Allee Willis and Psychedelic Pioneer Timothy Leary became fast friends when they met in 1985. Allee shared: “Timothy was a regular partygoer over here at Willis Wonderland. He always made a tremendous amount of sense to me, and I was on nothing, but then I have always...
As The World According to Allee Willis headed into its second screening at the Hamptons International Film Festival, it had already generated some great buzz. HIFF Programmer Kristin McCracken selected the film as one of her top picks: “I wish I could watch this movie...
📷: Narada Michael Walden, his mentor Quincy Jones, and right smack in the middle, Allee Willis. In Allee’s own words on collaborating with Narada back in the day: “I absolutely love Narada Michael Walden. We met in 1979 when he used to open for Patti LaBelle, who was...
When “Boogie Wonderland” crossed paths with “Boogie Shoes”! Flashback to 1978, when two legends—our very own Allee Willis and KC of KC and The Sunshine Band —met. Both riding the wave of disco magic, it’s anyone’s guess what kind of groove-filled conversations they...
Before “September” and “Boogie Wonderland” put her on the map, Allee Willis cut her songwriting teeth with “Ain’t No Man Worth It” in the early seventies. The song explores a rough time in her teenage years, after her mother died unexpectedly and her father moved...
