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swing. 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. What the wiry, dapper DeVille had that tied him to fellow CBGB resident bands like The
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By this time, no members of the original Mink DeVille save Willy DeVille remained in the band, but DeVille continued recording and touring under the name Mink DeVille. "Those boys went through the wars with me, the $ 50 a night bars, and I had to turn on them and lop their heads off and say, 'I love
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in Europe in 1980, but believed that American audiences would not warm to a record featuring accordions and strings. "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
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So maybe another name change would help—God knows the music was great. Mink Pie ... hmmmm. 'No, it's gotta be something slick—something sorta French, somethin' sorta black ... poetry. Mink ... MINK DE VILLE!' blurted out Toots, Willie's omnipresent, black-bouffanted old lady, whose quiet
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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. You've got to
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music was born in the mid-1970s. "We auditioned along with hundreds of others, but they liked us and took us on. We played for three years ... uring that time we didn't get paid more than fifty bucks a night", DeVille said. In 1975, CBGB was the epicenter of punk rock and what would later be called
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did in France). Rootsy, hook-laden rock, iconic balladry, and the theater of aural experience were all contained in songs that offered the illusion that one could still find acted out under a streetlamp-lit stage, in front of a trashcan bonfire, narrated by one costumed in the decadent attire of a
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I had band problems, manager problems, record company problems. And yeah, I had drug problems. Finally I got a new recording contract, with Atlantic, and a new manager. I cleaned up my act. I figured that since playing music with people I was friends with didn't seem to work out, I would hire some
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wrote, "Mr. DeVille is a magnetic performer, but his macho stage presence camouflages an acute musical intelligence; his songs and arrangements are rich in ethnic rhythms and blues echoes, the most disparate stylistic references, yet they flow seamlessly and hang together solidly. He embodies (New
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said about the band, "Mink DeVille knows the truth of a city street and the courage in a ghetto love song. And the harsh reality in his voice and phrasing is yesterday, today, and tomorrow — timeless in the same way that loneliness, no money, and troubles find each other and never quit for a
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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. 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
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which where I come from is a bad word. A punk is somebody who picks a fight with you and then never shows up." In 2007, Willy DeVille said about the bands that played CBGBs, "We were all labeled as part of this American punk thing but I really didn't see any of us having much in common." "Every
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sort of way." Another story about the Mink DeVille name says that it originated with Fast Floyd, who owned an old Cadillac with a cracked dashboard. To cover the cracks, Fast Floyd glued an old mink coat he had purchased at a thrift store to the dashboard. According to a 1977 article in
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Mr. DeVille's career never quite took off, despite the impressive breadth and depth of his talent. He is recording a new album for Atlantic records, having departed from his previous recording commitment under less than amicable circumstances. And on Friday night he was at the
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down on Folsom Street," Willy DeVille recalled. "We were Billy de Sade and the Marquis then. We played the Barracks. After a while they would take their clothes off. This one guy—Jesus Satin he called himself—he'd dance on the pool table. It was nuts! Crazy!"
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It has always been assumed that our pairing was based on his (Nitzsche's) Spector accomplishments, but to me that was secondary. In the beginning I saw Mink DeVille as a hard-edged rock and roll band, and I wanted the Nitzsche who'd produced
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Nitzsche said about DeVille, "We hit it off right away. Willy pulled out his record collection, he started playing things, that was it. I thought, 'Holy shit! This guy's got taste!'" Wrote Ben Edmonds, who paired Nitzsche with Mink DeVille:
558:(what Willy DeVille called "electric this and strawberry that"); 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. Critic 403:). "I convinced the guys that I could get them work, and we climbed in the van and drove back the other way." Guitarist Fast Floyd and keyboard player Ritch Colbert arrived in New York City several months later. Fast Floyd was replaced by 353:. 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. Then one of the guys said how about Mink DeVille? There can't be anything cooler than a fur-lined 1252:(Both) are truly solid albums—despite lukewarm reviews at the time—showcasing much of Willy's theatrical personality and his own desire to provide for the elements of fantasy in rock music that the early rockers and 589:) standing there. I had a big straw hat on, silk suit. He bought me a beer and it got around to 'Would you like to come back?' I said, 'No Hilly and you know why? Because you never treated me right. You never were fair to me.'" 1265:
Euro-trash lothario-cum-stiletto-carrying 1950s gang banger ... They captivate a listener in the same way a great period film would—they tell an epic story in a few minutes and capture all of its life and death drama.
