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Beth Willis

Mainstage at the Bite 2 pm Saturday!

About Me

"Combine a wonderfully rich, expressive voice with tremendously affecting lyrics that'll make you laugh and cry and think and feel within a wide-ranging musical framework that runs the gamut from folk to rock to blues to country...and beyond. This is Portland's musical treasure. Let her get to you now… and often. Listen up." - Morry Feldman, Clear Channel ************************************************************ ******** "Willis' full, expressive voice brings her sharp songwriting to life..."- Luciana Lopez, The Oregonian

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"There’s blues, there’s rock, then there’s Beth Willis. This singer/songwriter wraps her strong voice around tuneful yarns of love and life."- kink.fm

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/30/2005
Band Website: bethwillismusic.com
Band Members: Frequent Guest Artists:Guitar - Todd C.; Drums - Rich Roskopf.On the EP:Guitar - Robert PeArt; Bass - Jamin Swenson; Drums - Ezra Holbrook; Backing Vocals - Stephanie Schneiderman; Keys - Matt Burnett; Violin - Deb Katz
Influences: Ella Fitzgerald, Barenaked Ladies, Melissa Etheridge, Sheryl Crow, John Mayer, Eric Clapton, Billie Holiday, Indigo Girls, Janis Joplin, Bonnie Raitt, Beatles, Greatful Dead, Etta James, Greenday, Billy Joel.
Sounds Like: James Taylor went and knocked up Susan Tedeschi.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Red Hare-ing

Oh my sweet GOD.  What a lovely weekend.  I could tell you many a story of booze-laden, karaoke filled nights, but I will instead explain the loveliness that was that Friday night at the Red...
Posted by Beth Willis on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:53:00 PST

Jail Break

Bonjour, peeps.  Et smiley aussi.  I'm going out tonight.  I'm Mimi singing on the fire escape, I'm Buffy climbing out her window, I'm any number of obscure and moderately dorky referen...
Posted by Beth Willis on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:56:00 PST

Spinning Wheel

So I had a lovely time in Colorado, first off.  Did some archery, in fact.  Didn't hurt anyone, either!    I know, shocking.  Wicked sunburn, too.  Fun, though, and total...
Posted by Beth Willis on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:48:00 PST

Metamorphosis

Not sure I spelled the title correctly.  Here's what I wanted to say:I was wondering for much of the day about butterflies.  I guess more caterpillars, if you get right down to it.  I k...
Posted by Beth Willis on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:23:00 PST

Whose Life is This?

Wow.  Wowee wow.    That's right, smiley.California is beautiful.  And warm.  And I liked it a lot, even though we didn't get to see Disneyland.  This week, I've seen the...
Posted by Beth Willis on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:50:00 PST

Degrees of Separation

Something is off with the world.  Mercury is in retrograde, or so Krista tells me.  And I dunno if everyone else is noticing the HUGE amount of natural disasters piling up, but I am.  S...
Posted by Beth Willis on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:22:00 PST

Triple Threat

Wow.  Lemme tell ya, nature knows how to throw a party.Let's begin at the beginning.  That's the best place to start, from what I understand.Hip Chicks was lovely as always.  Great clie...
Posted by Beth Willis on Sun, 25 May 2008 01:41:00 PST

Mean Reds

If it was night, I'd be howling at the waning moon.  Life is doing its level best to kick my ass this afternoon.  That kinda rhymed, but with very poor meter.  I heard somewhere that El...
Posted by Beth Willis on Wed, 21 May 2008 02:10:00 PST

Rock It

So I was on the radio tonight.  Thanks to Beth Clyman, again, so much.    Smiley wishes to send his love as well.  It was a great, though short, evening - I've been needing a long ...
Posted by Beth Willis on Tue, 20 May 2008 11:52:00 PST

Turn the Radio Up

...for that sweet sound... hold me close, never let me goooooo...    Smiley loves early 90s rock.  Or was that late 80s?  Either way.  Turn up the soft rock, and Smiley's on b...
Posted by Beth Willis on Mon, 19 May 2008 12:03:00 PST