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Willy DeVille (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, including Jack Nitzsche, Doc Pomus, Dr. John, Mark Knopfler, Allen Toussaint, and Eddie Bo. 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".〔For example, the term "Spanish-Americana appears on DeVille's (MySpace Music page ) (Retrieved 01-24-2008)〕 DeVille died of pancreatic cancer on August 6, 2009 in a New York hospital. He was 58 years old.〔Fusilli, Jim (August 7, 2009) ("Willy DeVille Dies at 58." ) ''Wall Street Journal.'' (Retrieved 8-11-09)〕〔Editors (August 10, 2009) ("Punk pioneer Willy DeVille dies." ) ''BBC News.'' (Retrieved 8-11-09.)〕〔Grimes, William (August 10, 2009) ("Willy DeVille: Punk Rock Pioneer." ) ''The Miami Herald.'' (Retrieved 8-12-09)〕 Although his commercial success waxed and waned over the years, his legacy as a songwriter has influenced many other musicians such as Mark Knopfler and Peter Wolf. ==Early life== Willy DeVille was born William Paul Borsey Jr. in Stamford, Connecticut. The son of a carpenter,〔Editors (September 9, 2009) ("Music Obituaries: Willy DeVille." ) ''The Daily Telegraph''. (Retrieved 09-09-2009)〕 he grew up in the working-class Belltown district of Stamford. His maternal grandmother was a Pequot,〔Cohen, Elliot Stephen (August/September 2006). ''Willy DeVille'', ''Dirty Linen'' #125, p. 37〕 and he was also of Basque and Irish descent. As he put it, "A little of this and a little of that; a real street dog."〔Marcus, Richard (2006) (“Interview: Willy DeVille” ) (Leap in the Dark blogsite ) (Retrieved 01-29-2008)〕 DeVille said about Stamford, ''"It was post-industrial. Everybody worked in factories, you know. Not me. I wouldn't have that. People from Stamford don't get too far. That's a place where you die."''〔Cohen, Elliot Stephen (August/September 2006) ''Willy DeVille''. Dirty Linen #125, p. 37〕 DeVille said about his youthful musical tastes, "I still remember listening to groups like the Drifters. It was like magic, there was drama, and it would hypnotise me."〔 DeVille quit high school〔''See'' Rhodes, Dusty (1978) (“Issue 13: Mink DeVille: Smooth Running Caddy: The Tale of the Mink” ), (Rock Around the World ) (Retrieved 01-29-2008) DeVille said, "I was always considered an asshole... I never fit in at school... I was always looked upon as the weird."〕 and began frequenting New York's Lower East Side and West Village. "It seemed like I just hung out and hung out. I always wanted to play music but nobody really had it together then. They had psychedelic bands but that wasn't my thing."〔Rhodes, Dusty (1978) (“Issue 13: Mink DeVille: Smooth Running Caddy: The Tale of the Mink” ) (Rock Around the World. ) (Retrieved 01-29-2008)〕 In this period, DeVille's interests ran to blues guitarists Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker,〔DeVille said "I heard John Lee Hooker when I was twelve years old. When I heard that voice, I said, 'Man I gotta sound like that.' So I was 12 years old, with my face full of freckles... I went around saying 'Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...' trying to sound like John Lee Hooker. I'm very happy that he has finally got the commercial success, because he has influenced so many people...", Editors (1994) (“ Interview: Concierto Básico” ) ''Canal magazine.'' (Retrieved 03-09-2008)〕 and especially John Hammond.〔Marcus, Richard (2006) (“Interview: Willy DeVille.” ) (Leap in the Dark (blogsite) ) (Retrieved 1-29-08)〕〔 Harris, Craig (2006) ("Willy DeVille: Biography." ) Allmusic. (Retrieved 1-29-08)〕 "I think I owe a lot about my look, my image on stage, and my vocal riffs to John Hammond. A lot of my musical stance is from John," Deville said.〔Billy Pinnell interview with DeVille on Australian radio on the 1994 Raven CD reissue of ''Miracle''〕 He credited Hammond's 1965 album ''So Many Roads'' with "changing my life."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Willy DeVille」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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