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Favoriting August 11, 2009: Mink DeVille tribute, with guests Ben Edmonds AND Ted Leo! Plus, the best Midnight Ticket Oasis ever.
Willy DeVille, leader of the band Mink DeVille and a critically acclaimed solo artist, died late last week of pancreatic cancer. While they wouldn't be considered a "punk" band today, Mink DeVille were regulars at CBGB in the early/mid-'70s, alongside the Ramones, Television and Talking Heads. Ben Edmonds, a former editor for Creem, signed the band to Capitol Records in 1976 and subsequently paired them with legendary producer/arranger Jack Nitzsche. Ben shares his memories of Willy and provides his unique perspective on how a soul-blues-roots-Latin band fit in -- and didn't -- with the dawn of the NYC punk rock scene.
PLUS, as if that weren't enough, the wonderful Ted Leo pops in to perform a heartfelt version of Mink DeVille's "Let Me Dream If I Want To."
Ted Leo appears courtesy of Tom Scharpling

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Willy DeVille and his wife Toots
Willy DeVille and his wife Toots photo: Leland Bobbe

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments New Approx. start time
mink deville  little girl   Favoriting s/t  capitol  1977  MInk DeVille's debut LP    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
mink deville  cadilac walk   Favoriting 7"  capitol  1977      0:04:10 (Pop-up)
mink deville  spanish stroll   Favoriting s/t  capitol  1977      0:07:54 (Pop-up)
mink deville  soul twist   Favoriting return to magenta  capitol  1978  Return To Magenta, Mink DeVille's second LP    0:10:35 (Pop-up)
mink deville  mixed up, shook up girl   Favoriting s/t  capitol  1977      0:13:19 (Pop-up)
 
 
Interview with Ben Edmonds
 
willy deville  hey joe   Favoriting backstreets of desire  forward/rhino  1992  Backstreets of Desire CD    0:36:09 (Pop-up)
 
ted leo  let me dream if i want to   Favoriting live in the studio!          0:42:34 (Pop-up)
mink deville  just your friends   Favoriting return to magenta  capitol  1978      0:45:51 (Pop-up)
mink deville  gunslinger   Favoriting s/t  capitol  1978      0:50:05 (Pop-up)
willy deville  empty heart   Favoriting backstreets of desire  forward/rhino  1992      0:52:16 (Pop-up)
 
warlocks  static eyes   Favoriting the mirror explodes  tee pee      *   1:05:48 (Pop-up)
a sunny day in glasgow  (cult of) the cemetery flowers   Favoriting you can't hide your love forever 1 7"  geographic north      *   1:11:23 (Pop-up)
jeanne marie sens  tape tape tape   Favoriting va-dirty french psychedelics  discograph      *   1:15:17 (Pop-up)
tussle  animal cop   Favoriting you can't hide your love forever 2 7"  geographic north      *   1:17:21 (Pop-up)
steeplechase  down on the town   Favoriting lady bright  polydor  1970      1:21:29 (Pop-up)
              1:25:02 (Pop-up)
peter holsapple & chris stamey  widescreen world   Favoriting here and now  bar none      *   1:29:42 (Pop-up)
summer cats  let's go   Favoriting songs for tuesdays  slumberland      *   1:33:21 (Pop-up)
art brut  the passenger   Favoriting art brut vs. satan  downtown      *   1:35:54 (Pop-up)
outsets  dancin' in the dark   Favoriting s/t 12" ep  plexus  1983      1:38:32 (Pop-up)
the laureates  i wanna miss you   Favoriting witching boots  funambulist  2008  Chicagohoans!! See the Laureates live this Thursday night at the Hideout! I hope you know where that is, because I don't!    1:41:46 (Pop-up)
 
hex dispensers  gates of steel   Favoriting winchester mystery house  douche master      *   1:50:49 (Pop-up)
nothing people  it's been a bad day   Favoriting not yet released          1:53:19 (Pop-up)
bare wires  looking for some action   Favoriting 7"  milk n' herpes      *   1:56:10 (Pop-up)
dan bryk  city of...   Favoriting pop psychology  urban myth      *   1:58:33 (Pop-up)
awol one & factor  official   Favoriting owl hours  fake four inc      *   2:01:42 (Pop-up)
 
suck  sin's a good man's brother   Favoriting time to suck  shadoks    orig 1971  *   2:12:47 (Pop-up)
leroy stevens  assorted screams   Favoriting favorite recorded screams  small world      *   2:15:53 (Pop-up)
harvey averne  the micro-mini   Favoriting never learned to drive: anthology 1967-71  fania      *   2:18:04 (Pop-up)
don armando's second avenue rhumba band  deputy of love   Favoriting va-ze 30: ze records 1979-2009  strut      *   2:20:41 (Pop-up)
flight  johnny's mixed up   Favoriting 7"  sweet rot      *   2:25:50 (Pop-up)
 
eddy current suppression ring  yo-yo man   Favoriting s/t  goner      *   2:33:24 (Pop-up)
wire  ambitious   Favoriting 1985-1990: the a list  mute        2:36:45 (Pop-up)
miss kittin & the hacker  1000 dreams   Favoriting two  nobody's business      *   2:40:48 (Pop-up)
love is all  jealousy   Favoriting last choice  what's your rupture      *   2:46:12 (Pop-up)
little claw  human taste   Favoriting human taste  ecstatic peace      *   2:50:07 (Pop-up)
 
mink deville  she's so tough   Favoriting s/t  capitol  1977      2:54:46 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

  11:07pm
efd:

hi folks - Ben Edmonds coming up at around 11:20, after which a VERY SPECIAL live appearance from Ted Leo!
  11:10pm
Wendy from Windsor:

WERDDDDD!!!!! on Ted Leo!!!
And finally someone playing some Mink Deville!
  11:10pm
billy gibbons:

yo, zz top on qualuudes
  11:15pm
Sybil:

RIP, Mr. DeVille.

