Chris Bagley’s favorite Wesley Willis song is, appropriately enough, “Chris Bagley.” It’s a signature Willis friendship song in which the rock and roll hero pays tribute to his buddy. Kim Shively has her own song in this style, but she lists her favorite as either “NFL Shit” or “The Turkey was Wild” – the latter describing a fateful encounter she had with a wild bird, immortalized in song by Wesley. Tributes to the pair two are on Willis’ 2001 album Full Heavy Metal Jacket, and Wesley also has songs which call out Bagley’s brother and his dog for special distinction. He must have been really excited about the movie which the two were making about him.
Bizarro Masterpiece Theatre: Wesley Willis’s Joyrides
I’ve been waiting for this movie for a long time. Shortly after rock and roll hero Wesley Willis died of leukemia in 2003, and not long after the first documentary to focus on the schizophrenic musician, The Daddy of Rock ‘n’ Roll, came out, rumors of another documentary began circulating. A few clips were posted on the internet, but for years nothing more was said about the film. Well, Wesley Willis’s Joyrides is finally out, and as expected, it put a big smile on my face.
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