Youtube; Spanish Stroll Mink DeVille. Said DeVille, "We were sitting around talking of names, and some of them were really rude, and I was saying, guys we can't do that. [7], DeVille said about their first meeting, "Now here I am at 29, a writer, doing pretty good and I've just been asked if I want to write songs with a guy who helped lay the foundations for the music I fell in love with sitting at my mother's kitchen table when I was only seven years old. Bekijk meer ideeën over Muziek, Muzikanten, Zangers. [16], There was the Ramones, Patti Smith, Television, the Talking Heads, and us. NEW YORK -- Willy DeVille, who founded the punk group Mink DeVille and was known for his blend of R&B, blues, Dixieland and traditional French Cajun ballads, has died, his publicist said Friday. [12], However, Mink DeVille had in common with the CBGB bands an aversion to the hippy aesthetic (what Willy DeVille called "electric this and strawberry that"[4][13]); moreover, the band brought an eclectic New York sensibility to its music that the other bands didn't have and that New York City rock fans recognized and appreciated. The show was the most soulful Doc had seen in ages. "Look me up. We played the Barracks. As well, musicians who played in The Mink DeVille Band sometimes played on Mink DeVille and Willy DeVille albums. Directed by Dave Wilson. Said DeVille, "I met Manfred at a party; he'd been playing with John Lee Hooker and a lot of blues people around San Francisco. Nitzsche did all the Phil Spector stuff that we grew up with and loved. All rights reserved. 185. I called him my mentor and my tormentor. They didn't understand the record, but they understood it in Europe. blurted out Toots, Willie's omnipresent, black-bouffanted old lady, whose quiet intensity is not unlike his own." TWITTER You've got to be kidding! He embodies (New York's) tangle of cultural contradictions while making music that's both idiomatic, in the broadest sense, and utterly original."[14]. I said, 'No Hilly and you know why? "I convinced the guys that I could get them work, and we climbed in the van and drove back the other way. [20] Cabretta was elected number 57 in the Village Voice's 1977 end-of-the-year Pazz & Jop critics poll.[21]. He spent much of his solo career playing in New York, New Orleans, and Europe, where he was incredibly popular. So we went into this cheap little studio and did four songs, which Edmonds gave to Jack Nitzsche. His other albums include the soulful "Coupe de Grace" and "Where Angels Fear to Tread." Its featured song, "Spanish Stroll," was a Top 20 hit in Britain. Mink DeVille Biography by Jason Ankeny + Follow Artist. Tu sabes que te quiero, pero ti me quitas todo"), adding a Latin flavor to the album. In an impressionistic sort of way. Songwriting with Doc Pomus. I figured that since playing music with people I was friends with didn't seem to work out, I would hire some mercenaries, some cats who just wanted to play and get paid. "We were playing the leather bars down on Folsom Street," Willy DeVille recalled. Bass player Bob Curiano, Drummer Shawn Murray for example, backed up Willy DeVille in his 1984 and 2007 European tours. He was like my crazy uncle. Thinking they'd signed a new wave band, Capitol didn't know what to do with Willy's rock and roll chanson and shelved it for a year. The album is often cited as the band's best out of the six studio albums. [29], The albums Mink DeVille recorded for Atlantic sold well in Europe but not in the United States. They're professional, precise, but they're full of fire, too.[28]. The original Mink Deville band was broken up by Willy DeVille after the first two albums, and from 1980's "Le Chat Bleu" recorded in Paris, he would hand-pick musicians for recording and touring under the band name. "According to Willy—never one to let false modesty intrude on a good story—the Atlantic Records chairman said, 'You got the look, the performance, the writing, you know exactly what to do. [18] Nitzsche would, in alternation with Steve Douglas, produce the first four Mink DeVille albums. Some musicians who backed up Willy DeVille in The Mink DeVille Band played and toured with him for decades. "[5], Mr. DeVille's career never quite took off, despite the impressive breadth and depth of his talent. "[31] However, David Wild of Rolling Stone praised Sportin' Life, calling it "[t]he most modern, polished sound of (Willy DeVille's) career." He added, "Pushed to center stage, DeVille delivers, singing with more passion and more personality than ever before. Crazy! One person found this helpful. When it was finally released in 1980, Le Chat Bleu remixed by Joel Dorn, made nearly every critic's list of the year's best records. This one guy—Jesus Satin he called himself—he'd dance on the pool table. Associated Press Donde vas con mi carro Rosita? The voice of Willy DeVille did. Listen to music from Mink DeVille. "[22], Willy DeVille hired Jean Claude Petit to supervise string arrangements, and he dismissed the members of the band except for guitarist Louis X. Erlanger in favor of new musicians, including accordionist Kenny Margolis. Willy pulled out his record collection, he started playing things, that was it. AdChoices Elvis Presley's rhythm section, Ron