Ghost of Wesley Willis haunts psychic

The ghost of Wesley Willis watches over Chicago

Deceased Chicago musician Wesley Willis is back from the afterlife, according psychic Michael Cressey.

Willis, famous for his steam of consciousness songs, like "Rock and Roll McDonalds", died in 2003 from leukemia.  It's estimated that he had written over 1,000 songs before his death.  The music, he said in many interviews, helped him deal with his schizophrenia.  His novelty rock sound gave in cult following in the college rock scene during the 1990s.

Cressey first encountered Willis' ghost about three months ago during a séance. 

"Some clients of mine wanted to contact Chicago's famous ghosts.  This wasn't an unusual request, so I accepted.  When I reached out to the spirit realm, I thought we'd contact a blues singer."

Instead, Cressey began to have headaches whenever one of his clients said "rock" or "roll."  After the séance ended with no apparent success, Cressey began to hear music. 

"It was like pre-programmed electronic music.  The music just kept going, and going.  I thought I was going to go mad.  That was before I could hear his voice."

The next day, Willis' ghost appeared before Cressey. 

"He said that had come back to Earth to perform a special mission, and now he was stuck.  In order to return to the afterlife, he has to write 1,000 new songs and perform all of them for 1,000 people.  Wesley said that I was the first person who could hear him, and I would be the first to hear his new songs."

Since that fateful day three months ago, Willis has performed almost non-stop for Cressey, and still he is the only person who can hear Willis' performances.

"You think I'd get used to it by now.  But I can't.  He only has nine musical tracks on his ghostly synthesizer, but he just keeps changing the lyrics.  Some of them are so strange, that I have stop and drop my jaw.  What did he get those ideas?  And it goes on, day and night!"

Cressey thinks he's heard all one thousand songs, but Willis keeps playing, hoping that someday others will hear his music.

Exclusively for The Babbler, Cressey wrote down someone of Willis' new lyrics, before breaking down in tears.

            I died a few years ago
            And got stuck on the Earth
            And to get to the other side
            I have to become the singing ghost

            The singing ghost
            The singing ghost
            The singing ghost
            The singing ghost

Cressey says that song goes on and on, and then concludes with "Rock over London, Rock on Chicago.  Bolingbrook Babbler, The truth is unbelievable."

"Please help me!"  Begged Cressey.  "I want my life back, and I want Willis to go to a better place.  Some place I can't hear him!"

Many parapsychologists believe that the dead can be heard on TVs and radios tuned to static.  If enough Babbler readers tune in at the right time, and listen to all of Willis' songs, then he can pass on to other side.  Cressey hopes that will end Willis' and his "warhellride."

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