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circa 2008
Here's the current Dockery bio from Wikinfo for you to get your rocks
off on...
Will Dockery factsheet:
http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Will_Dockery
{{SS}}
{{Criticism}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| Name = Will Dockery
| Img = WillDockery20080526.jpg
| Background = solo_singer
| Birth_name = Will Dockery
| Born = {{birth date and age|1958|5|7}}
| Origin = [[LaGrange, Georgia]]
| Instrument = [[singer|Vocals]]
| Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[folk rock]], [[word
jazz]], [[art rock]], [[noise rock]], [[experimental rock]]
| Occupation = [[Singer-songwriter]], [[pizza delivery]] and
[[advertising]], [[poet]], [[minicomic]] creator
| Years_active = 1983–present
| Label = [[Independant]]
| Associated_acts = [[Shadowville All-Stars]], [[Henry F. Conley]]
| URL = [http://www.myspace.com/shadowvilleallstars/
Shadowville All-Stars]
}}
Will Dockery is an [[American]] [[poet]], [[minicomic]] [[artist]] and
[[singer-songwriter]].
==Early Years==
The son of [Loading Image...
Kelly H. Dockery], a [[World War II]] and [[Korean War]] veteran,
later a Howard [[bus]] and [[taxicab]] driver, and [[Mildred
Whitley]], William Abraham Dockery was born in [[LaGrange, Georgia]]
on [[May 7, 1958]], where he would visit frequently during childhood,
being the home of his [[maternal]] grandparents. He lived in
[[Columbus, Georgia]], forty miles south of LaGrange, and both areas
meld into the [[alternate universe]] of [[Shadowville]] in his various
works of art.
He started playing music in 1961, when he got his first guitar. This
early phase in music was cut short, though, when he smashed the guitar
over his father's head, who was napping. He remembers he was emulating
a scene he'd seen on an episode of the television series [[Bonanza]]
or another of the [[western]]s popular in that era. [[Hank Williams]]
was an early hero, especially after watching ''[[Your Cheatin'
Heart]]'', the 1964 film of Hank Williams' life story with [[George
Hamilton]] playing Williams.
He attended [[Waverly Terrace Elementary]] school, where he won first
prize in kindergarden in a school-wide competition for a crayon
drawing of a [[witch]], obviously influenced by his early exposure to
[[comic book]]s and [[film noir]], which everything on [[television]]
resembled in the pre-color era of the 1960s.
The next year, in May of 1965, his family moved to the east side of
Columbus, where he attended [[Edgewood Elementary]] school. There, he
wrote his first [[poetry]], influenced by reading [[Edgar Allen Poe]]
and combining that with ideas influenced by popular music such as
[[The Beatles]]. Also during this time he created hundreds of hand
made, unpublished [[minicomic]]s, which included over 500 issues of
the adventure [[serial]] [[Uncle Jim]], ''Uncle Jim Comics and
Stories'' had a spinoff [[comic strip]] called [[Tonight Show Starring
Uncle Jim]], which filled many episodes in which [[guest host]]s
filled in for Uncle Jim in a parody of [[Johnny Carson]]'s television
series of the time. In May of 1970 Dockery made his return to music,
performing a cover of the [[Tiny Tim]] song ''[[Tiptoe Through the
Tulips]]''.
==Discography==
* ''[[Bag of Groceries]]'' (1982) material written and recorded with
Jim Pontius and P.D. Wilson.
* ''[[Shadowville All-Stars]][http://www.myspace.com/
shadowvilleallstars](2006-07) material written with [[Dennis Beck]]
and [[Brian Mallard]], including ''God's Toybox'', ''Dream Tears'' and
others.
* ''[[Dockery-Conley]]'' [http://www.myspace.com/willdockery]
(1998-2008) material written with [[Henry F. Conley]], including
''Ozone Stigmata'', ''Fadeaway Encounter'' and others.
* ''[[Shadowville Speedway ep]]'' A five song sampler [[compact disc]]
released June 11 2008, 1.) Shadowville Speedway 2.) Twilight Girl 3.)
Fadeaway Encounter 4.) Ragpicker Joe 5.) Surgeon General. All songs
written by Will Dockery and Henry Conley.
==Minicomics==
[[Image:Demon-House-Theatre.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Demon House Theatre
minicomic by Will Dockery]]
*[[Uncle Jim's Comics and Stories]] (1969-1970) unpublished minicomic.
*Various unpublished [[comic strips]] including [[Splut]], [[Virtue
Peak]], [[Vulture's Beak]], [[The Assemblers]] and [[Tonight Show
Starring Uncle Jim]] (1967-1970)
*[[Terror Time]] (1970-1974) unpublished [[horror anthology]]
minicomic.
