In Reply to: Willy is an ace posted by LWR on August 27, 2006 at 16:48:33:
I have the first two Mink DeVile discs remastered on one disc and had forgotten ChatBleu. I may go and try to find it.
I also have a solo album, Victory Mixture, from 1990, recorded in New Orleans with Dr John, Allen Toussaint, Leo Nocentelli, Willie Bo, George Porter... mmm and a lot of others.
To me, its good, but perhaps not AS good as the New York sounding stuff.
Being in a room with that band back at the end of the 70s, or even, I guess, just watching tem on stage, you could tell they had an edge... an authenticity if you like, about them.
That doo wop-py emotional pachuco teen-opera stuff was wasn't all goofy and Disneyish back in the day and Mink DeVille really had that in them.
I see he is still recording and playing, which is cool.
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- the real thing - dave c 18:36:35 08/27/06 (3)
- Live in Berlin - LWR 18:53:20 08/27/06 (2)
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- Make sure it is the 2CD set with the bonus tracks - LWR 19:09:54 08/27/06 (0)