03 giugno 2026

Rattrista non solo il mondo zappiano la recente scomparsa di Ike Willis, da poco settantenne, uno tra i più fedeli allievi e alleati del Nostro - da Joe's Garage in avanti, attraverso You Are What You Is, Them or Us, il controverso Thing-Fish, Does Humor Belong in Music?, Broadway the Hard Way e quasi tutti gli album scaturiti dai live degli anni Ottanta - oltre che uno degli ultimi a raccoglierne le volontà (e a rispettarle): "Frank told me before he passed away to play it like you learned it. Just like he taught me. It's got to be the way it was written and performed. Those were my only instructions from Frank. He said, 'Don't change anything; don't ad-lib, don't try to get cute, don't try to spruce it up, don’t change the key that it was written in. Play the songs like I taught you.'"

https://www.discogs.com/Ike-Willis