Willie Allen
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play lo-fi play hi-fi  Sweet Country Rose
play lo-fi play hi-fi  On A Sunny Florida Day
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Like The Daisies Love The Sun
play lo-fi play hi-fi  If Them Good Ol' Boys Knew How Good I Had It
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Sweet Jesus Potato
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Take Your Blues Away
play lo-fi play hi-fi  My Baby Done Gone
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Streets of West Palm Beach
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Where We Gonna Go When This Is Gone?
play lo-fi play hi-fi  Rowin Down The River With My Baby
I was born William Allen Armfield in Kokomo, Indiana in 1950. I studied music from age 6 to age 18. I was involved in folk music all through high school, sang in local groups and planned on furthering my musical education in college. Unfortunately, I allowed myself to get sidetracked by the U.S. Army. After a tour in Vietnam I was discharged and it seemed I just couldn't get back on track musically. I went to college in wildlife management, got out of college, got a job, got married, got a job, bought a house, got a job, moved south, got a job on a survey crew working in the Glades and on the beaches, the roads and highways of beautiful South Florida for 25 years.
Now I'm retired and back at music. I've written a few songs and I'll have them on this web site. If you like them tell me so. If not, well you can tell me that too. I plan on singing as long as my voice holds out and writing until they take me out of the house toes up. Hopefully, that won't be for quite a while, so check back now and then for new songs!
Thank you, Willie Allen, Sage of the Acreage

Oh, Yeah, I fish a lot!!
Do you play live?
Yes, every time I can talk somebody into it!
How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?
It makes more music available to more people.
Your influences?
John Prine, John Hartford, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Phil Ochs, Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Willie Nelson, Buffy Saint-Marie, Hank Williams, Donovan and the list goes on and on. When you've lived as long as I have you end up with a lot of influences.
Favorite spot?
West Palm Beach, Florida and the surrounding area
Equipment used:
Martin, Gibson and Ibanez guitars plus a whole bunch of other equipment I don't know much about.
Anything else...?
Let me tell you a little bit about my music. I moved to South Florida in 1983 from the big town of Lafayette, Indiana. At the moment I stepped out of my truck and put my foot on South Florida soil I fell in love with the place - the sky, the beaches, the Everglades and the people - an eclectic mix from all over the country and all over the world. When I write music I try to paint a picture, warts and all, of the people, places and things that mean the most to me.

Thanks again, Willie Allen
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