On 27 May 2005, at 16:31, aleks vasic wrote:
Have you heard him perform? If you have tell me that he does not
play the same chord progression every song, shure he may alter the
key,but its the same? At least when i saw him perform twice he did.
Is this a problem for you then?
Richard
aLEKs
On May 27, 2005, at 8:59 AM, Richard Whitelaw wrote:
err...
Wesley Willis is dead
and saying that every song sounds the same is maybe missing the
point somewhat
http://www.alternativetentacles.com/bandinfo.php?band=wesleywillis
Richard
On 27 May 2005, at 13:48, aleks vasic wrote:
Wesley Willis has a Rockstar tour bus. He commands a pretty high
penny for his performances. I know as my friend is a promoter
who has booked him three times. Besides demanding strange things
like a gallon of soy milk along with a 12 pack of
diet/sugarfree/caffiene free/ coke, he also demands quite a bit of
money. He must be doing pretty well if he can pay the upkeep of
that tour bus, or pay for its lease and fuel, whatever the case
may be. Granted he has someone managing his tour and he would be
incapable of organizing any of this himself, it still amazes me
that he can generate such a turnout.
He is also quite a gifted self taught artist. His pen and ink
drawings of the chicago skyline are really nice. He sells these
at most of his shows.
Has anyone else seen Wesley Willis perform? Is it just me or does
every song, musically, sound the same? Just a different set of
lyrics for each song!?!
aLEKs
On May 27, 2005, at 6:43 AM, Richard Whitelaw wrote:
It is worth bearing in mind that Irwin has done a lot to promote
and disseminate the work of some of the most marginalised and off
the radar US musicians - Peter Grudzien, Judson Fountain and R.
Stevie Moore being good examples.
point 2 is wrong - if you have read his book you will note that
while he drawn connections between Beefheart and Partch this is
not judgmental as regards quality of work. Outsider music is not
a genre but a concept for considering the output of an extremely
diverse group of musicians, some commercially successful (like
Beefheart and Syd Barrett) and others less so (Shooby Taylor,
Wesley Willis). Concepts of good, bad, better and worse tend to
become meaningless when discussing much of this music.
cheers
Richard
On 26 May 2005, at 19:22, jacob felix heule wrote:
I'm not really into Irwin Chusid. Two reasons: (1) He looks at
his
subjects with mockery. He talks about Jandek, but only derides
him for
being the worst "musician" ever to attempt making a record. I
don't
think he sees anything in music like that other than a weird
cultural
phenomenon to archive, make fun of, and profit from. (2) He
classes
artists like Harry Partch and Captain Beefheart alongside
artists like
Wesley Willis and Shooby Taylor. There are major differences
between
these two groups, which I think should be clear to anyone here.
jacob
On 5/25/05, ian stewart <artsonics@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
the intrepid diy-music preservationist, Irwin Chusid. He is
also, of course, the
author of Songs in the Key of Z: The Curious Universe of
Outsider Music
(2000, A Cappella Books).
-- http://heule.us
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