Roger Wilson is an English

England

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 folk singer

Folk Singer

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, fiddle

Fiddle

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r, guitarist

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, and songwriter

Songwriter

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 who, he says, abandoned a graphic design

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 career to become a full-time musician in 1986. He was a member of The House Band

The House Band

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 (1993–98) and later joined Chris Wood

Chris Wood (folk musician)

Chris Wood is an English folk musician and composer who plays fiddle, viola and guitar, and sings. He is an ardent enthusiast for traditional English dance music , including Morris and other rituals and ceremonies, but his repertoire also includes much French folk music and traditional Québécois...

 and Martin Carthy

Martin Carthy

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 in performances. He has also worked with Kate Rusby

Kate Rusby

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's Concert Party, with Pete Morton

Pete Morton

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 in Urban Folk, and with John Tams

John Tams

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 at the National Theatre

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.

Compositions

Wilson's songs include "Indian Tea", "Payday" "Pride and Prejudice", "Sick of the Working Life," "The Banks of Red Roses", "The Cotton Reel", "The Gumble Waltz" "The Luckiest Man", "The Peg in the Hole", "Ultrasound", "Where my feet are going I don't know", and "Zakynthos Jig"

Discography

• The Palm of Your Hand, Harbourtown Records HAR 002 (Vinyl), HARCD 020 (1988)
• Urban Folk Volume One, Harbourtown Records (1991)
• Stark Naked, Whiff Records WH001CD (1994)
• Another Setting (The House Band), Green Linnet Records
  Green Linnet Records
  Green Linnet Records was an American independent record label that specialized in Celtic music. Founded by Lisa Null and Patrick Sky as Innisfree Records in 1973, the label was initially based in Null's house in New Canaan, Connecticut. In 1975, the label became Innisfree/Green Linnet and Wendy...
  
   GLCD 1143 (1994)
• Rockall (The House Band), Green Linnet GLCD 1174 (1996)
• Urban Folk Volume Two: Self Destructive Fools, Harbourtown Records (1997)
• Urban Folk Volumes 1+2, Harbourtown Records HARCD032 (1997)
• Wood, Wilson, Carthy - Ruf Records
  Ruf Records
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  RUFCD05 (1998)
• October Song (The House Band), Green Linnet GLCD 1190 (1998)
• You Look Familiar (2007)