What is Wesley Willis?
{{Infobox musical artist |name = Wesley Willis |image = Wesley Willis.jpg |caption = Willis in October 2000 |background = solo_singer |birth_name = Wesley Lawrence Willis |birth_date = {{Birth date|1963|5|31}} |death_date ={{Death date and age|2003|8|21|1963|5|31}} |origin = [[Chicago, Illinois]] |death_place = [[Skokie, Illinois]] |instrument = Vocals, keyboards |genre = [[Outsider music]], [[electronic music|electronic]], [[punk rock]], [[alternative rock|alternative]] |years_active = 1976–2003 (as artist)<br />1989–2003 (as musician) |label = [[Alternative Tentacles]], [[American Recordings (record label)|American Recordings]] |associated_acts = [[Wesley Willis Fiasco]]<br />[[Monster Voodoo Machine]] |website = [http://www.alternativetentacles.com/bandinfo.php?band=wesleywillis Wesley Willis on Alternative Tentacles] }} '''Wesley Willis''' (May 31, 1963&nbsp;–&nbsp;August 21, 2003) was an [[Americans|American]] [[singer-songwriter]] and [[visual arts|visual artist]] from [[Chicago]]. Willis began a career as an [[underground music|underground]] [[singer-songwriter]] in the [[outsider music]] tradition, with songs featuring his bizarre, humorous and often obscene lyrics sung over the [[Electronic keyboard#Concepts and definitions|auto accompaniment]] feature on his [[Technics (brand)|Technics]] KN [[electronic keyboard]].<ref name=joyrides>{{cite web |url=http://wesleywillissjoyrides.com/WesleyWillisBio.htm |title=Wesley Willis's Joy Rides · Wesley Willis Bio |publisher=Wesleywillissjoyrides.com |date= |accessdate=2013-11-21 |archive-date=2013-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004231454/http://wesleywillissjoyrides.com/WesleyWillisBio.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=alttent>{{cite web |url=http://www.alternativetentacles.com/bandinfo.php?band=wesleywillis |title=Bands |publisher=Alternative Tentacles |date= |accessdate=2013-11-21 |archive-date=2006-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060419030840/http://www.alternativetentacles.com/bandinfo.php?band=wesleywillis |url-sta