{"product_id":"backstreets-of-desire-1","title":"Backstreets of Desire","description":"Personnel includes: Willy DeVille (vocals, slide guitar); Brian Ray (acoustic \u0026amp; electric guitar, slide guitar); Freddy Koella (acoustic \u0026amp; electric guitar, mandolin, violin); Jimmy Z. (harmonica); David Hidalgo, Zachary Richard (accordion); Joel Peskin (baritone saxophone); Steve Madaio (trumpet); John \"Streamline\" Ewing (trombone); Freebo (tuba); Dr. John (piano); John Philip Shenale (piano, keyboards, synthesizers, percussion); Reggie McBride (acoustic bass, bass); Dennis Fongheiser (drums, percussion).\u003cbr\u003eBackground vocalists: Billy Valentine, John Valentine, James Gilstrap, Bonnie Sheridan.\u003cbr\u003eLos Camperos De Nati Cano: Juan Morales (guitar); Victor Manuel Villa (violin); Juan Jose Almaguer, Jesus Guzman (violin, gritos); Luis Damian (vihuela); Jose Arellano (guitarron); Carlos \"Gudino\" Jimenez (trumpet).\u003cbr\u003eProducers: Willy DeVille, John Philip Shenale, Dr. John, Philippe Rault.\u003cbr\u003eAll songs written by Willy DeVille except \"Come To Poppa\" (W. Mitchell\/E. Randle) and \"Hey Joe\" (Billy Roberts).\u003cbr\u003eReleased to complete indifference in the United States a full year after its issue on the Finac label in France, Willy DeVille's Backstreets of Desire stands tall as his masterpiece as both a singer and a songwriter. DeVille's considerable reputation in Paris -- he regularly filled the Olympia Theater there and had Edith Piaf's arranger writing charts and conducting an orchestra for him -- buoyed him up to make this disc at a handful of studios in his adopted New Orleans home. With guest spots by Dr. John, Zachary Richard, and David Hidalgo, DeVille creates a tapestry of roots rock and Crescent City second line, traces of '50s doo wop, and elegant sweeping vistas of Spanish soul balladry, combined with lyrics full of busted-down heroes, hungry lovers, and wise men trying to get off the street. The sound of the album balances Creole soul and pure rock pyrotechnics. DeVille sounds like a man resurrected, digging as deep as the cavernous recesses of the human heart will allow him to on \"Empty Heart\"; he brings down the house roaring on \"All in the Name of Love,\" with its forlorn but anthemic refrain underscored by Dr. John's gutter funk guitar playing. \"Even While I Sleep\" features DeVille in a smoky falsetto shuffling along with Hidalgo's squeezebox and Brian Ray's rockabilly guitar picking. The cover of Billy Roberts' \"Hey Joe\" is a radically new and moving interpretation of the song, with only Jimi Hendrix' version topping it. The New Orleans street jazz on \"Voodoo Charm\" throws a curve to the emotionally intense contents with a backbone slip rhythm and popping horns in a slow stroll. In all, Backstreets of Desire reveals more about where DeVille had been than he'd perhaps like listeners to know. The wasted rock \u0026amp; roll junkie may have been resurrected from the dead by music (unlike his neighbor Johnny Thunders), but the darkness that informed that soul graces this music with a ragged elegance and tough grace. ~ Thom Jurek","brand":"MovieMars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47664787161375,"sku":"3596973543967","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/7833\/0399\/files\/beaa539ee15fa9dbae9479bee499347b_ea848bf7-cec2-4283-94b4-bc94d1ecf6a9.jpg?v=1742475757","url":"https:\/\/www.moviemars.com\/products\/backstreets-of-desire-1","provider":"MovieMars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}