Album Notes

 

El' Willies' music , a lot of people like to say when asked ,,what make your music special,,and most of them , or all of then seem to have the same answer,," well my music is different, " but I would answer, my music is a reflection of the music that i grew up listening to in Jackson, Mississippi , it's not diferrent at all . Soul Music, R & B..I mean just good old music, i had a critic mention that I'm too laid back, I should do music like Carl Marshall,, Then that would make my music sound like Carl Marshall , not El' Willie,,. That reminds me of what they used to say about Miles Davis, when he started developing his own style , the critics ang a lot of the other musicians started saying that Miles was selling out , and his style was too slow,, too laid back,,,and when Charlie Parker start extending the measures,,so they laughed at him. but in the end in both cases..the joke was on the the critics and the ones who like to jump on the band wagon..because the didn't have the nerve or the courage to get their own wagons ,and make them to be just what THEY wanted lt be,, not what someone else wanted their wagon it to be . because what someone else wanted it to be , those who wanted it to be what they wanted it to be never really took the time to just listen to what the creators, was creating , they were too busy trying to campare then to someone else or something that they were familiar with.. but after of that ,,they still ended up being the best at what they did, because they had the guts to keep believing in the vision that they had for themselves, instead of the vision that someone else had for them. and did not listen to the outside interferience, So I will take a page from there book, because my style is who I am , not who you want me,to be, that being said with all respect..To make it plain, My name is El' Willie and my music is just a reflection of what I grew up listening to and I fell in love with this type of music..So give my new cd Story Teller a listen , and if you really just listen to it and not try to expect me to sound like the rest of the Southern Soul singers that you like or are familiar with, you may just find out that you may like old El' Willie too and El' Willies style is something you just wanna add to you collection.. you figga dill me ... So by all means lend old El' an ear for a few ticks,, and you just might be surprised at what you might hear ... .Peace..... El' Willie