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manager Dan Bourgoise, who responded 'Jack? I can put you in touch with him.' Two days later the elusive producer was sitting in my office. I put on a live recording and after the first song, the band's version of
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in 1980. "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.'"
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mercenaries, some cats who just wanted to play and get paid. And those guys turned out to be more devoted to the music than any band I ever had. They're professional, precise, but they're full of fire, too.
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and he came back from Paris with a very different kind of record. They didn't understand the record, but they understood it in Europe. They released it immediately in Europe and everybody loved it." After
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singer ..." Wrote Mark Keresman, "Mink DeVille's earthy, streamlined sound, rejecting the mainstream high-gloss that ruined much of 1970s rock, was accepted by the same folks who'd go to see
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you man, but that's the way it's gotta be.' I still feel guilty about it, but we were just a good bar band. That's all we were. We weren't ready to make great rock and roll records."
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stuff that we grew up with and loved. We just fell in love with each other. We were buddies to the end. He was like my crazy uncle. I called him my mentor and my tormentor.
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Kenny Margolis. Said DeVille: "I wanted to record the album in Paris ... because I desperately wanted to use Jean-Claude Petit, whom I had contacted through
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later asked me incredulously. 'I tried to get him for years.' The sad truth is that it took one phone call, and even that was sheer luck—or maybe
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The albums Mink DeVille recorded for Atlantic sold well in Europe but not in the United States. Explained Kenny Margolis, who played piano and
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telling you what to like. Europe had not had MTV at that point and they were very open to different music." DeVille said about his years with
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in DeVille's early 1980s bands, "I don't think the American public had a chance to experience him because in America at that time you had
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of a submarine. The show was the most soulful Doc had seen in ages. Onstage, Willy's band, Mink DeVille, had nothing in common with the
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York's) tangle of cultural contradictions while making music that's both idiomatic, in the broadest sense, and utterly original."
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sensibility to the band; Colbert left the band and returned to California in 1977 and was replaced by Bobby Leonards (formerly of
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had become acquainted with Pomus while frequenting New York City's blues clubs and had urged Pomus to check out the group. Wrote
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f----n' art student that plays out of tune gets a record deal," he said dismissively in 1981, when asked about the punk scene.
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and couldn't believe it when someone told him that Doc Pomus wanted to meet him after the show. "You mean the guy who wrote '
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of bands that played CBGB (for the recording sessions, drummer Thomas R. "Manfred" Allen Jr. was credited as Manfred Jones).
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sold impressively in America as an import, Capitol finally released it in the United States. Wrote Alex Halberstadt:
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played keyboards and, once again, Douglas played saxophone. Mink DeVille toured the United States in 1978 with
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for a short while. Here he took his band in a new direction and recorded an entirely original album called
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45s. Plus they seemed to contain all the flavors of their New York neighborhood, from Spanish accents to
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production technique. These producers were a natural fit for Mink DeVille, whose members' tastes ran to
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can there?" DeVille also remarked about the name, "What could be more pimp than a mink Cadillac? In an
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signed him to a fat new recording deal and promised to personally shepherd his career ...", reported
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thing. We played CBGBs for three years, and all of the sudden word got out, and then came this word
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The exposure eventually led to a record contract. In December 1976, Ben Edmonds (1950–2016), an
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were sometimes called "The Mink DeVille Band", an allusion to the earlier Mink Deville name.
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shows a picture of DeVille driving a car with what looks to be mink on the dashboard.