*[[Le Glass Dildo]] (1978) mixture of minicomic and poetry.
*[[The Torchbearers]] (1979-1980)
*[[Shaman Newspaper]] (1984-1996) minicomic anthology
*[[Demon House Theatre]] (1985-1988)
*[[River Mutants]] (1985-1988)
==Poetry Chapbooks==
*[[Red Zeros]] -Summer 1983
*[[Topaz Cube]] -Summer 1984
*[[Blood Skeleton]] -Summer 1984
*[[Green Ringlets]] -1989
*[[felt]] -1990 [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.zines/msg/
c2c6b40a56757929?hl=en alt.zines review from January 7 1996]
<blockquote>felt, 50c postpaid. [[Minicomic]], eight pages.
[[William Dockery]], P.O. Box
xxxx, [[Phenix City, Alabama]] 36868.
On the back cover of this tome is written the words, "Second
Printing."
I was going to joke that with Dockery, this means my copy is not only
the
second printing but the second copy. However, this damn thing is
actually
very well written. Maybe he did actually print more than one copy in
the
first printing, and sold out!
felt begins poorly, but picks up at the top of page four. Then
things
really get going at the bottom of page four, and the lines roll on
through
thunderous poetic crescendoes right to the end. There are amazing
images
here; [[Tatumville]] park, the memory of Tracy, the father who's "a
grey cat,"
even a lake of disappearing paths.
I highly recommend this chapbook on two counts, as a stunning book
of
poems and as a sample of the best the comics small press has to offer.
-[[Andrew Roller]], January 7 1996 in [[alt.zines]]</blockquote>
*[[Criticism of Will Dockery|
To The Magic Store]] -1993
*[[April Bullets]] -1995
*[[Secret Madrigals]][http://www.angelfire.com/al2/willdockerypoems/]
-1997
*[[Hard Return]] -1998
*[[Opera Positions]] -1998
*[[Sea Weed Fox]] -1999
*[[White Irony]] -2000
==Video appearances==
Dockery was a part of [[documentary]] [[film-maker]] [[Truman Bentley,
Jr.]]'s multi-part [[video cassette]] observation of the poets,
artists and [[oddball]]s of [[Columbus, Georgia]] from the years
1996-2000. These have not been transferred to [[DVD]] and are at
present out-of-print. Various peformances of Will Dockery are
available on [[YouTube]], including
*Ozone Stigmata, written with Henry Conley.
*Truck Stop Woman, written with Henry Conley.
*Last Dream Today, written with Brian Mallard.
*The Ride/Combat Zone, written with Dennis Beck.
==Known Associates==
- [[Jim Pontius]]
- [[Tito Wals]]
- [[Paul D. Wilson|pd wilson]]
- [[Gene Woolfolk, Jr.]]
- [[Wes Sprunger]]
- [[George Buck]]
- [[Brian Fowler]]
- [[Dan Barfield]]
==Hangouts==
- [[Majestic Diner]] ([[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]])
- [[Ken's Tavern]] ([[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]])
- [[Dinglewood Pharmacy]] ([[Columbus, Georgia]])
- The [[Alley]] behind [[Rhino's on Broad]] ([[Columbus, Georgia]])
- [[SoHo Bar and Grill]] ([[Columbus, Georgia]])
==Later Years==
Will Dockery currently resides in western central [[Georgia]],
pursuing his lifelong passions for art, music, poetry and
[[performance art]], most recently appearing with Henry Conley and
Gene Woolfolk at [[Pat's Place]] in [[Americus, Georgia]] June 14,
2008.
A new collection of songs written with Henry F. Conley, ''Shadowville
Speedway Blues'' is planned to be released on [[compact disc]] in Fall
2008.
==See Also==
*[[List of minicomics creators]]
*[[Parnello's Pizza]]
*[[Minicomic co-ops]]
*[[Shadowville All-Stars]]
*[[Criticism of Will Dockery]], Critique by [[Rick Howe]]
==External links==
*[http://groups.google.com/group/nightmarecult/browse_thread/thread/
b476b4fd698acdc4 Archived poetry by Will Dockery]
*[http://www.myspace.com/willdockery Hasty Pudding] music by Will
Dockery
*[http://www.archive.org/details/OzoneStigmataByWillDockery ''Ozone
Stigmata'' video by Will Dockery and Henry F. Conley] Cool music and
cool video
*[http://www.kannibaal.nl/shadowville.htm Shadowville-Netherlands
cultural exchange project]
''The Ride (Combat
Zone)'' Shadowville All-Stars] Video by Janis Petersen.
Will Dockery and The
Shadowville Allstars video]
*[http://shadowvilleallstars.muddywolf.net/ Shadowville All-Stars
photos page]
[[Category:1958 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Americans]]
Here's the current Dockery bio from Wikinfo for you to get your rocks
off on...
