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Should we start making articles for his albums? 173.238.153.195 (talk) 00:08, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We would need something like 50 articles... GigglesnortHotel (talk) 20:15, 7 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Potential sources

Just noting some of these as I find them...

~~Chusid, Irwin (2000). "Chapter 10: Wesley Willis". Songs in the Key of Z: The Curious Universe of Outsider Music. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 1556523726.~~
~~Weisbrod, Aaron (1996-06-26). "Wesley Willis Fiasco uses music for inner peace". The BG News. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University. p. 6.~~
~~Cunningham, Taylor (2001-09-28). "El 'N' Gee Hosts Head-Butting Superstar Wesley Willis". The College Voice. XXV (5): 5.~~
~~Knight, Michael (2009-03-25). Blue-Eyed Devil: A Road Odyssey Through Islamic America. Soft Skull Press. ISBN 1593763514.~~

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Scarpy (talk • contribs) 17:14, August 30, 2017 (UTC)‎

Above references have been added to the article. GigglesnortHotel (talk) 15:21, 8 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

potentially referencing Willis' career trajectory?

This last uncited bit here strikes me as obviously wrong: "potentially referencing Willis' career trajectory." Where in this article do we discuss how fame hurt Wesley Willis? Or how he was "exploited?" I think leukemia was bad for Wesley's career. Other that that his career was pretty good in 2003. He was on Jello's label, and this is what Jello said: As I got to know Wesley, what really struck me was his sheer will power, his unrelenting drive to succeed and over come a horrifically poor background, child abuse, racism, chronic schizophrenia and obesity among other things. He was the most courageous person I have ever known. Yet through it all he had such a deep, all-encompassing love of life. Little things, big things. He loved bus rides. He loved watching trains. He loved writing songs about how much he loved his friends. He loved travelling to new towns so he could headbutt new friends. Is there any band he saw that escaped being in their own song about how much he loved their show? He was so warm, so sweet, so giving. He could be a handful when he came to visit; but as soon as he left, we'd miss him immediately.[1] You want to tell us Jello was exploiting Wesley? - Scarpy (talk) 06:57, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, that seems like WP:OR and I have removed it. Beeblebrox (talk) 08:19, 15 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]