All around it was a very good SEPTEMBER week here at Willis Wonderland LA as well as Willis W in Detroit.
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For the past few few years now on the “BaDeYa, say do you remember 21st night of September”, my blessed and magic day because it’s the first line in the first hit record I ever had, I’ve made a tradition of performing live, something that took me over three decades to get together. Other than last year when I was in Detroit conducting one of the 50 sing-alongs for ”The D”, the unofficial official theme song I cowrote for Detroit, in a laundromat with people essentially spinning around in dryers while singing.
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365 Days Of September,
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Allee Live Performance,
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Badeya, Baby!,
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Celebrity,
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Creativity,
Dance,
Detroit,
Disco,
Discography,
Earth Wind & Fire,
empowerment,
Kitsch,
Kitsch O' The Day,
Mumford high school,
Neutron Dance,
Party,
People,
Self expression,
September,
Songwriting,
Standup,
Theater
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I know. I’ve been a hideous blogger as of late. After years of dedicated waking up hours before I naturally would in order to churn out my daily Kitsch ‘O The Day offerings it hit me that I was much better served throwing things out in little dribs and drabs via Twitter and Facebook than the long tomes I slaved over and that ate up major portions of my morning each day.
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Allee Willis' Ba-de-ya,
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Kitsch,
Kitsch O' The Day,
Lyrics,
Music,
Neutron Dance,
September,
Songwriting
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Starting to look mighty purdy in our fancy custom bling for Ba-de-ya, Baby!, my all new/all hits LIVE show in a couple o’ weeks on SEPTEMBER 21st and 22nd in beautiful North Hollywood. I guarantee its unlike any other singer/songwriter show you’ve ever seen! Tickets here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/258274
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Afro,
Allee's live performances,
Dance,
Disco,
Earth Wind & Fire,
Kitsch,
Kitsch O' The Day,
Music,
Songwriting
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On May 8 and 9, 2012, I took a giant leap in my evolution and broke through an almost 4 decades-long bout of stage fright, performing two sold-out performances of my Super Ball Bounce Back Review, a combo concert/sing-along/party extravaganza at King King in Hollywood.
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Afro,
Allee Willis' Super Ball Bounce Back Review,
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Earth Wind & Fire,
Friends theme,
Games,
Hollywood,
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Music,
Neutron Dance,
Party,
People,
Pigmy Will,
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September,
Songwriting,
The Color Purple,
Theater,
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Ideally I would’ve had a shitload of photos and videos to post already after my – I’m not too proud to say – sold out SMASH shows at King King in Hollywood this past Tuesday and Wednesday nights. But, alas, as I’m everything from the star of the show to co-producer, co-director, set designer, maker of all souvenirs and handouts, MC and anything else that’s involved in putting the show together, just getting everything unpacked and trying to make up for the total 6 hours sleep I got in the last week means I won’t get any serious documentation up before next week or so. But here are a couple videos that my assistant Dina, on stage with me at all times, shot on my little Canon Elf. I only have them up on Facebook so hopefully you can see them there by clicking below. Didn’t want to put anything up on YouTube yet as I want to wait until I have the real footage. SO way way wayyyyy more coming in weeks to come, with at least photos hopefully by Tuesday.
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Allee Willis' Super Ball Bounce Back Review,
Allee's live performances,
Boogie Wonderland,
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Dance,
Disco,
Earth Wind & Fire,
Kitsch,
Kitsch O' The Day,
Music,
Self expression,
September,
Songwriting,
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Here’s a few shots from the last rehearsal yesterday before I make another go of it live. Both shows tonight and tomorrow night are thankfully sold out, though there may be a few places to stand by the bar. See you there!
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Allee Willis' Super Ball Bounce Back Review,
Allee's live performances,
Dance,
Disco,
Earth Wind & Fire,
Kitsch,
Kitsch O' The Day,
Lyrics,
Music,
Neutron Dance,
People,
Self expression,
September,
Songwriting,
Theater
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Rehearsing is, indeed, a novel concept for me. I like to plan, plan, plan but then just let things happen as they may and field the few things that may go awry. This is part of my daredevil style being a completely unschooled artist. But when I tried that in my last show, supposedly my big comeback after a 37 year bout with stage fright, the tech guy screwed up so severely that I realized that could never happen again. So I spent the last week in the rehearsal studio with a lot of amazing folks getting ready to hit the floor boards again.
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Afro,
Allee Willis' Soup To Nuts live show,
Allee Willis' Super Ball Bounce Back Review,
Creative process,
Disco,
Discography,
Earth Wind & Fire,
Food,
Hollywood,
Kitsch,
Kitsch O' The Day,
Music,
People,
Self expression,
September,
Theater
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