Mink/Willy Deville C/D, S/D

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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

RIP

interesting bit here on toots deville, who sounds ... interesting from a distance, and probably a disaster up close.

I highly recommend the Doc Pomus bio by Alex Halberstadt that is quoted in that link.

Horace Silver Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 14:39 (fifteen years ago) link

eleven months pass...

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

nine years pass...

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.

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


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