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The song "Just to Walk That Little Girl Home" was featured briefly in the 1984 movie
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sound. Said Willy DeVille, "You listen to that music and you hear those really high
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DeVille and his band reached deep into blues and soul, the classic romantic pop of
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However, Mink DeVille had in common with the CBGB bands an aversion to the hippy
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In 1979, Willy DeVille's love of art and French culture led him to relocate to
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suggested the name: "...the band looked like it might have been going nowhere,
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and a lot of blues people around San Francisco. ... I met Rubén at a basement
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Background vocals: Billy Valentine, John Valentine, Dorene Wise, Yadonna Wise
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on the first album—decided it should be outright, raw, and rude." On
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Later in life, DeVille had only sour memories of CBGB. He did not play any
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Both albums featured saxophonist Louis Cortelezzi and had a full-throated
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For a complete discography of Mink DeVille/Willy DeVille recordings, see
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grit. Doc (Pomus) was elated when he heard it. Thinking they'd signed a
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Sears, Rufus (October 30, 1980). "Willy's back—and knocking 'em dead".
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was an edge. He was drawing on some of the same musical areas that
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This quote comes from the back cover of Mink DeVille's 1978 album
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arrangements ... The band with me was a dream come true. I've got
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Loder, Kurt (December 11, 1980). "Review: Willy DeVille's best –
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and shelved it for a year. When it was finally released in 1980,
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Cohen, Elliot Stephen (August–September 2006). "Willy DeVille".
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Jack Nitzsche's Magical Musical Word
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Klein, Howard (October 1977). "Mink De Ville: Slick Fur Fury".
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stuff. The only stuff we were doing that people had heard was '
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DeVille may have been referring to these psychedelic bands:
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in 1985. For this album, DeVille penned two more songs with
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From 1975 to 1977, Mink DeVille was one of the original
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Lonely Avenue: The Unlikely Life and Times of Doc Pomus
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CBGB bands that the press had lumped them with. Unlike
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in San Francisco, and he liked everything I liked from
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founded in 1974, known for its association with early
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nightclub and for being a showcase for the music of
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The World Critics Lists ~ 1987. (Retrieved 2-1-08.)
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New York: Da Capo Press. pp. 213–15. 1248:Wrote critic Thom Jurek about these albums: 2591:Cadillac Walk: The Mink DeVille Collection 1970:Stambler, Irwin (1989) . "DeVille, Willy". 1965: 1963: 1765: 1763: 1761: 1759: 1757: 804:singers whom Willy DeVille discovered at a 2418: 2404: 2396: 1920:Cadillac Walk: The Mink DeVille Collection 487:CBGB, where Mink DeVille was a house band. 42: 31: 632:folk-rock inflections, the heartbreak of 581:or recordings for the nightclub. He told 170:Thomas R. "Manfred" Allen, Jr. (deceased) 1974:The Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock & Soul 1894:"Interview with Willy Deville from 2006" 1539: 1537: 1535: 1349:On playbills and on live albums such as 1091:romance and, in his vocal, a measure of 685:Mink DeVille recorded their debut album 2320:Wild, David (March 27, 1986). "Review: 1799:Cartwright, Garth (September 1, 2007). 