Gary Willis: Reflections of an Iconoclast

THIRTY YEARS into a forward-reaching career filled with musical and technical innovation, Gary Willis is finally looking back. And that’s a good thing. First, Willis reunited with his Tribal Tech-mates Scott Henderson, Scott Kinsey, and Kirk Covington in 2012 to record X, the title marking the band’s tenth effort and first in a dozen years. The
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