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Willie Nile

Willie Nile

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Willie Nile: What Would You Do If You Got Rich?

Profile and Interview by Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 28 June 1980

NEW YORK. The Bowery is a Hell's Angel being shot in the ass by an off-duty cop he's just tried to strangle. The Bowery is ...

Willie Nile: The Reluctant Stardom of Willie Nile

Profile and Interview by Jon Young, Trouser Press, July 1980

YOU PROBABLY remember the New Dylan syndrome. It doesn't turn up much anymore, but once upon a time it seemed like every American male songwriter ...

Leaving Normal: The day after the day you get signed

Report by Bruce Pollock, Musician, July 1993

FOR A band at the top of the local ladder, it's the best of times and the worst of times. It's when the answer from ...

Willie Nile: Streets Of New York

Review by David Hepworth, The Word, April 2006

MUSICIANS NEVER give up, which is more often a cause for sadness than celebration. I reviewed my last Willie Nile record in 1980. I thought ...

Willie Nile Hits New Career Peak with American Ride

Report and Interview by Jeff Slate, Guitar World, 1 July 2013

ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, BBC disc jockey Spencer Leigh reviewed a show by my old band, the Badge, and wondered how we were able to ...

Irish Rock's Rich Tapestry Celebrated in NY All-Star Revue

Report by Larry Jaffee, Rock's Backpages, 18 March 2016

NEW YORK City's Irish-American community extended Saint Patrick's Day by two days this past Saturday night for the 18th Annual All-Star Irish Rock Revue at ...

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