1656:. Yahoo! Message Boards. Archived from 1627: 1625: 1565: 1563: 1516: 1123:The Rolling Stone Critic's Poll ranked 2710:Punk rock groups from New York (state) 2561:Love & Emotion: The Atlantic Years 2084: 2082: 2065:"The 1977 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll" 2010:The Virgin Book of British Hit Singles 1728:McCormick, Neil (September 11, 2009). 1597: 1595: 1593: 1591: 1589: 1587: 1083:record. To the symphonic sweetness of 922:One night Doc's pub crawl took him to 341:In 1975, the band changed its name to 2690:Musical groups disestablished in 1986 1913: 1911: 1256:did in the 1950s and 1960s (and that 1005:in favor of new musicians, including 860:, but with a twist. "We went against 7: 2041:. Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. 1977 435:, the New York City nightclub where 2257:. The Allmusic blog. Archived from 1773:Willy DeVille: Live in the Lowlands 1387:Bass: Bob Curiano, David J. Keyes, 322:Fast Floyd and the Famous Firebirds 2685:Musical groups established in 1974 2374:The official Willy DeVille website 1606:. Leap in the Dark. Archived from 1025:(who also served as producer), on 1013:'s songwriter Charles Dumont, for 648:Said Willy DeVille about Edmonds: 25: 2700:Musical groups from San Francisco 2695:Musical groups from New York City 1828:"Music Obituaries: Willy DeVille" 1730:"Willy DeVille: death of an icon" 514:Ramones, Television, Blondie and 464:band, and Willy an old-fashioned 48:Members of Mink DeVille in 1977; 2705:Punk rock groups from California 2655: 2654: 2566:Mink/Willy DeVille Greatest Hits 2330:. No. 470. pp. 114–15. 2279:Eagle Rock Entertainment (2007) 1602:Marcus, Richard (May 14, 2006). 1314:the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section 850:The band's 1978 follow-up album 754:soundtrack) and the great first 389:, DeVille noticed a small ad in 27:American band with Willy DeVille 2253:Jurek, Thom (August 10, 2009). 2180:. No. 329. pp. 20–23. 2118:. No. 332. pp. 55–56. 1402:Piano, Accordion: Seth Farber, 828:and reached No. 20 on the 731:, and that percussion, and the 605:, and previously an editor for 460:, at heart Mink DeVille was an 284:was formed in 1974 when singer 2450:Thomas R. “Manfred” Allen, Jr. 2343:"DeVille Files for Bankruptcy" 2341:Wilner, Rich (March 1, 1986). 2310:. Retrieved December 19, 2010. 1345:"The Mink DeVille Band" lineup 856:continued in the same vein as 636:, and a thousand scratchy old 395:inviting bands to audition in 385:Looking at music magazines in 1: 2351:. 9. Vol. 98. p. 77 2162:"Individual Critics Top 10s." 1136:The Pope of Greenwich Village 836:was elected number 57 in the 624:..., the subway scenarios of 526:Said DeVille, "We were doing 326:Billy de Sade and the Marquis 2455:Fast Floyd (Robert McKenzie) 1358:Acoustic Trio Live in Berlin 184:Vinnie Cirincione (deceased) 172:Fast Floyd (Robert McKenzie) 2093:(CD insert). Mink DeVille. 2007:Roach, Martin, ed. (2008). 1922:(CD insert). Mink DeVille. 1289:Mink DeVille's last album, 277:Early days in San Francisco 2731: 2527:Where Angels Fear to Tread 1978:(3rd ed.). New York: 1717:(CD insert). Mink DeVille. 1684:Halberstadt, Alex (2007). 1604:"Interview: Willy DeVille" 1490:Where Angels Fear to Tread 1306:Muscle Shoals Sound Studio 1229:Where Angels Fear to Tread 979:Save the Last Dance for Me 904:Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 784:, a multifaceted album of 705:Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 695:in the U.S.), produced by 681:Working with Jack Nitzsche 261:Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2651: 2433: 2196:"Willie DeVille and band" 1942:"Jack Nitzsche 1937–2000" 1431:Willy DeVille discography 1393:Percussion: Boris Kinberg 1285:A final album for Polydor 399:(his hometown was nearby 41: 2586:The Best of Mink DeVille 2556:Spanish Stroll 1977-1987 2387:The Best Of Mink Deville 2089:Albus, Lawrence (2003). 2013:(1st ed.). 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Members of Mink DeVille in 1977; Louis X. Erlanger (left) and Willy DeVille (right)
Louis X. Erlanger
Willy DeVille
San Francisco
California
Roots rock
punk rock
soul
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blues
Cajun
Latin rock
Capitol
Atlantic
Polydor
Willy DeVille
Louis X. Erlanger
Paul James
Joey Vasta
Kenny Margolis
Louis Cortelezzi
Thommy Price
rock band
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Willy DeVille
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