I want to go it alone; Forget 100,000 fans with Genesis, Ray's happiest playing down the pub.(Features)

From: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) | Date: July 1, 2001 | Copyright information

Byline: STEVE HENDRY

HE'S played to over 100,000 people, fronting one of the biggest rock bands in the world - but Ray Wilson is happiest performing down the local pub.

Ray, who replaced Phil Collins in Genesis, is going back to his roots this summer with a series of unplugged gigs at Madogs, the Edinburgh bar where he began his career, during the Festival Fringe.

At the age of 32, he has fulfilled all his dreams of rock glory and is embarking on a...

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