| TRACK
LISTING
1. Roly Poly
(Fred Rose)
2. I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
(Fred Rose, Hank Williams)
3. Love Me
(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
4. It’s Not You It’s Me
(Richard Julian, Ashley Moore)
5. Best Of All Possible Worlds
(Kris Kristofferson)
6. No Place To Fall
(Townes Van Zandt)
7. Roll On
(Lee Alexander)
8. I Gotta Get Drunk
(Willie Nelson)
9. Streets Of Baltimore
(Tompall Glaser, Harlan Howard)
10. Easy As The Rain
(Richard Julian, Jim Campilongo)
11. Tennessee Stud
(Jimmy Driftwood)
12. Night Life
(Walter M. Freeland, Paul F. Buskirk, Willie Nelson)
13. Lou Reed
(Lee Alexander, Richard Julian, Norah Jones) |
Lee
Alexander - bass
Jim Campilongo - electric guitar
Norah Jones - piano, vocals
Richard Julian - guitar, vocals
Dan Rieser - drums
(Milking
Bull Records 2006)
On March 7, 2006, Milking Bull Records will release the
self-titled debut by The Little Willies, an album that perfectly distills
the fun, down-to-earth spirit of this New York band’s club shows.
The group – Lee Alexander (bass), Jim Campilongo (electric guitar),
Norah Jones (piano, vocals), Richard Julian (guitar, vocals) and Dan Rieser
(drums) – tears through a mix of covers and originals, from the
revved-up western swing of Fred Rose’s “Roly Poly” and
Willie Nelson’s “I Gotta Get Drunk” to the cutting wit
of Kris Kristofferson’s “Best Of All Possible Worlds”;
from the poignancy of Townes Van Zandt’s “No Place To Fall”
to the cosmic absurdity of their own “Lou Reed.”
The Little
Willies formed for purely practical reasons. In 2003, the group of five
friends, who were all individually involved in other projects, booked
a gig at The Living Room on New York’s Lower East Side as an excuse
to spend an evening playing music together. They soon discovered that
they shared a deep musical vernacular. The members of The Little Willies
all grew up listening to a certain breed of classic American music: the
songs of Hank Williams, Willie Nelson, Townes Van Zandt and Kris Kristofferson,
to name a few.
Over the
next couple years, The Little Willies continued to play, adding a few
originals to their setlist along the way. The group initially contemplated
a live album, but when Jones and Alexander completed work on their home
studio, they decided to christen the space with a Little Willies recording
session. The resulting album showcases the group’s core strengths,
while maintaining the loose, spirited, bar-band feel of The Little Willies’
live experience.
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