WHEN THROWBACK TOOK GUTS

You want to know what I like about the late Willy DeVille? He was his own kind of serially out of touch cool. Didn't give a shit. When everyone else was pogoing, he was Spanish strolling. Not to say he didn't go through a handful of cringe worthy personas (Do an image search and feast your eyes on the mohawk period. Gads.) But it was just that unbeholden-ness that earned him more rope.

Take a listen to "Venus of Avenue D" or "Just to Walk That Little Girl Home" (mp3s below). This is the Mink DeVille era that I really dig. The wild thing is that it was in the same era, the same circuit, and the same bars as the Ramones. Live, holy shit, it was even better. Here's a few covers too. They were posted as Mink Deville, so I'm guessing they're from when the band was still intact (and around the time of the above photo). After listening to them I was reminded what a good song stylist he was, in an old school sense.

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Listen:
Mink DeVille - Venus of Avenue D mp3 at X818
Mink DeVille - Just to Walk That Little Girl Home mp3 at Kenny Margolis
Mink DeVille - Hey Joe mp3 at irlandkyle.hautetfort (?)
Mink DeVille - Bacon Fat mp3 at Blues Diary Andre Williams cover!