Dec 042008
Johnny Depp calls dibs on the biopic!
I’ve only heard two songs by these guys, “Amphetamine Blues” and “She’s So Tough,” and I really like both of them. What should I check out next? Is there a good anthology out there or a particular album that stands out?
I was a big fan. The first two Mink DeVille albums, Cabretta and Return Magenta, are terrific, and they’re available as a twofer. Great version of Moon Martin’s Cadillac Walk. (Now Moon Martin, there’s a guy that deserves a revival.)
After that he kind of went off on a different track that I wasn’t that interested in, though you’ve got to give the guy credit for following his vision. But when it was a New Yawk rock band, they were very cool.
Whaddayaknow? The Amazon default search browser just defaulted to Mink DeVille!
Years ago, when he was still in his New Yawk phase, I remember hearing stuff and not being sure if I liked him or not. He seemed a little like one of the many “street poet” contenders at that time who “lost out” to Springsteen – Jim Carroll, Graham Parker, post-NY Dolls/pre-Buster Poindexter David Johansson, et al. His pencil mustache used to give me the willies, no pun intended. I’ll have to check him out again.