Chris Wilson - King For A Day

King For A Day is the fifth studio album by Australian blues musician Chris Wilson, originally released in July 2002 via Forge Records.

Cheersquad Records & Tapes are proud to present the first ever vinyl edition and long-awaited re-release on CD of legendary Australian singer-songwriter and bluesman Chris Wilson's acclaimed 2002 album King For A Day.

Arriving in 2002 off the back of the 2000’s Rhythms Magazine “Best Blues Album” Award-winning Spiderman album, King For A Day was the first fully original Chris Wilson since the ARIA-nominated classic Long Weekend in 1998.

The eagerly awaited album was the first release on Wilson’s newly established Forge label (named after his two boys Fenn and George) and again featured long-time guitarist Shannon Bourne and drummer Dave Folley, along with Chris Rogers on bass, Kerryn Tollhurst, Cindy Boste, Sarah Carroll and Skip Sail.

King For A Day was produced by Kerryn Tollhurst of the Dingoes and Country Radio fame.

Chris Wilson was a giant of Australian blues and roots music. A big man with a big voice and an even bigger heart, he followed in the footsteps of early pioneers like Dutch Tilders, Matt Taylor and Broderick Smith (and led the way for the likes of Jeff Lang, Ash Grunwald and the Teskey Brothers) and took his feeling for blues into the rock and punk worlds, eventually becoming the heart and soul of Melbourne’s legendary thriving live scene.

This album is on compact disc housed in a cardboard gatefold sleeve, pressed in Australia via Cheersquad Records & Tapes.