S.E.Willis, vocals/piano/accordion/harmonica; Takezo Takeda, guitar/vocals; Karl Sevareid, bass; Paul Revelli, drums
S.E.Willis started playing music in 1967, working along the old Route 66 towns until moving to Northern California--different highways, same music.
Willis is a multi-instrumentralist, beginning with organ and harmonica and later adding piano and accordion. He was inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame in 1994, and has since received a Bay Area Music Award (Bammy) and a Blues Foundation Award for Band of the Year (Elvin Bishop Band). He has released 10 albums of his own music and appeared on a number of other recordings with the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, the great New Orleans drummer Zigaboo Modeliste, Elvin Bishop and many others. His latest release is the recording "S.E.Willis and the Willing Live in Oakland, CA" from a show on May 5, 2024. He has been a featured soloist 0on many of the Legendary Blues Cruises and toured in Europe, North America and Japan. He has also appeared on stage with Elvin Bishop, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddly, Jimmy Rogers, James Cotton, Pinetop Perkins, Albert King, George Thorogood, John Nemeth and many more.
S.E. (Steve) Willis has dedicated his working life to preserving and advancing traditional American music, perhaps most clearly with his 2007 release "Taproot: Songs of Robert Johnson and Hank Williams" and 2014's "Turtle Dove Bounce," a tribute to the piano players who defined 100 years of Blues piano style, in particular Pinetop Smith, Little Brother Montgomery, Big Maceo Meriweather and Leroy Carr. His original compositions respect and advance that tradition.
The CD, "S.E.Willis and the Willing Live in Oakland" was released in 2025. Willis is known for tight, high energy shows and masterful vocals and instrumentalism.
The Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization presents live music at least 3 times a week at Bird & Beckett Books & Records in San Francisco's Glen Park village: 2 blocks from the Glen Park BART station, Muni lines J, 23, 35, 36, 44, and 52, and on- and off-ramps for I-580.
Seating is limited, so call ahead to reserve: (415) 586-3733. No advance ticket sales. Please bring cash. Venmo ok, if necessary. BYOB.
Can't make the show in person? Stream it live at https://www.youtube.com/@bird_beckett, and throw in some money for the band via venmo: @birdandbeckett
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S.E.Willis started playing music in 1967, working along the old Route 66 towns until moving to Northern California--different highways, same music.
Willis is a multi-instrumentralist, beginning with organ and harmonica and later adding piano and accordion. He was inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame in 1994, and has since received a Bay Area Music Award (Bammy) and a Blues Foundation Award for Band of the Year (Elvin Bishop Band). He has released 10 albums of his own music and appeared on a number of other recordings with the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, the great New Orleans drummer Zigaboo Modeliste, Elvin Bishop and many others. His latest release is the recording "S.E.Willis and the Willing Live in Oakland, CA" from a show on May 5, 2024. He has been a featured soloist 0on many of the Legendary Blues Cruises and toured in Europe, North America and Japan. He has also appeared on stage with Elvin Bishop, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddly, Jimmy Rogers, James Cotton, Pinetop Perkins, Albert King, George Thorogood, John Nemeth and many more.
S.E. (Steve) Willis has dedicated his working life to preserving and advancing traditional American music, perhaps most clearly with his 2007 release "Taproot: Songs of Robert Johnson and Hank Williams" and 2014's "Turtle Dove Bounce," a tribute to the piano players who defined 100 years of Blues piano style, in particular Pinetop Smith, Little Brother Montgomery, Big Maceo Meriweather and Leroy Carr. His original compositions respect and advance that tradition.
The CD, "S.E.Willis and the Willing Live in Oakland" was released in 2025. Willis is known for tight, high energy shows and masterful vocals and instrumentalism.
The Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization presents live music at least 3 times a week at Bird & Beckett Books & Records in San Francisco's Glen Park village: 2 blocks from the Glen Park BART station, Muni lines J, 23, 35, 36, 44, and 52, and on- and off-ramps for I-580.
Seating is limited, so call ahead to reserve: (415) 586-3733. No advance ticket sales. Please bring cash. Venmo ok, if necessary. BYOB.
