| 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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