NEWS4U MAY 2022 | MUSIC
CAGE WILLIS Mount Carmel rocker records debut album with help from musical hero, drops new single
W
hen arena rock tribute act
wild how it worked out," Willis says. Grateful
Hairball made its way back to
for the opportunity, he treated fans to cuts off
the Victory Theatre for another
his upcoming album, including recent single
raucous sold-out show this past December,
"Who I Am," plus two covers - Gary Clark Jr.'s
the coveted opening slot fell right into the
"When My Train Pulls In" and The Beatles'
lap of Mount Carmel rocker Cage Willis.
"Come Together" (the Gary Clark Jr. version).
I'm a roofer and Black
originally booked to play a gig up north in
If you haven't caught on yet, Willis really
Vincennes the same night, but a scheduling
admires Gary Clark Jr. His bluesy, soulful
Stone Cherry is what I
conflict with the venue unexpectedly freed
influence is clear on the aforementioned
up his evening. Good thing, too, because
"Who I Am" and especially "She Walked
Willis soon received a very important phone
Away," a previously-released single that
call from the Victory - they needed someone
was re-recorded for Willis' upcoming
to get the Hairball crowd fired up with a
album and re-issued at the end of April.
rocking 30-minute introductory set and
Featuring a slow-burning groove over which
figured he was the man for the job. "It was
Willis plays a repeating, descending chord
Well, the stars aligned, as they say. He was
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would listen to up there hooking up with him was unimaginable.
