A Year with Andre Williams told of Williams's early career at Fortune Records, his hard life on the streets of Chicago in the 1980s, drug and alcohol abuse, his return to the stage and recording studio in 1995, and his current life and musical career. In 2010, Williams contributed a cover version of "The Way You Dog Me Around" for the compilation album, Daddy Rockin Strong: A Tribute to Nolan Strong & The Diablos. The album was a tribute to the late Nolan Strong. In the summer of 2010, Williams worked on an EP with the up-and-coming producer Kerry (Kerby) Moncreace, founder of Kraw Productions. Andre Williams and his longtime best friend, Ricardo "Mississippi Rick" Williams, co-wrote with Kerry Moncreace, five rap songs including the urban song that tells the story of a hustler whose woman turns him into the federal government for drug trafficking, "Gangbangin'". Williams had also been known to go by the alias "Rudibaker" or "Rutabaga", with which he would put on a different personality and speak in a gravely voice. In 2012, Williams was inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame. Andre Williams died March 17, 2019, in Chicago, Illinois, at the age of 82. Selective discography 1955: "Going Down To Tia Juana" 1956: "Bacon Fat" 1957: "Jail Bait" 1968: "Cadillac Jack" 1990: Directly from the Streets 1994: Mr. Rhythm Is Back [compilation] 1996: Mr. Rhythm [compilation] 1996: Greasy (with The El Dorados) 1998: Silky 1999: Red Dirt (with The Sadies) 2000: Black Godfather 2000: Fat Back & Corn Liquor 2001: Bait and Switch 2003: Holland Shuffle: Live at the World Famous Vera Club (with Green Hornet) 2006: Aphrodisiac (with The Diplomats of Solid Sound) 2008: Can You Deal with It? (with The New Orleans Hellhounds) 2010: That's All I Need 2010: Gangbangin' (Kraw Productions) 2011: Nightclub (with The Goldstars) 2012: Hoods and Shades 2012: Life 2012; Night & Day (with The Sadies) 2012: Bacon Fat: The Fortune Singles 1956-1957 [compilation] 2013: Bad Motherfucker (with The Goldstars; live at The Slow Club, Freiburg, Germany) 2013: "Waterpipe" (spoken word contribution to the Arabicana/World Music band 'NO Blues' 5th album: Kind of NO Blues) 2016: I Wanna Go Back to Detroit City References External links 1936 births 2019 deaths American rhythm and blues musicians Detroit blues musicians Converts to Judaism Norton Records artists Musicians from Alabama People from Bessemer, Alabama Ric-Tic Records artists Punk