Birth name Willie Alexander Occupation(s) Musician Name Willie Alexander | Instruments Keyboards, vocals Role Singer Labels New Rose Records Record label New Rose | |
 | ||
Also known as Willie "Loco" Alexander Music group The Velvet Underground (1971) Albums Willie Alexander and the Confessions, Best of Velvet Underground Similar People Doug Yule, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker, Angus MacLise, John Cale | ||
Associated acts The Velvet Underground | ||
Willie alexander and the boom boom band kerouac
Willie "Loco" Alexander (born January 13, 1943) is an American singer and keyboardist based in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Contents
- Willie alexander and the boom boom band kerouac
- Willie alexander the boom boom band rock roll 78
- Solo
- Willie Alexander and the Persistence of Memory Orchestra
- Willie Alexander and the Boom Boom Band
- Willie Alexander and the Confessions
- The Fish Eye Brothers
- With The Bagatelle
- With The Lost
- With The Velvet Underground
- References
He played with the Lost, the Bagatelle and the Grass Menagerie before becoming a member of the Velvet Underground in late 1971, joining fellow Grass Menagerie alumni Doug Yule and Walter Powers and replacing Sterling Morrison, who had gone off to pursue an academic career.
With the Velvet Underground, Alexander toured England, Scotland and the Netherlands in support of then-current album Loaded. After completing the tour on November 21, 1971, in Groningen, the band planned to start recording a new album, but band manager Steve Sesnick sent all of the band but Yule home, presumably to retain maximum control of the product (the resulting album was Squeeze, released in 1973) and effectively ending Alexander's time with the band.
After leaving the Velvet Underground, he enjoyed a checkered career, both solo and with his Boom Boom Band, that lasts to this day. In-between, Alexander teamed up with Powers to tour France in 1982 for French punk record label New Rose Records, in 1987 opening for Dramarama and in 2006 for a tour with the legendary Boom Boom band.
In addition to his storied music career, in 1994, Willie narrated a local film entitled Middle Street made by fellow Gloucester native, independent filmmaker Henry Ferrini. Willie has also contributed many songs to the soundtracks for Henry's other films.
Willie alexander the boom boom band rock roll 78
Solo
Willie Alexander and the Persistence of Memory Orchestra
