The success behind the Buckle Up! album is Francis Buckley, Grammy award winning producer, as well as a stellar band of musicians.  This team is now preparing for Wilson’s 2025 Summer album titled The Californian, scheduled for release on June 6, 2025, which will include nine new original songs written by Wilson.

The Charts on Radio and Roots Music Reports have spoken, and the #15 Album for Blues Rock radio for 2024, and the #51 Blues Album for 2024 is Brad “Guitar” Wilson’s Buckle Up!  This album has lived on the charts for more than a year!

The Californian was recorded in Brussels, Belgium at the world class studio, ICP, with international musicians. This new record captures the feel of the Rolling Stones classic song “Dead Flowers” from their Sticky Fingers era.

The highly anticipated album features a re-release of Wilson’s celebrated hit song “Teaser” from John Carpenter’s film Vampires.

The Hollywood, California sessions for The Californian had the 2024 Blues Music award-winning drummer Tony Braunagel, and Santana band star keyboard player Chris Rhyne performing on “Summertime Blues”, Quincy Jones song “Love And Peace” along with the Blues Classic “Hurts Me Too.” New original songs on the album are the Wilson soon-to-be-on-radio songs: “Heartbreaker”, “Say You Wanna Dance”, “Back Roads”, “Lightning In A Bottle” and “Monterey.”

Brad’s songwriting is centerstage in all of his recent hit records: Lovers Before Sunrise, Brad “Guitar” Wilson and Buckle Up!  With each album at the top of the charts and singles that present Wilson as a songwriter of timeless compositions, he is always writing music that appeals to an international guitar audience. His songs are like wonderfully crafted paintings to be enjoyed for years to come. 

Standing room only USA shows as well as May and October European tours have included glowing press reviews in every major Blues Rock publication.

In between recording dates, Brad “Guitar” Wilson will be performing songs from the new album during the May tour of Holland, Belgium and France that include three nights in Paris, at the French resort La Rochelle, the European Union Capital Brussels and the Netherlands city of Breda. See dates below.

European Tour Dates:

Friday, May 16 – JJ Music House, Zoetermeer, NL
Saturday, May 17 – Cafe Stroop, Bosschenhoofd, NL
Sunday, May 18 – Warm Onthaal, Den Bosch, NL
Thursday, May 22 – The Blues Cafe, Apeldoorn, NL
Friday, May 23 – Cafe Gesellies, Zevenbergen, NL
Saturday, May 24 – Het Rad, Elshout, NL
Sunday, May 25 – Harley Dag Festival, Huizen, NL
Tuesday, May 27 – City Bowling d’Ozoir, Paris, France
Wednesday, May 28 – Le Stock, Paris, France
Thursday, May 29 – Backstage Cafe, Paris, France
Friday, May 30 – Crossroad, La Rochelle, France
Sunday, June 1 – Music Village, Brussels, Belgium