Between the (post) punk bands in the late seventies the New York club CBGB's infest's Mink DeVille, led by frontman Willy DeVille, an odd man out. Yet cabretta debut album, produced by Jack Nitzsche is immediately recognized as a masterpiece where rhythm and blues and rock and roll entering a beautiful alliance with the romantic lyrics of Willy. When the single Spanish Stroll then a world is the
… name of DeVille definitively established. If Willy is late eighties in New Orleans DeVille draws draws many influences of the city into itself. With a mariachi version of Jimi Hendrix classic Hey Joe, he scored in 1992 under his own name, his last big hit in the Netherlands.more
