Wilson T. King is the alias of multi-instrumentalist/songwriter and producer Tim Wilson.
He is the main exponent of the musical form he mentioned in his Blues Matters interview in May 2010, as "future blues." His debut album, Follow Your First Mind, has received world-wide critical acclaim in such publications as Classic Rock, Guitar Player, Total Guitar and Blues Matters. Wilson has caused debate amongst some in the blues/guitar community due to his comments about the state of modern blues; especially what he calls "karaoke blues" artists.
In an interview with Alternative Magazine Online and a BBC Radio interview, Wilson adopted an aggressive stance against "karaoke blues" artists, considering them nothing more than merchants of parody and pastiche.
His main guitar influences stylistically are Jimi Hendrix and Jeff Beck, while his voice takes a more modern laid-back approach eschewing the typical blues sound.
His compositions tend to vary from the very simplistic to near avant-garde while maintaining a modern feel with the bass lines tending to be crucial to the minimalist approach.
Lyrically, he has mentioned in frequent interviews, the influence of the poet Charles Bukowski.
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