Ginger Wildheart

Ginger is a rock guitarist, singer and songwriter best known for his band The Wildhearts. His real name is David Walls. Born on 17 December 1964, he grew up in South Shields, near Gateshead and Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England.

Ginger saw his first success as a member of British band the Quireboys.

Whilst intermittently continuing with various incarnations of The Wildhearts, he has also formed a variety of side-projects, including a number of solo albums.

The album Black Leather Mojo, recorded in 1999 and originally intended as Ginger's first solo album, ended up being released under the name Silver Ginger 5, with a new band formed to perform the material live.

In early 2001, Ginger set out to release one CD single featuring 3 new tracks every month for the entire year, in a project known as The Singles Club. This would be the first material released under the name Ginger, and was continued in parallel to tours with Silver Ginger 5 and the recently re-formed Wildhearts. Owing to financial/record company problems at Infernal Records, only 18 tracks were recorded, and only five singles ever released. A compilation of all 18 tracks was released in 2005 as a double album entitled A Break In The Weather.

Ginger's first solo album proper, Valor Del Corazon (Spanish for 'Strength of Heart') was released for fans on 19th December 2005 with an official release on Jan 9th . It was recorded in 2005 with producer Ralph Jezzard and a range of session musicians in Willie Nelson's studio in Texas.

Ginger often plays a Les Paul guitar coated in stickers - widely recognised as being the most beautiful object on a Wildheart's stage, apart from C.J.

Side Projects

Solo Albums

Grievous Acoustic Behaviour (2001)
A Break In The Weather (2005)
Valor Del Corazon (2006)

External links

Ginger and the Sonic Circus - Site covering Ginger's solo project
The Wildhearts - Official site for Ginger and The Wildhearts