| There are people who write songs, and then there are songwriters... people who write simply because they have no other choice, poets in denim who wonder if they're poets at all. It's talk of fire, and the breath of storms passed that stirs the echos of longing to express one's self... Til Willis came along after the birth of Rock 'n' Roll, but before the setting of the sun in the home state of Elvis. A state that as John Magnie says, "Eats the roots of American music." And, out of this climate Til strode with the confident swagger of a man possessed with the desire to make music and song. Growing up on sounds made back during a time when "rock'n'roll" mattered, and it wasn't about fasion and packaging, Til strives to deliever substance in his own orchard of sound. A listen to any of his albums, The Thought I had, Shadow of the Future, Lovesick, Crimson Wind, or Cindershine confirms this level of commitment. It's not bubblegum pop, or mindless distortion... This is American Rock, and Til has brought it to life on stages from Mississippi to California, Colorado to Oklahoma, and many stops in between. He has headlined his own shows, as well as opening for such notable acts as blues great Jesse Robinson, The Subdudes, Mel Melton and The Wicked Mojos, Fainting Goats, and folk legend Pete Seeger. He has composed scores for plays by playwright Steve Goode, and student films made at the State University of Colorado. He has produced albums for artists like Drew Fowler, in addition to producing all of his own recordings. In short Til Willis is an energetic young singer/songwriter/musician with a voice that thunders, and a musical passion and vision that screams the haunted howl of hellhounds down a dusty road. Rock is freedom, and Til exercises his daily. Aside from the music Til is also a published award winning poet, abstract painter, philosopher, and musicologist. |
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| " Til Willis is from Mississippi, where life eats the roots of American music. Til is a great singer and guitar player with songs that seem to come from someplace much older than his years." --John Magnie |
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| "...there are few young men doing what Til Willis is doing in the way he does it. Til is all heart. This ain't no waffle-pop." --Frank Jensen (MillRock News) |