Gary Wilson

20 years later, in 2002, Motel Records re-released "You Think You Really Know Me" after gaining permission from Wilson, who was 50 and working in an adult bookstore while playing in a lounge act at Rancho Bernadino Lounge in California. Everyone perked up this time around and Gary Wilson sold out shows in New York and Los Angeles along with receiving raves from the New York Times. In 2003, following the groundswell, an album of unheard material and 7 inches from 1973 to 1982 entitled "Forgotten Lovers" was released, which features a lot of the work that Wilson did with the Blind Dates. In 2004, Wilson released his proper second album "Mary Had Brown Hair" on the highly influential underground hip-hop label Stones' Throw, run by Chris Manak aka Peanut Butter Wolf, a huge Gary Wilson fan. In 2008, Wilson followed up his Stones' Throw release with his third full-length album Lisa Wants To Talk To You. The album was released on L.A.-based Human Ear Music and is a more straightforward affair than previous albums. This was followed with 2011's Electric Endicott, which was released on Western Vinyl. In recent years, Wilson has started to play and appear in public again, playing shows on both US coasts. Outside of concerts, Wilson has sat in with The Roots on NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, which is fitting as ?uestlove is a massive fan of his music. Trivia: In Where It's At by Beck, Beck calls out Gary Wilson by name: "Let The Man Gary Wilson rock the most".