WOTRE MUSIC 1995 122151
Big Easy Fantasy is an album by Willy DeVille and the Mink DeVille Band. It was released in Europe on the French New Rose label in 1995. The album is a mixture of studio tracks and concert recordings made in New York and Paris. The "big easy" of the album's title refers to New Orleans. As the album cover says, the inspiration for the album was "Jump City, the Crescent City, the city that care forgot, New Orleans...The Big Easy!" All songs on the album are standards by New Orleans musicians or are original compositions by Willy DeVille about some aspect of New Orleans.
credits:
The Brass Attack Horns
Louis Cortelezzi - saxophone
Steve Madaio - trumpet
Tom "Bones" Malone - troBig Easy Fantasy is an album by Willy DeVille and the Mink DeVille Band. It was released in Europe on the French New Rose label in 1995. The album is a mixture of studio tracks and concert recordings made in New York and Paris. The "big easy" of the album's title refers to New Orleans. As the album cover says, the inspiration for the album was "Jump City, the Crescent City, the city that care forgot, New Orleans...The Big Easy!" All songs on the album are standards by New Orleans musicians or are original compositions by Willy DeVille about some aspect of New Orleans.mbone, baritone saxophone
Mario Cruz - saxophone, percussion
Willy DeVille - vocals, guitar, dobro
Seth Farber - keyboards, accordion
David Keyes - bass guitar, double bass
Boris Kinberg - percussion
Freddy Koëlla - guitar, violin, mandolin
Shawn Murray - drums
The Valentines (Valentine Brothers) - background vocals
Billy Valentine
Johnny "Briz" Valentine
Other musicians
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter - guitar ("Voodoo Charm")
Wayne Bennett - guitar ("Beating Like A Tom-Tom")
Eddie Bo - vocals, piano
Isaac Bolden - piano ("Teasing You")
Kerry Brown - drums ("Just Off Decatur Street," "Teasing You")
René Coman - bass guitar
Luis Conte - percussion ("Voodoo Charm")
Steve Croes - sudra drum ("Beating Like A Tom-Tom")
Dr. John - piano ("Just Off Decatur Street")
John "Streamline" Ewing - trombone ("Voodoo Charm")
Freebo - tuba ("Voodoo Charm")
James Gilstrap - background vocals ("Beating Like A Tom-Tom," "Who Shot the La-La")
Bill Gregory - guitar ("Who Shot the La-La")
Porgy Jones - tambourine ("Who Shot the La-La")
Kate Markowitz - background vocals ("Just Off Decatur Street," "Beating Like A Tom-Tom")
Valerie Mayo - background vocals ("Just Off Decatur Street")
Reggie McBride - bass ("Voodoo Charm")
Leo Nocentelli - guitar ("Just Off Decatur Street")
Joel Peksin - baritone saxophone ("Voodoo Charm")
George Porter - bass ("Just Off Decatur Street")
Lon Price - tenor saxophone
Bonnie Sheridan - background vocals ("Voodoo Charm")
Chris Spedding - dobro ("Just Off Decatur Street")
Fred Staehle - drums, wingertree ("Voodoo Charm")
Allen Toussaint - piano ("Beating Like A Tom-Tom")
Johnny Vidacovich - drums ("Beating Like A Tom-Tom," "Who Shot the La-La")
The Wild Magnolias ("Iko Iko," "Meet the Boys [on the Battlefront])"
Chief Joseph "Monk" Boudreaux - vocals, tambourine
Chief Theodore "Bo" Dollis - vocals, tambourine
Norwood "Gitchie" Johnson - vocals, bass drum
Dorene Wise – background vBig Easy Fantasy is an album by Willy DeVille and the Mink DeVille Band. It was released in Europe on the French New Rose label in 1995. The album is a mixture of studio tracks and concert recordings made in New York and Paris. The "big easy" of the album's title refers to New Orleans. As the album cover says, the inspiration for the album was "Jump City, the Crescent City, the city that care forgot, New Orleans...The Big Easy!" All songs on the album are standards by New Orleans musicians or are original compositions by Willy DeVille about some aspect of New Orleans.ocals
("Beating Like A Tom-Tom," "Who Shot the La-La")
YaDonna Wise - background vocals ("Beating Like A Tom-Tom," "Who Shot the La-La")
Recorded:
The Bottom Line, New York City
Olympia Theatre, Paris
Sea Saint Studio, New Orleans
Westlake Studio, Los Angeles
Track Studio, Los Angeles
YaDonna Wise - background vocals ("Beating Like A Tom-Tom," "Who Shot the La-La")
Recorded:
The Bottom Line, New York City
Olympia Theatre, Paris
Sea Saint Studio, New Orleans
Westlake Studio, Los Angeles
Track Studio, Los Angeles
tracks list:
1 Jump City 5:41
2 Every Dog Has It.s Day 2:10
3 Hello My Lover 3:44
4 Key To My Heart 4:31
5 Bamboo Road 4:56
6 Iko Iko 5:13
7 Meet The Boys ( On The Battlefront) 3:03
8 Just Of Decatur Street 4:22
9 Teasing You 3:30
10 Beating Like A Tom-Tom 4:17
11 Who Shot The La-La 2:56
12 Voodoo Charm