Willie Allen

I was born William Allen Armfield in Kokomo, Indiana in 1950. I studied music from age 6 to age 18. I was involved in folk music all through high school, sang in local groups and planned furthering my musical education in college. Unfortunately, I allowed myself to get sidetracked by the United States Army. After a tour in Vietnam I was discharged and it seemed I just couldn't get back on track musically. I went to college in wildlife management, got out of college, got a job, got married, got a job, bought a house, got a job, moved South, got a job on a survey crew working in the Glades and on the beaches, the roads and highways of beautiful South Florida for 25 years. Now I'm retired and back at music. I've written a few songs and I'll have them on this website as well as www.soundclick.com/willieallen. If you like them tell me so. If not, well, you can tell me that too. I plan on singing as long as my voice holds out and writing until they take me out of the house toes up. Right now, my life seems pretty good and the only thing wrong with retirement is how long it took me to get here ABOUT MY MUSIC I moved to south Florida in 1983 from the big town of Lafayette Indiana. At the moment I stepped out of my truck and put my foot on south Florida soil I fell in love with the place - the sky, the beaches, the Everglades and the people an eclectic mix from all over the country and all over the world. With my music I try to paint a picture, warts and all, of the people, places and things that mean the most to me. Thank you Willie Allen, Sage of the Acreage