Will Dockery factsheet:
http://www.wikinfo.org/index.php/Will_Dockery
{{SS}}
{{Criticism}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| Name = Will Dockery
| Img = WillDockery20080526.jpg
| Background = solo_singer
| Birth_name = Will Dockery
| Born = {{birth date and age|1958|5|7}}
| Origin = [[LaGrange, Georgia]]
| Instrument = [[singer|Vocals]]
| Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[folk rock]], [[word
jazz]], [[art rock]], [[noise rock]], [[experimental rock]]
| Occupation = [[Singer-songwriter]], [[pizza delivery]] and
[[advertising]], [[poet]], [[minicomic]] creator
| Years_active = 1983–present
| Label = [[Independant]]
| Associated_acts = [[Shadowville All-Stars]], [[Henry F. Conley]]
| URL = [http://www.myspace.com/shadowvilleallstars/
Shadowville All-Stars]
}}
Will Dockery is an [[American]] [[poet]], [[minicomic]] [[artist]] and
[[singer-songwriter]].
==Early Years==
The son of [Loading Image...
Kelly H. Dockery], a [[World War II]] and [[Korean War]] veteran,
later a Howard [[bus]] and [[taxicab]] driver, and [[Mildred
Whitley]], William Abraham Dockery was born in [[LaGrange, Georgia]]
on [[May 7, 1958]], where he would visit frequently during childhood,
being the home of his [[maternal]] grandparents. He lived in
[[Columbus, Georgia]], forty miles south of LaGrange, and both areas
meld into the [[alternate universe]] of [[Shadowville]] in his various
works of art.
He started playing music in 1961, when he got his first guitar. This
early phase in music was cut short, though, when he smashed the guitar
over his father's head, who was napping. He remembers he was emulating
a scene he'd seen on an episode of the television series [[Bonanza]]
or another of the [[western]]s popular in that era. [[Hank Williams]]
was an early hero, especially after watching ''[[Your Cheatin'
Heart]]'', the 1964 film of Hank Williams' life story with [[George
Hamilton]] playing Williams.
He attended [[Waverly Terrace Elementary]] school, where he won first
prize in kindergarden in a school-wide competition for a crayon
drawing of a [[witch]], obviously influenced by his early exposure to
[[comic book]]s and [[film noir]], which everything on [[television]]
resembled in the pre-color era of the 1960s.
The next year, in May of 1965, his family moved to the east side of
Columbus, where he attended [[Edgewood Elementary]] school. There, he
wrote his first [[poetry]], influenced by reading [[Edgar Allen Poe]]
and combining that with ideas influenced by popular music such as
[[The Beatles]]. Also during this time he created hundreds of hand
made, unpublished [[minicomic]]s, which included over 500 issues of
the adventure [[serial]] [[Uncle Jim]], ''Uncle Jim Comics and
Stories'' had a spinoff [[comic strip]] called [[Tonight Show Starring
Uncle Jim]], which filled many episodes in which [[guest host]]s
filled in for Uncle Jim in a parody of [[Johnny Carson]]'s television
series of the time. In May of 1970 Dockery made his return to music,
performing a cover of the [[Tiny Tim]] song ''[[Tiptoe Through the
Tulips]]''.
==Discography==
* ''[[Bag of Groceries]]'' (1982) material written and recorded with
Jim Pontius and P.D. Wilson.
* ''[[Shadowville All-Stars]][http://www.myspace.com/
shadowvilleallstars](2006-07) material written with [[Dennis Beck]]
and [[Brian Mallard]], including ''God's Toybox'', ''Dream Tears'' and
others.
* ''[[Dockery-Conley]]'' [http://www.myspace.com/willdockery]
(1998-2008) material written with [[Henry F. Conley]], including
''Ozone Stigmata'', ''Fadeaway Encounter'' and others.
* ''[[Shadowville Speedway ep]]'' A five song sampler [[compact disc]]
released June 11 2008, 1.) Shadowville Speedway 2.) Twilight Girl 3.)
Fadeaway Encounter 4.) Ragpicker Joe 5.) Surgeon General. All songs
written by Will Dockery and Henry Conley.
==Minicomics==
[[Image:Demon-House-Theatre.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Demon House Theatre
minicomic by Will Dockery]]
*[[Uncle Jim's Comics and Stories]] (1969-1970) unpublished minicomic.
*Various unpublished [[comic strips]] including [[Splut]], [[Virtue
Peak]], [[Vulture's Beak]], [[The Assemblers]] and [[Tonight Show
Starring Uncle Jim]] (1967-1970)
*[[Terror Time]] (1970-1974) unpublished [[horror anthology]]
minicomic.
