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Ricky Helton Wilson (March 19, 1953 – October 12, 1985) was an American musician best known as the original guitarist and founding member of rock band the B-52's. Born in Athens, Georgia, Wilson was the brother of fellow member Cindy Wilson. The B-52's was founded in 1977, when Ricky, his sister Cindy, Kate Pierson, Keith Strickland and Fred Schneider shared a tropical Flaming Volcano drink at a Chinese restaurant and, after an impromptu music session at the home of their friend Owen Scott III, played for the first time at a Valentine's Day party for friends. On October 12, 1985, at the age of 32, Wilson died from AIDS following the recording of the band's fourth studio album ''Bouncing off the Satellites''. According to Keith Strickland, the album had been completed and mixed before Ricky's death, with only the cover art not yet designed (an illustration by Kenny Scharf was ultimately decided upon). Devastated, the band went into seclusion and did not tour to promote the album, although did several photo shoots and TV appearances, as well as filming a video for "Girl From Ipanema Goes To Greenland". In addition to his work with The B-52's, Wilson played the guitar on the song "Breakin' In My Heart" on Tom Verlaine's self-titled debut album in 1979. This was his only non-B-52's appearance on record. He also appeared in various films, namely ''One Trick Pony''. Posthumously he also appeared in ''Athens, GA: Inside/Out'', ''The B-52's 1979-1989'', and ''The B-52's Time Capsule: Videos for a Future Generation 1979-1998'' through archival footage. ==Childhood== Wilson was born on March 19, 1953 to Bobby Jack, a fireman and a veteran of the United States Army, and Linda J. Wilson (nee Mairholtz),〔(Bobby Jack Wilson )〕 in Athens, Georgia. At an early age, Wilson developed an interest in music, and learned how to play folk guitar from the PBS series ''Learning Folk Guitar''. Upon entering Clarke Central High School, Wilson had upgraded to a Silvertone guitar and, to tape his music, purchased a two-track tape recorder with money earned from a summer job at the local landfill. In mid-1969, Wilson met former Comer resident Keith Strickland at the local head shop The Looking Glass. The two shared common interests in music and Eastern mysticist culture, and quickly became friends. Wilson quietly came out as gay to Strickland whilst the two were in their teens, becoming the first member of the band to do so.〔http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Return+to+the+love+shack%3A+the+B-52s,+the+world's+greatest+party+band,...-a0176867351〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ricky Wilson (American musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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