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Ike Willis
Willis performing in 2015
Background information
Birth name
Isaac Willis
Also known as
Stucco Homes
Born
(1955-11-12) November 12, 1955 (age 68) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Genres
Progressive rock, classic rock, alternative rock, R&B
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Vocals, guitar
Years active
1978–present
Labels
Zappa Records, Barking Pumpkin Records, Reprise Records
Website
IkeWillis.com
Musical artist
Isaac Willis (born November 12, 1955) is an American vocalist and guitarist who was a regular member of Frank Zappa's studio and touring bands from 1978 until the last tour in 1988.[2] He did not tour with Zappa in 1981 and 1982 because he wanted to be at home for the birth of his two children, and returned to touring with Zappa for his final two tours in 1984 (which Zappa intended at the time to be his final tour) and 1988. He currently tours with the Frank Zappa tribute bands Bogus Pomp, Ossi Duri, Project/Object, Pojama People, Ugly Radio Rebellion and ZAPPATiKA. He also performed several times with the Brazilian Zappa cover band, The Central Scrutinizer Band, The Muffin Men, and with the Italian bands Ossi Duri and Elio e le Storie Tese . Additionally, he has appeared multiple times at the annual Zappanale Festival in Bad Doberan, Germany. He is most recognized for his involvement in Zappa records such as playing Joe in Joe's Garage, providing vocals on Tinsel Town Rebellion, You Are What You Is, and The Man from Utopia, and as the title character and narrator in Zappa's off-Broadway-styled conceptual musical Thing-Fish.
Willis also regularly does studio voice work and writes compositions for films. He also creates solo music and leads The Ike Willis Band. He has released two solo studio albums under his own name and is working on another album.
^"Project/Object". Retrieved 9 December 2016.
^Minnen, Jess (2003-03-12). "Mother of Reinvention". Archived from the original on 2015-04-30. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
nine-week European tour with guest vocalist/guitarist IkeWillis, and again teamed up with Willis in 2003 for a special Zappanale festival show, which...
Zappa's 1981 tour (without IkeWillis) and the latter filmed at the pier in New York in 1984; the video features White and IkeWillis' vocal harmonies. According...
You Is on a tour running from March to July 1980 with a band including IkeWillis and Ray White on guitar and vocals, Tommy Mars on keyboards, Arthur Barrow...
Joe's Garage Acts II and III in November 1979. The story features singer IkeWillis as the lead character in a rock opera about the danger of political systems...
(trombone), and saxophonists Paul Carman, Albert Wing and Kurt McGettrick. IkeWillis plays guitar and sings, along with singer/keyboardist Robert 'Bobby' Martin...
For studio sessions, he also used past band members including vocalists IkeWillis, Bob Harris and Roy Estrada and bassists Arthur Barrow and Patrick O'Hearn...
"of course I'll introduce you to Warren!", in the track "Sy Borg" when IkeWillis sings "little leather cap and trousers – they look so gay... Warren just...
release the song with Morrison's vocals, so it was re-recorded by Zappa and IkeWillis. The original version later appeared on the compilation The Frank Zappa...
bass Patrick O'Hearn – bass Ed Mann – percussion Chad Wackerman – drums IkeWillis – vocals Napoleon Murphy Brock – vocals Roy Estrada – vocals Johnny "Guitar"...
Terry Haggerty replaced him from May 13, 1999, through July 5, 1999, and IkeWillis and Chip Roland sat in for some shows without White in December 1999....
White – guitar, vocals Roy Estrada – vocals Bob Harris – boy soprano IkeWillis – vocals Bobby Martin – keyboards, saxophone, vocals Tommy Mars – keyboards...
Plays Zappa shows. He also regularly tours with fellow Zappa alumnus IkeWillis and others with Andre Cholmondeley's Project/Object. Other Zappa related...
dialogue Bob Harris - 2nd keyboard & vocals Frank Zappa - lead guitar/vocal IkeWillis - guitar/vocal Ray White - guitar/vocal Bobby Martin - keyboards/sax/vocal...
the band, and they have in the past played, recorded, and toured with IkeWillis and Don Preston. "From the Jam" regularly play compositions by Paul Weller...
staff: a videotape of The World's Greatest Sinner. Zappa band member IkeWillis called Fialka "one of the most brilliant people I have ever known and...
Zappa, except where noted. Original LP Frank Zappa – lead guitar, vocal IkeWillis – guitar, vocal Mike Keneally – guitar, synth, vocal Robert Martin – keyboards...
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