Career
Early career Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Wimbish started playing guitar at the age of 12 and switched to bass guitar at the age of 14. In 1979 he was hired together with guitarist Skip McDonald and drummer Keith LeBlanc to form the house rhythm section for Sugarhill Records. Although they did not play on the Sugarhill Gang"s famous song "Rapper"s Delight" (the rhythm tracks for this song were played by the group Positive Force), they did play on many other popular song tracks, including "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, "White Lincolnshire" by Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel, "New York City" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, and "Apache" by the Sugarhill Gang.
Together with McDonald and LeBlanc, Wimbish headed to London in 1984 and started working with producer Adrian Sherwood and formed the group.
Together with and as a session bassist, Wimbish found himself in demand as a bass player for many artists and was considered as a permanent sideman for the Rolling Stones after the departure of bassist Bill Wyman in 1993, but lost the position to Darryl Jones. In the late 1980s Wimbish began crossing paths with vocalist Bernard Fowler, who collaborated with and Little Axe.
Both sang on records by the Rolling Stones, and Wimbish later played on the Stones" 1997 album Bridges to Babylon. Wimbish joined in 1992 (he replaced Muzz Skillings, who left the band) to tour and record the album, Stain.
After disbanded, Wimbish went back to London to continue his career as a studio bassist.
In 1999 he formed the drum and bass group Jungle Funk together with drummer Will Calhoun and percussionist/vocalist Vinx. Also in 1999, Wimbish solo album Trippy Notes for Bass was released. In 2000, was re-formed and toured in the United States, South America and Europe.
Wimbish also formed Head Fake, a drum and bass project with drummer Will Calhoun.
They released a Civil Defense, In The Area. In 2005 they started recording new songs.
The recording took place in Brussels, Belgium and was followed by an extensive European tour. The Civil Defense has never been released.
A Head>>Fake Digital Video Disc was released in 2008.
lieutenant features a recording of a Head>>Fake concert in Prague. In 2008 Wimbish, signed with Enja Records, and released his second solo album, CinemaSonics. In 2009, released and toured for the album "The Chair in the Doorway".
Wimbish was also featured on six Little Axe albums with Alan Glen on harmonica.
Wimbish has endorsed Ibanez and Spector Basses.