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Synopsis
The story of Wesley Willis, a formerly homeless, currently schizophrenic street musician from Chicago. With a little help from his synthesizer, he has recorded hundreds of songs, each with the exact same structure and similar instrumentation. Mostly singing about people he's met, shows he's been to, and hell-rides on the city buses, he's acquired a fervent cult following that's either laughing at him or with him.
"God gave me this rock career to keep me busy. Back in 1991 I used to hit old people with folding chairs. Suddenly, I moved to the north side of Chicago, Illinois in 1992. It made a rock star out of me at last. I'm the daddy of rock 'n' roll! I'm Wesley Willis, I'm 36 years old. I play music and do art. I have schizophrenia. I have chronic schizophrenia. Roger Lee Carpenter asked me for $600. He told me that if I don't give him $600, he was going to blow my brains out. That's when I started hearing demons. I have three demons: Nervewrecker, Heartbreaker, and Meansucker....I yell, I scream, I holler at people on buses" - Wesley Willis
3 Reasons To watch this film
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Willis released hundreds of simple, stream-of-conciousness songs before his death.
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In his mind, Willis used music to battle three lingering demons.
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His lyrics are often hysterically funny.
Product Format Information
Keywords
Artists,
Biographical/Autobiographical,
Documentaries,
Experimental/avant-garde,
Interviews,
Live Performances,
Music/Musicians,
Rock,
Urban Lifestyle,
Writers/writing
Genres
Documentary
Features
Music Documentaries,
Rock Docs
