Difference between revisions of "Ike Willis"

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Ike Wiilis became "the voice of Joe" for Zappa in 1978, his tenure with  [[The Mothers]] made him the "voice of Zappa" for the second half of Frank's career. Ike provided guitar and/or vocal for [[Joe's Garage Act I]], [[Joe's Garage Acts II & III]], [[Tinseltown Rebellion]], [[Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar]] set, [[You Are What You Is]], [[Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch]], [[The Man From Utopia]], [[Them Or Us]], [[Thing-Fish]], [[Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention]], [[Does Humor Belong In Music?]], [[Guitar]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1]], [[Broadway The Hard Way]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3]], [[The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life ]], [[Make A Jazz Noise Here]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4]], [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6]], [[The Lost Episodes]], and [[Halloween]]; also for the [[Beat The Boots]] series disks [[Anyway The Wind Blows (BTB)]], [[Saarbrücken 1978 (BTB)]], & [[At The Circus (BTB)]] and for the unreleased [[Trance-Fusion]].
  
    *  Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III (1979) lead vocals
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Ike is another prime example of a major FZ player with little hard biographical data available; help!
    * Tinsel Town Rebellion (1981) guitar, vocals
 
    * Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar (1981) rhythm guitar
 
    * You Are What You Is (1981) guitar, vocals
 
    * Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (1982) vocals
 
    * The Man From Utopia (1983) bionic baritone
 
    * Them Or Us (1984) vocals
 
    * Thing-Fish (1984) guitar, vocals (Thing-Fish)
 
    * Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention (1985) guitar, vocals
 
    * Does Humor Belong In Music? (1986) guitar, vocals
 
    * Guitar (1988) rhythm guitar
 
    * You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Sampler (1988) guitar, vocals
 
    * You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1 (1988) guitar, vocals
 
    * Broadway The Hard Way (1988) guitar, vocals
 
    * You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3 (1989) guitar, vocals
 
    * The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life (1991) guitar, vocals
 
    * Make A Jazz Noise Here (1991) guitar, vocals
 
    * You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4 (1991) guitar, vocals
 
    * You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6 (1992) guitar, vocals
 
    * Strictly Commercial (1995) guitar, vocals
 
    * The Lost Episodes (1996) vocals
 
    * Have I Offended Someone? (1997) guitar, vocals
 
    * Cheap Thrills (1998) guitar, vocals
 
    * Son Of Cheep Thrills (1999) guitar, vocals
 
    * Halloween (Video) (2003) guitar, vocals
 
 
 
    * BTB I: Anyway The Wind Blows (1991) guitar, vocals
 
    * BTB I: Saarbrücken 1978 (1991) guitar, vocals
 
    * BTB II: At The Circus (1992) guitar, vocals
 
 
 
    * Trance-Fusion
 

Revision as of 06:38, 6 April 2005