Big Daddy Wilson was born in Edenton, North Carolina, a small Southern town where he grew up in a modest household surrounded by family, church life, and hard work in the fields. Although he sang in church as a child, he was extremely shy and never imagined performing on stage. After leaving school at sixteen, he eventually joined the U.S. Army, which led to his first experience living abroad.
Stationed in Germany, Wilson struggled with homesickness and briefly returned to the United States before rejoining the military at his mother’s urging. That decision brought him back to Germany, where his life would take a new direction. What began as a young man searching for opportunity eventually became the starting point of a long musical journey that transformed him into the blues artist known today as Big Daddy Wilson.
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Walk A Mile In My Shoes
The City Streets
Baby Don’t Like
I Know
Trying To Find My Way Home (feat. Lars Kutschke)
Deep in My Soul
I Just Need A Smile
Hard Times Done Come
B’haven Blues Fest 2022
