Description
. fear to tread // vinyl replica
Artist
US R&B/rock & roll band (1974-1986) fronted by Willy DeVille. Passed away august 6 2009 .Though starting out in San Francisco playing gay leatherbars as "Billy de Sade and the Marquis" (Billy being Billy Borsey, Willy DeVille's original name), the band changed its name To Mink DeVille (and Borsey became Willy DeVille) in 1975 and became one of the housebands in the famous NY club CBGB. CBGB was the epicenter of NY punk - and other house bands such as Blondie, Television and Talking Heads got Mink DeVille categorized as part of the punk/new Wave underground to which they never belonged musically. Mink DeVille's music was built on R&B, blues and 60's classic pop blended with streetwise attitudes and back alley romanticism, not unlike the sound heard in early Bruce Springsteen songs like "Rosalita" and "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out" and heard from Springsteen confreres Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes and Gary U.S. Bonds, with a twist of hispano, New Orleans and Zydeco. Discovered by Capitol Records in 1977 the band recorded three albums for the label. The fresh approach to R&B classicism and rock & roll got producer legend Jack Nitzsche interested in producing the band and he is credited as being a major influence on the development of the band's sound. Hearing the band live in its early days also caught song writing legend Doc Pomus's attention, and he offered to write with Willy DeVille. In spite of critical acclaim and praise of DeVille's writing talent, Mink DeVille didn't make it big in the US, but caught quite an audience in Europe.
The original Mink Deville band was broken up by Willy DeVille after the first two albums, and from 1980's "Le Chat Bleu" recorded in Paris, he would hand-pick musicians for recording and touring under the band name. The album is often cited as the band's best out of the six studio albums.
From 1986 Willy DeVille performed under his own name.
Key band songs include "Spanish Stroll", "Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl", "A" Train Lady, "I Broke That Promise", "Just To Walk That Little Girl Home" and "Love & Emotion"
Tracks
1
Each Word's A Beat Of My Heart
03:24
2
River Of Tears
03:26
3
Demasiado Coražon (Too Much Heart)
03:33
4
Lilly's Daddy's Cadillac
02:52
5
Around The Corner
02:30
6
Pick Up The Pieces
03:20
7
Love's Got A Hold On Me
04:33
8
Keep Your Monkey Away From My Door
03:08
9
Are You Lonely Tonight
03:00
10
The Moonlight Let Me Down
05:23
Releases
Formats
Cassette, Vinyl, CD, File
Labels
Rhino Records , Atlantic, Liberation Records, Culture Factory USA, Inc., Collectors' Choice Music
Countries
Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, United States of America, Europe, Scandinavia
years
1983, 1990, 2008, 2015
Members
Thommy Price,Louis Cortelezzi,
Joe Vasta,
Kenny Margolis,
Bobby Leonards,
Ruben Siquenza,
Louie X. Erlanger,
Rick Borgia,
T.R. Allen, Jr.,David J. Keyes,
Fast Floyd,
Ritch Colbert,William Borsey
