Live Performance

Thrilling Audiences since 1972

Nationally recognized writer, publisher, teacher and performer, Riley Wilson is a true 21st century Renaissance man. A working professional guitarist/singer since 1972, he's worked over 5,000 gigs in solo, duo, trio and large format band gigs from North Carolina to California and most places in between. Since 1985, he's taught more than 7,000 guitar, bass and voice students coast to coast, in person as well as his ground breaking book, "Guitar Made Simpler," published in 2005. His writing has been a fixture in some of the world's most acclaimed publications, like "Electronic Musician," "Gig," "Guitar World," "Guitar School" and "Vintage Guitar," where he authored the popular "Gigmeister column from 1993-2006. He still teaches over 50 students per week, writes and plays gigs all over the region. Riley is also an acclaimed voice talent. Visit his webpage dedicated solely to voiceovers at www.wrileywilson.com

Riley Wilson's One Man Band has received the coveted 5 stars rating on nation booking sites Gigmasters.com and Gigsalad.com. "In addition to teaching full time, I've been playing live gigs as a professional guitarist and vocalist since 1972. That was in North Carolina, and since that time, I've worked with dozens of groups like Blue Steel, Images, Men of Distinction, Mirror Image, Network, Scarlett, Speed Limit, Still Creek Band, The Fabulous Shades, Tiffany, Triad, my current solo act, Think Twice and Sojourn! I've played from the Atlantic to the Carribean and the Pacific Ocean, and it's just as fun now as it was when gasoline was only 34 cents a gallon."
solo gig

Rockin the Ballroom- Duncanville, TX Jan., 2012

Live shows in these formats
*solo act with sequencing,guitar and vocals;

Gigmasters - Booking One Man Bands Online Since 1997

*with keyboard/vocalist Bryan Stroud in the duo "Think Twice" and
*with percussion/vocalist Nathan Ellison and Bryan in the variety group "Sojourn." With recent performances in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas, Riley has also done corporate shows as far away as Las Vegas. Click on the link for each group to see sample songlists, reference letters and even mp3 files you can download now. The following gig calendar is updated weekly. If you can make it to one of our open to the public gigs, stop by and say "hello."

2012 Gig Calendar

Sat. Jan. 21, 2012- One Man Band- Corporate Party
Duncanville, TX

Sat. Jan. 28, 2012- One Man Band- Private Party
Plano, TX

Tues. Feb. 14, 0212- One Man Band- Private Party
McKinney, TX

Sun. Feb. 19, 2012- One Man Band- Wedding Reception
McKinney, TX

Sat. Mar.17, 2012- One Man Band- Private Party
Garland, TX