I'm completely blissing out on the music...
  11:17pm
Sybil:

This was "my song" for a long time. (Make of it what you like.)
  11:21pm
BunnyKickButt:

Does it still smell like PFT in the studio?
  11:21pm
randy in NC:

RIP. I saw him back then at CB's.
  11:39pm
BunnyKickButt:

Goodnight all you funksters. The bed calls. Have fun.
  11:39pm
slicky:

good job.
  11:39pm
efd:

special live guest Ted Leo coming right up!
  11:46pm
Jessica:

Aloha, EFD, and howdy Ted!
What a set to come back to - full on FMU awesome in effect.
Cheers from my new hideout, deep in the crackalicious westernmost eastbay, now with intarwebs.
  11:51pm
efd:

hi Jessica, Sybil, slicky, BunnyKB and Wendy! nice to have you all here... I'm still floored by that Ted Leo performance!
  11:56pm
Danne D:

Hi all you funk afficianados! :)
What's going on EFD?
  12:03am
Danne D:

hmm, this ticket announcer guy sounds familiar...
  12:18am
efd:

best Midnight TIcket Oasis ever. Hi Danne!
  12:22am
randy in NC:

EFD- To continue from last week, I thought the live version Mitch Easter did of Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' was hotter than either his recorded version or the original IMHO...
  12:24am
KC:

Thank the gods for archives. Friends wouldn't shut up during Willy's set! This is a great show, keep it up.
  12:28am
Danne D:

I have that premium :)
  12:40am
Danne D:

btw, thanks for your help, Evan :)
  12:42am
efd:

don't mention it, Danne!

KC, yes, the archives rule. And Randy, I agree 100%.
  12:43am
randy in NC:

Outsets!
  12:51am
randy in NC:

Vinny played with the early Feelies and with Richard Lloyd among others...
  12:52am
Danne D:

So Evan, I'm starting to feel like my Barre K's are the Red Sox to Ubergoober's Yankees this year. *sigh*
  12:54am
Danne D:

Whooooooooo, lovin' the Devo cover!
  12:58am
stingy d:

listening on my new iphone
  12:59am
efd:

Danne, if your baseball analogy is correct then I'm banking on a comeback!

hey Stingy!
  1:00am
Danne D:

LOL thanks for your confidence EFD!

Stingy - alas I just gotta pre myself. No FMU app for that I'm sure
  1:01am
randy in NC:

This Bare Wires has to be on a top ten of the year list, right?
  1:02am
efd:

Randy, absolutely. Pretty sure it's currently the single of the year, we'll see if anything topples it between now and December
  1:08am
Sybil:

So, because I'm drifting off...

Thanks for the great Willy deVille tribute, efd! (And the great Ted Leo cover, and the best Midnight Ticket Oasis reading EVAR!)

I'll be listening as I fall asleep but I'm too tired to stay upright.

Night, all!
  1:09am
Danne D:

Got my first football draft tomorrow. where has the summer gone?

G'night Sybil - sweet dreams :)
  1:11am
Danne D:

I bet a Funk family picnic would be a real blast :)
  1:15am
Danne D:

A band that plays both King Crimson and Grand Funk - pretty impressive range :)
  1:17am
Pete:

EFD;

You can get the Bare Wires record @

http://www.tictactotally.com/

Unfortunatly, only vinyl (this is starting to make me mad) It's 13 bucks which may be cheaper than emusic but at least you will have the record
  1:17am
MD:

Aw crap. RIP MINK. And I'm just tuning in. Couldya one more Mink D play? Thanks amililon !
  1:19am
MD:

Did you buy this Leroy Stevens at Dope Jams, any chance?
  1:22am
efd:

MD, it's the station's copy so I'm not sure where it came from - might have been sent as a promo.

maybe i'll spin one last MInk track to end the show.
  1:22am
Danne D:

That Leroy Stevens reminds of those old Rock Station contests where they'd mash up like 10 snippets of a song real fast and if you could name them all you'd win like $10,000
  1:41am
Rarus Avis:

Follow Wire with The Bachs?
  1:42am
Rarus Avis:

Or, Willy Nelson?
  1:43am
efd:

i was thinking miss kittin & the hacker
  1:47am
Rarus Avis:

Works for me. It's definitely your show. Thank you for good a good experience. Or, following Miss Kitten, Discrete Encounter. Ears just wandering.
  1:51am
MD:

Ah, so good of you to play more Mink (time permitting of course.. and unfortunately as these RIPs relentlessly teach, Time doth little permit..).
Now re: Leroy Stevens, I found that same scream record at Dope Jams over weekend, thought you were mining the same vein. (NB scream collectors, they had a few more copies in stock I believe..
  1:57am
Danne D:

Night, everyone. Another great show, EFD!
  1:58am
efd:

thanks Danne and all - this one was special. see you all next week.
  4:52am
chuck:

RIP WILLY...ANOTHER HERO GONE..........GREAT SHOWW AND INTERVIEW
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