After a tenure in the San Francisco punk band the Avengers, Wilsey and Isaak formed a rockabilly band, Silvertone, in 1980 by 1985 Isaak was the frontman and Silvertone became the name for his backup group, which included Wilsey. But it was a mixed blessing for Isaak’s lead guitarist, James Calvin Wilsey, who came up with the swoony guitar lick that ran throughout the Isaak-written song. That was all good news for Isaak, who finally became the star everyone had predicted years before. Finally, in 1991, the song broke into the Top 10. Then, with an assist from director David Lynch, “Wicked Game” caught on and got released as a single in late 1990. Lizzo’s track exploded two years after release, and something similar happened over 30 years ago with Chris Isaak’s “Wicked Game.” When Isaak’s Heart Shaped World was initially rolled out in 1989, it didn’t make much of an impact. As Lizzo’s “Truth Hurts” recently demonstrated, sometimes it takes a while for a song to catch on and become a hit.
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