ION INDIE MAGAZINE August 2014, Volume 3 | Page 40

Music by
THE LIVING WILLS
“I’m Thinking Maybe”

THE LIVING WILLS
It’s a Family Affair
Story and Photography by Yvonne Day
There is a lot of Mile High love in the Denver area. Maybe it’s the altitude and maybe it’s more. After all, not every
person in Colorado is getting stoned since the new laws went into effect making it legal to smoke and grow your
own herb. I’ve spent most of my life here and can attest that you will find some of the most interesting and very
talented musicians in these Rocky Mountains. Let me introduce you to two of them—the Wills brothers, known
as THE LIVING WILLS.
The band’s foundation centers around CONNOR WILLS and DEVIN WILLS. They perform with many different
artists from the Front Range of Colorado. The line-up of session musicians may fluctuate, based on who is
available to tour. “The players we do perform with are talented and reliable,” Says Connor Wills—who goes on
to tell us: “Devin and I have been performing together for at least a decade. It is our pursuits outside of music
that have the biggest impact on the work itself. For instance, our interest in philosophy greatly influences our