Willy
DeVille - Alive in Holland, is
al Dutch TV
documentary with a Willy DeVille interview and live footage of
the Vredenburg
concert in Utrecht,
The Netherlands. Feb. 22nd 1996. It was broad casted in the
VPRO program Lola de
Musica, later that year. It's a
great document containing a nice interview with a relaxed Willy
(with his
then-wife/manager, the late Lisa Leggett) and songs like
'Lilly's Daddy's
Cadillac', 'Running Through The Jungle', 'Savoir Fair', 'No
Such Pain as Love',
'Steady Drivin' Man' and 'Walking the Dixie'.
As an
online reporter and weblog editor of this Willy DeVille International Fans blog, I
was asked in June 2014 by Dutch National Radio 6 for the item
'The Concert, The
Story' by Mijke en Co Live! (NTR).
Of
course it had to be a concert I had visited and the broadcast
company NTR had
to have soundboard recordings of it in their archives (legal
stuff). With the
radio editor I decided to choose two tracks (see the videos)
from this Dutch TV
documentary 'Willy DeVille - Live in Holland'.
I chose the ballad "No Such Pain as Love", written by Willy
DeVille, a rare country music tune offering by him. And the up-tempo
song "Steady
Drivin' Man" (Written-By – Willy DeVille), that became a
favorite of many
Willy DeVille fans; DeVille performed the song also on his
Acoustic Trio Live
in Berlin
25
years (!) after the original recording. So he was very proud
of these songs,
and many fans appreciate – with many others – these songs.
August 7th
(5 years and 1 day after Willy died) we were ready and set to
go! But... it was
called off shortly before the live radio show started. 'The heirs'
objected to play
these songs on National Radio! I didn't (and still don't!)
understand it?!
Willy's music is not often heard on the national radio, and if
there is a
chance, heirs/management (or whatever they call themselves) do
not allow it.
And that's a shame because Willy's music deserves to be heard
by many
listeners. For ever and ever, heart and soul!
Willy DeVille
(†August 6, 2009) w/his
wife/manager Lisa (†2001)
Hamburg, Germany, March 13, 1988
Willy DeVille
Band – line-up Feb. 21st 1996: de Doelen Rotterdam and Feb 22nd
Vredenburg Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Willy
DeVille, guitar, vocals, harmonica
Freddy
Koëlla, guitar, violin, mandolin
Boris
Kinberg, percussion
Seth
Farber, keyboards, accordion
Shawn
Murray, drums
Mario Cruz,
saxophone, tambourine
David
Keyes, bass guitar
Dorene
Wise, vocals
Yadonna Wise, vocals
if there still is a management why didn't they update the official website for the last 5 years???? http://www.willydevillemusic.com/
ReplyDeleteRespect! Seems like Nina is only here for money and attention instead of still supporting Willy & the fans.
ReplyDeleteWell, you're just too polite. It just is a shame what happened. The best thing to do: let the VPRO broadcast the docu again! Even Nina can not prevent that, I guess. And how did she get involved by all this anyway???? I remember a broadcast about a Van Morrison concert at the same station a while ago, where they even broadcasted two songs from a bootleg cd. I'm sure they didn't ask the man for permission. Why asking Nina??
ReplyDeleteJe hebt pieken en dalen. Zij die dalen zullen niet klimmen en bereiken geen pieken. Laat gaan dat "management" en blijf zelf wel klimmen.
ReplyDeleteGroet
Erwin Mulder
People who forbid other people to play their favorite music are barbarians!
ReplyDeleteJust love and emotion
ReplyDeletewe were there in 1996 in Vredenburg !!
ReplyDeleteJust now we are listening/watching Willy Deville in Berlin ....
Great performer/artist/singer etc !!!
.... A STORY BOOK STORY
ReplyDeleteJammer hij was uitmuntend hans
ReplyDeleteLove Willy, helped me through tough times. And does still now
ReplyDeleteAnd also love the picture above of him and Lisa. I am quiet sure she helped him through tough times.
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