BODY, LEN FAGAN, WILLY DEVILLE
Willy DeVille (born William Paul Borsey Jr.; August 25, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American singer and songwriter. During his thirty-five-year career, first with his band Mink DeVille (1974–1986) and later on his own, DeVille created original songs rooted in traditional American musical styles. He worked with collaborators from across the spectrum of contemporary music. Latin rhythms, blues riffs, doo-wop, Cajun music, strains of French cabaret, and echoes of early-1960s uptown soul can be heard in DeVille's work.
Mink DeVille was a house band at CBGB, the historic New York City nightclub where punk rock was born in the mid-1970s. DeVille helped redefine the Brill Building sound. In 1987 his song "Storybook Love" was nominated for an Academy Award. After his move to New Orleans in 1988, he helped spark the roots revival of classic New Orleans R&B. His soulful lyrics and explorations in Latin rhythms and sounds helped define a new musical style sometimes called "Spanish-Americana".
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REEL BEGINS, CREDITS
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| 01:00:21 21.1 |
HOST OPENS SHOW
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| 01:00:36 36.25 |
SHOW HOST ART FEIN INTRODUCES HIS GUESTS - WILLY DEVILLE - DEVILLE TALKS ABOUT NEW WAVE - CBGB. LEN FAGAN, CLUB OWNER.
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| 01:01:40 100.29 |
WILLY DEVILLE TALKS ABOUT THE CBGB DAYS AND HOW THEIR MUSIC WAS LUMPED IN WITH THE NEW WAVE MUSIC AT THE TIME - MUSICIANS - TALKS ABOUT THE RAMONES, BLONDE, TELEVISION AND ALL OF THE PUNK AND NEW WAVE BANDS FROM THE 1970s AND HOW THEY BELIEVED THEIR BAND MINK DEVILLE WERE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT
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| 01:01:46 106.35 |
ART FEIN INTERVIEWS NEW WAVE ROCK MUSIC MUSICIAN WILLY DEVILLE - TALKS ABOUT HOW THE MUSIC SCENE WAS COMPETITIVE
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| 01:03:16 196.62 |
LEN FAGAN AND WILLIE DEVILLE TALKS ABOUT PUNK MUSIC AND NEW WAVE AND HOW THE PUNK MUSICANS COULD NOT REALLY PLAY THEIR INSTRUMENTS - TALKS ABOUT WILLY DEVILLE'S MUSIC BEING "MELODIC"
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| 01:09:53 593.18 |
CLUB OWNER MUSICIAN LEN FAGAN TALKS ABOUT NEW ORLEANS COMPILATION RECORD WILLY DEVILLE DID
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| 01:13:46 826.27 |
WILLY DEVILLE TALKS ABOUT MIUSIC IN AMERICA, CBGB AND THE MUSIC SCENE AT THE TIME, PUNK MUSIC, NEW WAVE MUSIC
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| 01:15:36 936.67 |
PAUL BODY MUSICIAN IS INTERVIEWED
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| 01:15:57 957.29 |
WILLIE DEVILLE TALKS ABOUT THE CURRENT ACTIVITIES OF HIS BAND
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| 01:18:08 1088.23 |
WILLIE DEVILLE TALKS ABOUT OLD GOSPEL AND RHYTHM AND BLUES MUSIC AND HOW HE GOT HIS SONG WITH GUITARIST MARK KNOFFLER IN A FILM - ROB REINER'S FILM
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| 01:22:39 1359.44 |
WILLY DEVILLE TALKS ABOUT THE FILM "HOME BOY" THAT HE APPEARS IN
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| 01:25:20 1520.4 |
WILLY DEVILLE TALKS ABOUT THE BAND TOURING EUROPE
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| 01:28:19 1699.42 |
CREDITS
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| 01:29:00 1740.47 |
END REEL
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