Pancreatic cancer :-(
http://www.willydevillemusic.com/index.php?page=news&n_id=79
― StanM, Thursday, 25 June 2009 17:48 (fifteen years ago) link
wow, that's awful. I'm a huge Mink DeVille fan, grew up with his records playing constantly in my house. I hate it that he seems to be living in such obscurity
― iamwitty (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Thursday, 25 June 2009 18:16 (fifteen years ago) link
I meant THEY'RE records playing constantly, although Willy DeVille albums got played, as well
― iamwitty (surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally), Thursday, 25 June 2009 18:17 (fifteen years ago) link
RIP
― Ludo, Friday, 7 August 2009 13:34 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.openluchttheater.be/var/media/agenda/WillyDV.jpg
― Ludo, Friday, 7 August 2009 13:36 (fifteen years ago) link
man. this is the worst summer ever.
RIP Willy
― surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Friday, 7 August 2009 14:24 (fifteen years ago) link
French/German language news reports here so far:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=willy%20deville&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 7 August 2009 14:37 (fifteen years ago) link
RIP...
George and I discussed him on the Rolling Hard Rock thread earlier this summer, starting with this post:
Rolling Past Expiry Hard Rock 2009
― xhuxk, Friday, 7 August 2009 14:46 (fifteen years ago) link
r.i.p.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-BshPidce4
― flying squid attack (tipsy mothra), Friday, 7 August 2009 18:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Anyone else love 'Just your Friends' off Return to Magenta?
― sonofstan, Friday, 7 August 2009 21:28 (fifteen years ago) link
RIP. I totally fucking love this guy. Miss you tons, dude.
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Saturday, 8 August 2009 19:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Shit, we were listening to "Cadillac Walk" only last night, and "Spanish Stroll" is one of my partner's all-time favourite records. RIP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6wKV2TKanI
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 9 August 2009 10:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Just found about this. RIP Willy.
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan noo an' aw (Tom D.), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 10:49 (fifteen years ago) link
My dad played some of his old tracks. :-( Fuck, this has been an awful year.
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 19:25 (fifteen years ago) link
interesting bit here on toots deville, who sounds ... interesting from a distance, and probably a disaster up close.
― flying squid attack (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 20:44 (fifteen years ago) link
(or maybe not a disaster, exactly -- the final couple of comments to that post give some added perspective.)
― flying squid attack (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 20:47 (fifteen years ago) link
R.I.P. Wished I had tracked down the dude. one of the few folks left who could tell me about Jack Nitzsche, i reckon.
― beta blog, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 14:28 (fifteen years ago) link
― Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 14:39 (fifteen years ago) link
man i have been really jamming on his first two recrods lately. how long does he keep this up? cuz these are fucking great.
― proud teabagger from rim country (arby's), Sunday, 25 July 2010 01:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Wow I started this thread 17 years ago. Astounding. Well, to answer myself then. his mid-'90s solo album Backstreets of Desire is unexpectedly good.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 24 February 2020 05:07 (four years ago) link
That Toots DeVille link is still active and quite interesting. One picture of Willie, Toots and his manager sitting in wheelchair had me thinking manager was Doc Pomus for a second.
― Something Super Stupid Cupid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 24 February 2020 11:12 (four years ago) link