Willie Nile

Willie Nile
Born: Jan 1, 1949 in Buffalo, NY
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Styles: Roots Rock, Rock & Roll, Americana
Biography: Born and raised in Buffalo, singer/songwriter Willie Nile came from a musical family -- his grandfather was a vaudeville pianist who played with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and Eddie Cantor, and his uncles played boogie-woogie. Nile's older brothers, meanwhile, brought home the music of Elvis Presley, ...Read full biography
Willie Nile
Released: 1980
Label: Razor & Tie
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When Willie Nile first appeared on the scene in 1980, some folks seemed to think he was new wave since he wrote declarative songs that were often three minutes in length, a notion that had fallen out of ...Read full review
Streets Of New York
Released: 2006
Label: 00:02:59 LLC
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If early 2006 is remembered for nothing else, it will go down in history for the two greatest urban Americana albums of the 21st century to date -- Dion's Bronx in Blue and Willie Nile's Streets of New ...Read full review
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