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Profile: Big Fella
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Big Fella, aka Willie Sims, Jr., is a musician, entertainer, TV producer, community activist and advocate, ordained minister, board member, chef, teacher, life coach and is known by many as the Unofficial Mayor of Music City.
You may have seen his self-produced cooking show, Cookin' Wit' Big Fella. Perhaps, you know him from the Juneteenth fireworks celebration at Fort Negley. Or maybe you’ve run into him at a fundraising event, Metro Council meeting or a really great party.
Today, he joins us to talk about his life — his early years, how he came to Nashville and what living here means to him.
This episode was produced by Khalil Ekulona.
Further reading and listening:
- You can listen to our Halloween 2023 sketch episode when host Khalil Ekulona and producer Elizabeth Burton visited the scariest places in Nashville in search of Big Fella.
- In November, we also aired a follow up call-in show to the Halloween episode to get your feedback on what turned out to be a bit of a controversial episode.
- Big Fella's cooking show can be found on YouTube.
- There's a lot going on in Nashville to celebrate Juneteenth. You can find out what's happening at juneteenth615.com.
545 episodes
Manage episode 424136197 series 3364629
Big Fella, aka Willie Sims, Jr., is a musician, entertainer, TV producer, community activist and advocate, ordained minister, board member, chef, teacher, life coach and is known by many as the Unofficial Mayor of Music City.
You may have seen his self-produced cooking show, Cookin' Wit' Big Fella. Perhaps, you know him from the Juneteenth fireworks celebration at Fort Negley. Or maybe you’ve run into him at a fundraising event, Metro Council meeting or a really great party.
Today, he joins us to talk about his life — his early years, how he came to Nashville and what living here means to him.
This episode was produced by Khalil Ekulona.
Further reading and listening:
- You can listen to our Halloween 2023 sketch episode when host Khalil Ekulona and producer Elizabeth Burton visited the scariest places in Nashville in search of Big Fella.
- In November, we also aired a follow up call-in show to the Halloween episode to get your feedback on what turned out to be a bit of a controversial episode.
- Big Fella's cooking show can be found on YouTube.
- There's a lot going on in Nashville to celebrate Juneteenth. You can find out what's happening at juneteenth615.com.
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