Paul "Wix" Wickens (b. March 27, 1956 in Essex, UK) is a keyboardist and composer from Essex, United Kingdom. Wickens has worked with musicians such as Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Bon Jovi and many other artists. Wickens has been a member of McCartney's touring band since 1989.Career
Wickens recorded on albums by Tommy Shaw of the American rock group Styx, The Damned, Tim Finn, Paul Carrack, Jim Diamond, Boy George, and David Gilmour, and was the co-producer of the first Savage Progress album. He also was the keyboardist and programmer for Edie Brickell & New Bohemians album, "Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars" - which was where he first met Chris Whitten. Paul was also instrumental in making the BANDAGED album the success it was, in aid of BBC Children in Need.
He was a friend of the writer Douglas Adams, and performed at his memorial service in 2001. Recently he has composed the music for radio productions of Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He has also recorded a version of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
Paul McCartney
Wickens began touring with Paul McCartney in 1989. As of then, he has appeared on many of McCartney's albums and DVDs, and has become the manager for many of McCartney's tours.
Selected Discography
Producer
| Year | Album | Artist |
| 1986 | Desire For Freedom | Jim Diamond |
| 1992 | Sleeping Satellite | Tasmin Archer |
| 1992 | Great Expectations | Tasmin Archer |
| 1993 | In Your Care | Tasmin Archer |
| 1996 | Big White Room | Melanie Garside |
| 1996 | She Knows | Melanie Garside |
Performer
| Year | Album | Artist |
| 1978 | Dynamite Daze | Kevin Coyne |
| 1979 | Babble | Kevin Coyne And Dagmar Krause |
| 1983 | All I See Is You | Eddie & Sunshine |
| 1983 | Do What You Wanna Do / Movin' On | Chris Thompson |
| 1983 | Perfect Strangers | Eddie & Sunshine |
| 1983 | The Golden Section | John Foxx |
| 1987 | To Be Reborn | Boy George |
| 1988 | What Up, Dog? | Was (Not Was) |
| 1988 | From Langley Park to Memphis | Prefab Sprout |
| 1989 | Gatecrashing | Living In A Box |
| 1990 | Tripping The Live Fantastic | Paul McCartney |
| 1991 | A Contraluz | Luz |
| 1993 | Off the Ground | Paul McCartney |
| 1993 | Paul Is Live | Paul McCartney |
| 1996 | Big White Room | Melanie Garside |
| 1996 | Desire For Freedom | Jim Diamond |
| 1997 | So Help Me Girl | Gary Barlow |
| 2003 | Seven Years - Ten Weeks | David Sneddon |
| 2007 | Memory Almost Full | Paul McCartney |
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