*[[Le Glass Dildo]] (1978) mixture of minicomic and poetry.
*[[The Torchbearers]] (1979-1980)
*[[Shaman Newspaper]] (1984-1996) minicomic anthology
*[[Demon House Theatre]] (1985-1988)
*[[River Mutants]] (1985-1988)
==Poetry Chapbooks==
*[[Red Zeros]] -Summer 1983
*[[Topaz Cube]] -Summer 1984
*[[Blood Skeleton]] -Summer 1984
*[[Green Ringlets]] -1989
*[[felt]] -1990 [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.zines/msg/
c2c6b40a56757929?hl=en alt.zines review from January 7 1996]
<blockquote>felt, 50c postpaid. [[Minicomic]], eight pages.
[[William Dockery]], P.O. Box
xxxx, [[Phenix City, Alabama]] 36868.
On the back cover of this tome is written the words, "Second
Printing."
I was going to joke that with Dockery, this means my copy is not only
the
second printing but the second copy. However, this damn thing is
actually
very well written. Maybe he did actually print more than one copy in
the
first printing, and sold out!
felt begins poorly, but picks up at the top of page four. Then
things
really get going at the bottom of page four, and the lines roll on
through
thunderous poetic crescendoes right to the end. There are amazing
images
here; [[Tatumville]] park, the memory of Tracy, the father who's "a
grey cat,"
even a lake of disappearing paths.
I highly recommend this chapbook on two counts, as a stunning book
of
poems and as a sample of the best the comics small press has to offer.
-[[Andrew Roller]], January 7 1996 in [[alt.zines]]</blockquote>
*[[Criticism of Will Dockery|
To The Magic Store]] -1993
*[[April Bullets]] -1995
*[[Secret Madrigals]][http://www.angelfire.com/al2/willdockerypoems/]
-1997
*[[Hard Return]] -1998
*[[Opera Positions]] -1998
*[[Sea Weed Fox]] -1999
*[[White Irony]] -2000
==Video appearances==
Dockery was a part of [[documentary]] [[film-maker]] [[Truman Bentley,
Jr.]]'s multi-part [[video cassette]] observation of the poets,
artists and [[oddball]]s of [[Columbus, Georgia]] from the years
1996-2000. These have not been transferred to [[DVD]] and are at
present out-of-print. Various peformances of Will Dockery are
available on [[YouTube]], including
*Ozone Stigmata, written with Henry Conley.
*Truck Stop Woman, written with Henry Conley.
*Last Dream Today, written with Brian Mallard.
*The Ride/Combat Zone, written with Dennis Beck.
==Known Associates==
- [[Jim Pontius]]
- [[Tito Wals]]
- [[Paul D. Wilson|pd wilson]]
- [[Gene Woolfolk, Jr.]]
- [[Wes Sprunger]]
- [[George Buck]]
- [[Brian Fowler]]
- [[Dan Barfield]]
==Hangouts==
- [[Majestic Diner]] ([[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]])
- [[Ken's Tavern]] ([[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]])
- [[Dinglewood Pharmacy]] ([[Columbus, Georgia]])
- The [[Alley]] behind [[Rhino's on Broad]] ([[Columbus, Georgia]])
- [[SoHo Bar and Grill]] ([[Columbus, Georgia]])
==Later Years==
Will Dockery currently resides in western central [[Georgia]],
pursuing his lifelong passions for art, music, poetry and
[[performance art]], most recently appearing with Henry Conley and
Gene Woolfolk at [[Pat's Place]] in [[Americus, Georgia]] June 14,
2008.
A new collection of songs written with Henry F. Conley, ''Shadowville
Speedway Blues'' is planned to be released on [[compact disc]] in Fall
2008.
==See Also==
*[[List of minicomics creators]]
*[[Parnello's Pizza]]
*[[Minicomic co-ops]]
*[[Shadowville All-Stars]]
*[[Criticism of Will Dockery]], Critique by [[Rick Howe]]
==External links==
*[http://groups.google.com/group/nightmarecult/browse_thread/thread/
b476b4fd698acdc4 Archived poetry by Will Dockery]
*[http://www.myspace.com/willdockery Hasty Pudding] music by Will
Dockery
*[http://www.archive.org/details/OzoneStigmataByWillDockery ''Ozone
Stigmata'' video by Will Dockery and Henry F. Conley] Cool music and
cool video
*[http://www.kannibaal.nl/shadowville.htm Shadowville-Netherlands
cultural exchange project]
''The Ride (Combat
Zone)'' Shadowville All-Stars] Video by Janis Petersen.
Will Dockery and The
Shadowville Allstars video]
*[http://shadowvilleallstars.muddywolf.net/ Shadowville All-Stars
photos page]
[[Category:1958 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Americans]]