Tutt and Jerry Scheff, want to play with me. Then one of the guys said how about Mink DeVille? Mink DeVille / Willy DeVille ‎– Greatest Hits Label: EMI ‎– 7243 8 38030 2 6 Format: CD, Compilation Country: Europe Released: 1996 Genre: Rock. I walked in (to CBGB) and I saw Hilly (Hilly Kristal) standing there. | California Privacy Rights "It says something about the state of the American record business—something pathetic and depressing—that Willy DeVille's finest album fell on deaf ears at Capitol," wrote Kurt Loder of Rolling Stone. Wrote Edmonds: When Mink DeVille took the stage (at CBGB) and tore into "Let Me Dream if I Want To" followed by another scorcher called "She's So Tough," they had me. EMAIL ME. The sad truth is that it took one phone call, and even that was sheer luck—or maybe divine providence. Guitarist Louis X. Erlanger had become acquainted with Pomus while frequenting New York City's blues clubs and had urged Pomus to check out the group. [4] In 1975, CBGB was the epicenter of punk rock and what would later be called new wave, but Mink DeVille didn't necessarily fit in the scene. The '70s Punk Rebellion, Cabretta, and Coup de grâce. DeVille is scrambling on the other end of the phone to get settled. [9], Said DeVille, "We were doing Little Walter stuff, we were doing Elmore James stuff. That's pretty cool! A punk is somebody who picks a fight with you and then never shows up. Wrote Alex Halberstadt, Pomus's biographer: One night Doc's pub crawl took him to The Bottom Line just a block east of Washington Square Park (in New York City). He was 58. Both albums featured saxophonist Louis Cortelezzi and had a full-throated Jersey Shore sound that evoked Bruce Springsteen and Southside Johnny. "[32], After Sportin' Life, DeVille dropped the "Mink" moniker and began recording under his own name. Album Cabretta. Onstage, Willy's band, Mink DeVille, had nothing in common with the new wave CBGB bands that the press had lumped them with. The band with me was a dream come true. Except for frontman Willy DeVille, the original members of the band played only on the first two albums (Cabretta and Return to Magenta). We used to do an Apollo thing. Punk singer-songwriter had pancreatic cancer NEW YORK -- Willy DeVille, who founded the punk group Mink DeVille and was known for his blend of … These five guys ... were obviously part of the new energy, but I also felt immediately reconnected to all the rock & roll I loved best: the bluesy early Stones, Van Morrison ..., the subway scenarios of The Velvet Underground, Dylan's folk-rock inflections, the heartbreak of Little Willie John, and a thousand scratchy old flea market 45s. You never were fair to me.'"[15]. AP Nitzsche produced and arranged the first two Mink DeVille records for Capitol -- Cabretta (1977) and Return to Magenta (1978). We played CBGBs for three years, and all of the sudden word got out, and then came this word Punk, which where I come from is a bad word. I ended up on Bowery down there and I thought, 'Let's see what's going on here.' In 1976, three Mink DeVille songs appeared on Live at CBGB's, a compilation album of bands that played CBGB (for the recording sessions, drummer Thomas R. "Manfred" Allen, Jr. was credited as Manfred Jones). I didn't get Jack Nitzsche. [25], "Willy had found a more appreciative reception at Atlantic Records, where head man Ahmet Ertegun signed him to a fat new recording deal and promised to personally shepherd his career ...", reported Rolling Stone in 1980. Mink DeVille (1974–86) was a rock band known for its association with early punk rock bands at New York's CBGB nightclub and for being a showcase for the music of Willy DeVille.The band recorded six albums in the years 1977 to 1985. , Fast Floyd, later of Fast Floyd and the Famous Firebirds) formed a band called Billy de Sade and the Marquis. It was nuts! rootsrockreggaesoulmusichut. To cover the cracks, Fast Floyd glued an old mink coat he had purchased at a thrift store to the dashboard. Said Willy DeVille, "You listen to that music and you hear those really high strings, and that percussion, and the castanets; that's all Jack's (Jack Nitzsche's) work. I didn't even know who Nitzsche was. They released it immediately in Europe and everybody loved it. Genres: Pop Rock, Pub Rock, Rock. "[4] Guitarist Fast Floyd and keyboard player Ritch Colbert arrived in New York City several months later. In the beginning I saw Mink DeVille as a hard-edged rock and roll band, and I wanted the Nitzsche who'd produced "Memo from Turner" (off the Performance soundtrack) and the great first Crazy Horse album ... 