Have you heard....

WILLIE NILE ?

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He's on fire right now, on the heels of his release of American Ride, a driving, knee-stomping perspective of life in the city, roads through the country, and tunneling inside the very soul of man around the globe.

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With the help of friends "Will The Thrill & The Lost Souls," Willie treated a privileged audience to the band's fierce new tour at a private, bucolic venue "upstate" (aka Westchester).

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The truest of ROCK STARS, you have got to catch Willie live while you can.  You'll find him around New York, Joe's Pub is a good bet, or hop across the pond.  He's huge in Europe.

Meg Baggott Images. Created courtesy of Willie Nile

Sounding tighter than ever, Johnny Pisano, Alex Alexander, & Matt Hogan lay in perfect rhythms and ripping solos to Willie's incessant jams, be them on ivory or steel.

As a WFUV marquee member, I caught Willie at yet another intimate show at City Winery,  and his set was seamlessly superb. And, I picked up a cabernet bottled just for him.  The wine needs a few years, but Willie is in his prime right now! So get on out on an American Ride.

Thanks so much to Bob & Peggy, and Kevin Collins & "the band" for bringing the boys out that sunny Saturday.