Willy DeVille

Another great original artist has left us;

NEW YORK – Willy DeVille, who founded the punk group Mink DeVille
and was known for his blend of R&B, blues, Dixieland and traditional French Cajun ballads, has died, his publicist said Friday. He was 58.

The Oscar-nominated songwriter died at New York's Cabrini Hospital on Thursday of pancreatic cancer, said Carol Kaye at Kayos Productions. "The rock world has lost another one of its influential pioneers," Kaye said.
Mink DeVille, for which DeVille was the principal songwriter, was billed as one of the most original groups on the New York punk scene after an appearance at the legendary CBGB club in Greenwich Village in the 1970s.
In 1977, the band recorded "Cabretta," a rock and roll/rhythm and blues album with renowned producer Jack Nitzsche. Its featured song, "Spanish Stroll," was a Top 20 hit in Britain. It was followed by the album "Return to Magenta."

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R.I.P. Mr. DeVille

Who?


Seriously.... who? Isn't he the one who killed the puppies and used them for a fur coat?

Anyone who doesn't know Spanish Stroll has no right to an opinion about music of the New Wave period, period.

FriedChicken wrote:

Who?


Seriously.... who? Isn't he the one who killed the puppies and used them for a fur coat?

Noooo...that's his mom

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im still coming to terms with the death of Captain Pugwash!

JoxerTheDeityPirate wrote:

im still coming to terms with the death of Captain Pugwash!

Captian Pugwash is dead?

Nooooooooooooo!

Seaman Staines will be devastated.

Holly2003 wrote:

 



JoxerTheDeityPirate wrote:



im still coming to terms with the death of Captain Pugwash!

Captian Pugwash is dead?

Nooooooooooooo!

Seaman Staines will be devastated.

So will Master Bates.....

Very sad news...