'How did you ever get Jack Nitzsche?' Wrote Allmusic: "Its sound is steeped in mid-'80s studio gloss and compression that often overwhelms quality material. So maybe another name change would help—God knows the music was great. Privacy Policy | "[1], Mink DeVille was formed in 1974 when singer Willy DeVille (then called Billy Borsay) met drummer Thomas R. "Manfred" Allen, Jr. and bassist Rubén Sigüenza in San Francisco. It was clear that Willy had realized his fantasy of a new, completely contemporary Brill Building record. Tracklist . "[10] After Le Chat Bleu sold impressively in America as an import, Capitol finally released it in the United States. Later in life, DeVille had only sour memories of CBGB. [27], I had band problems, manager problems, record company problems. And yeah, I had drug problems. "[10] DeVille said about his years with Atlantic Records, "Ahmet Ertegun and I got along, but we never got anything done. Slow Drain Lyrics. They favoured castanets over tom-toms, and accordion over distorted guitars, and Willy delivered his vocals with a sweet, tuneful flexibility that brought out the emotional resonance beneath his nasal sneer. Capitol Records released Le Chat Bleu in Europe in 1980, but believed that American audiences would not warm to a record featuring accordions and strings. He was the guy who was responsible for being the visionary who saw that we were different than they were and that we could probably have a career playing music. Collected is a compilation of Willy DeVille’s tenure as the charismatic frontman of Mink DeVille, and of his later solo work. "We went against strings on the first album—decided it should be outright, raw, and rude. He is recording a new album for Atlantic records, having departed from his previous recording commitment under less than amicable circumstances. All that really cool stuff".[4]. "[2] On Return to Magenta, Willy DeVille and producers Nitzsche and Steve Douglas employed lavish string arrangements on several songs. I had a big straw hat on, silk suit. We weren't ready to make great rock and roll records. Spanish Stroll Lyrics. Youtube; Slow Drain Mink DeVille. There can't be anything cooler than a fur-lined Cadillac can there? The band's 1978 follow-up album Return to Magenta continued in the same vein as Cabretta, but with a twist. I have seen Mink DeVille several times and was disappointed in this CD Read more. 'I tried to get him for years.' Nitzsche said about DeVille, "We hit it off right away. Willy DeVille (born William Paul Borsey Jr., August 25, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American singer and songwriter.During his thirty-five-year career, first with his band Mink DeVille (1974–1986) and later on his own, Deville created original songs rooted in traditional American musical styles. Both men, members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, had apprenticed under Phil Spector and helped shape the Wall of Sound production technique. I've got Phil Spector's horn player, Steve Douglas (who also served as producer), on tenor and baritone. Helpful. Doc (Pomus) was elated when he heard it. Except for frontman Willy DeVille, the original members of the band played only on the first two albums (Cabretta and Return to Magenta). ", Better known in Europe than in the U.S., DeVille went solo in 1980 with "Le Chat Bleu." The host for the episode is Robert Urich, and the musical guest is Mink DeVille. Mink DeVille played its last concert on February 20, 1986 in New York City.[33]. 254. "We auditioned along with hundreds of others, but they liked us and took us on. The tightest black suit clung to his thin frame; he wore a purple shirt, a narrow black tie and shoes with six-inch points. I can put you in touch with him.' "[5] Another story about the Mink DeVille name says that it originated with Fast Floyd, who owned an old Cadillac with a cracked dashboard. [16], Cabretta, a multifaceted album of soul, R&B, rock, and blues recordings, is generally regarded as one of the best debut albums by a new band of the mid-1970s. This song was chosen as the album's lead single and reached No. We played for three years ... [D]uring that time we didn't get paid more than fifty bucks a night", DeVille said. | EU Privacy Preferences. 20 on the UK Singles Chart; it was to be DeVille's only record ever to chart in the UK. Mink DeVille toured the United States in 1978 with Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe. Sitemap | I mentioned my mission while chatting with friend and Del Shannon manager Dan Bourgoise, who responded 'Jack? "[11] "Every f----n' art student that plays out of tune gets a record deal," he said dismissively in 1981, when asked about the punk scene. I cleaned up my act. [4] He told Music Street Journal: "The whole band only got $50 dollars a night, even to the end. He has the songs, he has the voice, and he has the band. | Do Not Sell My Personal Information It was followed by the album "Return to Magenta. Mink DeVille (1974–86) was a rock band known for its association with early punk rock bands at New York's CBGB nightclub and for being a showcase for the music of Willy DeVille. Finally I got a new recording contract, with Atlantic, and a new manager. Europe had not had MTV at that point and they were very open to different music. His "Storybook Love," featured in the 1987 movie "The Princess Bride," was nominated for an Academy Award. "The rock world has lost another one of its influential pioneers," Kaye said. DeVille Little Miss Tragedy is so misunderstood She can hear you sniff a whip of a bad drugs a hundred yards away He was even more amazed when Doc asked whether he'd write with him. 'No, it's gotta be something slick—something sorta French, somethin' sorta black ... poetry. I thought, 'Holy shit! Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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