Can't make the show in person? Stream it live at https://www.youtube.com/@bird_beckett, and throw in some money for the band via venmo: @birdandbeckett
S.E.Willis, vocals/piano/accordion/harmonica; Takezo Takeda, guitar/vocals; Karl Sevareid, bass; Paul Revelli, drums
S.E.Willis started playing music in 1967, working along the old Route 66 towns until moving to Northern California--different highways, same music.
Willis is a multi-instrumentralist, beginning with organ and harmonica and later adding piano and accordion. He was inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame in 1994, and has since received a Bay Area Music Award (Bammy) and a Blues Foundation Award for Band of the Year (Elvin Bishop Band). He has released 10 albums of his own music and appeared on a number of other recordings with the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, the great New Orleans drummer Zigaboo Modeliste, Elvin Bishop and many others. His latest release is the recording "S.E.Willis and the Willing Live in Oakland, CA" from a show on May 5, 2024. He has been a featured soloist 0on many of the Legendary Blues Cruises and toured in Europe, North America and Japan. He has also appeared on stage with Elvin Bishop, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddly, Jimmy Rogers, James Cotton, Pinetop Perkins, Albert King, George Thorogood, John Nemeth and many more.
S.E. (Steve) Willis has dedicated his working life to preserving and advancing traditional American music, perhaps most clearly with his 2007 release "Taproot: Songs of Robert Johnson and Hank Williams" and 2014's "Turtle Dove Bounce," a tribute to the piano players who defined 100 years of Blues piano style, in particular Pinetop Smith, Little Brother Montgomery, Big Maceo Meriweather and Leroy Carr. His original compositions respect and advance that tradition.
The CD, "S.E.Willis and the Willing Live in Oakland" was released in 2025. Willis is known for tight, high energy shows and masterful vocals and instrumentalism.
The Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization presents live music at least 3 times a week at Bird & Beckett Books & Records in San Francisco's Glen Park village: 2 blocks from the Glen Park BART station, Muni lines J, 23, 35, 36, 44, and 52, and on- and off-ramps for I-580.
Seating is limited, so call ahead to reserve: (415) 586-3733. No advance ticket sales. Please bring cash. Venmo ok, if necessary. BYOB.
Can't make the show in person? Stream it live at https://www.youtube.com/@bird_beckett, and throw in some money for the band via venmo: @birdandbeckett
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S.E.Willis started playing music in 1967, working along the old Route 66 towns until moving to Northern California--different highways, same music.
Willis is a multi-instrumentralist, beginning with organ and harmonica and later adding piano and accordion. He was inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame in 1994, and has since received a Bay Area Music Award (Bammy) and a Blues Foundation Award for Band of the Year (Elvin Bishop Band). He has released 10 albums of his own music and appeared on a number of other recordings with the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, the great New Orleans drummer Zigaboo Modeliste, Elvin Bishop and many others. His latest release is the recording "S.E.Willis and the Willing Live in Oakland, CA" from a show on May 5, 2024. He has been a featured soloist 0on many of the Legendary Blues Cruises and toured in Europe, North America and Japan. He has also appeared on stage with Elvin Bishop, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddly, Jimmy Rogers, James Cotton, Pinetop Perkins, Albert King, George Thorogood, John Nemeth and many more.
S.E. (Steve) Willis has dedicated his working life to preserving and advancing traditional American music, perhaps most clearly with his 2007 release "Taproot: Songs of Robert Johnson and Hank Williams" and 2014's "Turtle Dove Bounce," a tribute to the piano players who defined 100 years of Blues piano style, in particular Pinetop Smith, Little Brother Montgomery, Big Maceo Meriweather and Leroy Carr. His original compositions respect and advance that tradition.
The CD, "S.E.Willis and the Willing Live in Oakland" was released in 2025. Willis is known for tight, high energy shows and masterful vocals and instrumentalism.
The Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization presents live music at least 3 times a week at Bird & Beckett Books & Records in San Francisco's Glen Park village: 2 blocks from the Glen Park BART station, Muni lines J, 23, 35, 36, 44, and 52, and on- and off-ramps for I-580.
Seating is limited, so call ahead to reserve: (415) 586-3733. No advance ticket sales. Please bring cash. Venmo ok, if necessary. BYOB.
Can't make the show in person? Stream it live at https://www.youtube.com/@bird_beckett, and throw in some money for the band via venmo: @birdandbeckett
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