Victor Willis Update: What and How is He Doing?

[garrybcoston]

When they released their first album, San Francisco, I immediately became a Village People fan. I loved their music, arrangements, etc. But being a vocalist and a musician myself, when I first heard Village People, in particular the song "San Francisco," I had to know who the Lead Vocalist and Front Person was, and it was none other than Victor Willis.

I am sure Victor has been covered in this forum in the past. Around 2002, when I started to restir my disco juices, I started to wonder what happened to him and what he was doing. I took to the internet in pursuit of finding out more about him during that time.

During that time Victor was not doing so well. If I remember correctly he was homeless, had been incarcerated numerous times for various crimes, and was abusing drugs.

Of late, I have found out that through a Court ordered drug treatment program, Victor Willis, ex-Lead Singer, Producer, Composer and Writer of various Village People songs and albums, and with other Producers and Executive Producers is doing just fine thank you. Here are some websites to re-salivate the glands of Victor Willis and Village People Fans:

www.victorwillisworld.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Willis
www.victorwillisworld.com/my_book.htm
www.amw.com/fugitives/brief.cfm?id=35412
Probation for Ex-Village Person Victor Willis - The Deadbolt

I never knew he was on "America's Most Wanted."

Enjoy y'all.

Garry:icon_biggrin:

[ol'skinflint]

When they released their first album, San Francisco, I immediately became a Village People fan. I loved their music, arrangements, etc. But being a vocalist and a musician myself, when I first heard Village People, in particular the song "San Francisco," I had to know who the Lead Vocalist and Front Person was, and it was none other than Victor Willis.

I am sure Victor has been covered in this forum in the past. Around 2002, when I started to restir my disco juices, I started to wonder what happened to him and what he was doing. I took to the internet in pursuit of finding out more about him during that time.

During that time Victor was not doing so well. If I remember correctly he was homeless, had been incarcerated numerous times for various crimes, and was abusing drugs.

Of late, I have found out that through a Court ordered drug treatment program, Victor Willis, ex-Lead Singer, Producer, Composer and Writer of various Village People songs and albums, and with other Producers and Executive Producers is doing just fine thank you. Here are some websites to re-salivate the glands of Victor Willis and Village People Fans:

www.victorwillisworld.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Willis
www.victorwillisworld.com/my_book.htm
www.amw.com/fugitives/brief.cfm?id=35412
Probation for Ex-Village Person Victor Willis - The Deadbolt

I never knew he was on "America's Most Wanted."

Enjoy y'all.

Garry:icon_biggrin:

Garry: I live 12 miles east of San Francisco and you should have BEEN in a disco back in the old days when the DJ would play the Village People song "San Francisco"....the roof would come off! I hope Willis is doing ok but when I watch shows on Court TV I find it VERY hard to believe that some people even manage to do drugs WHILE they're in prison! I also wonder how Ron Isley is doing....I just assume they keep celebrity inmates separate from the others....