Andre Williams, who co-wrote the Dertoit soul classic "Shake a Tailfeather," is performing two shows in San Francisco this weekend. Williams started out as an R&B singer, but these days, at 70, he cranks out funk-based tunes with mind-bogglingly dirty lyrics. His more recent songs include "Let Me Put It In," "Sling It, Bang It, and Give It Cabfare Back Home," and "Pussy Stank," all unforgettable, surely. The X-rated Andre is on the rebound after he spent the middle of his life addicted to drugs, a habit that was fueled while working with Ike Turner, and ended up living on the streets. Now, he's got a new album out fittingly titled Aphrodisiac. Andre Williams plays Friday and Saturday at the Hemlock Tavern.

"Pretty much the only thing I got left was to write and sing myself about what I've seen, what I've done, how I see the world,'' Williams said from his home in Illinois. "So I started writing nasty, filthy, dirty songs."

theseeman

Asheville, NC

December 2002

APR 28, 2006 11:35 AM

Yeah! Wilmot salutes you from the grave!

"
Thus statesman-like, I'll saucily impose,
And safe from danger valiantly advise,
Sheltered in impotence, urge you to blows,
And being good for nothing else, be wise.
"
from John Wilmot's The Disabled Debauchee
http://www.poemhunter.com/p/m/poem.asp?poet=6860&poem=35272

Lout_Rampage

Dallas, TX

May 2005

APR 28, 2006 05:22 PM

Blowfly's been doing this for years. Some of the funniest shit I've ever heard.

Too Fat To Fuck

DebraJean

SUICIDEGIRL

Egypt

APR 29, 2006 09:40 AM

Andre Williams has been doing it for even more years my dear. and is much better a showman and singer then Blowfly.
in fact the only thing that they have in common is that they are black, old, and they make music. not even the same kind of music. well, heck, i never could tell those people apart anyway...

DebraJean

SUICIDEGIRL

Egypt

APR 29, 2006 09:42 AM

YOU ALL LOOK ALIKE

DebraJean

SUICIDEGIRL

Egypt

APR 29, 2006 09:45 AM

JACKSON 5 I EAT LIKE MUSTARD RETARD ON MY MR T TURKY AND FLAVOR FLAV-OR-FULL SANDWICH

googused

Portland, OR

OLD SKOOL

APR 29, 2006 09:47 AM

SHUT YOR CRAZY YAP WOMAN!

JuliusChurch

Ashland, PA

November 2005

APR 29, 2006 03:23 PM

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

yrgoldteeth

Birmingham, AL

April 2004

APR 29, 2006 03:35 PM

Oh hell yeah. Don't miss this. He came through Birmingham with the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and the JSBX didn't have shit on Andre Williams.

St_Expedite

New Orleans, LA

January 2004

APR 29, 2006 06:37 PM

I'm rather partial to "The Stroke," a song about Tupelo, Mississippi. And handjobs.

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APR 28, 2006 06:37 AM

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SUICIDEGIRL

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APR 29, 2006 09:40 AM

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Egypt

APR 29, 2006 09:42 AM

SUICIDEGIRL

Egypt

APR 29, 2006 09:45 AM

Portland, OR

OLD SKOOL

APR 29, 2006 09:47 AM

Ashland, PA

November 2005

APR 29, 2006 03:23 PM

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Birmingham, AL

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APR 29, 2006 03:35 PM

New Orleans, LA

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