they formed the Greenwood, Archer & Pine Street Band, which was soon shortened to the GAP Band.
