Chris Wilson

Christopher John Wilson (born 1956) is an Australian blues musician who plays harmonica, saxophone, guitar and vocals.He has performed as part of the Sole Twisters, Harem Scarem and Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls, and fronted his band Crown of Thorns.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). 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".It peaked at No. 18 on the ARIA Albums Chart.Outside his music career Wilson has taught English in various secondary schools in Melbourne for about 20 years. On July 24, 2018 Wilson's management announced that Wilson had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was unlikely to perform again.A fundraising concert at the Corner Hotel was announced and quickly sold out. 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,