Willy DeVille & The Uptown Horns
Lone Star Cafe
New York City, NY
November 28, 1986
(Early & Late Show)
(Two Of Us Master Volume 46)

Transfer: Two Of Us Master Cassette > Nakamichi DR-01 (azimuth adjusted) > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Audacity > iZotope RX / Ozone (mastered) > Peak Pro 6 (post-production) > xACT 2.39 > FLAC

EARLY SHOW
01 Watermelon Man
02 The In Crowd
03 Cry To Me
04 I'm The One That Loves You
05 I Found A Love
06 (Every Time I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone
07 These Arms Of Mine
08 Fanny Mae
09 Ya Ya
10 Try Me
11 Dust My Broom
12 Get Out Of My Life Woman
13 Stand By Me
14 Shout

LATE SHOW
15 Watermelon Man
16 The In Crowd
17 Cry To Me
18 I'm The One That Loves You
19 I Found A Love
20 (Every Time I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone
21 These Arms Of Mine
22 Fanny Mae
23 Ya Ya
24 Try Me
25 Dust My Broom

Known Faults:
-Late Show Incomplete

Welcome to Volume 46 of the "Two Of Us" Master Series.

Between 1983 and 1999 there was likely not a taper or taping duo more active than the "Two Of Us". For the better part of a decade and a half they taped over 250 artists with an array being taped multiple times.

If you collect Springsteen then you are already familiar with some of their work, "fmcleanboots" has posted a half dozen or so of their "Tunnel Of Love" tour shows but has decided to pass the baton.

What you don't know is their passion was not just for Springsteen but for music and that passion runs deep. It is astonishing how many artists they taped.

They followed tours taping club shows, theater shows, arena shows, big artists, mid-level artists and local artists. If they were following a tour and the tour had an off night they'd see who else was playing that night to tape.

Always focused on enjoyment of the show as the priority, tickets were for the most part acquired outside of the venue as they worked to obtain the best possible seats, continually trading up until the correct seats were acquired.

The results of this were the captures are uniformly excellent but on occasion the start of the show was sacrificed as a trade-off for the seats. The heavy lifting was done by the Sony WM-D6C and an external Shure Mic before moving to DAT for the last couple of years.

None of their masters have ever been circulated and have been safely stored for the past three to four decades in a climate controlled environment. Tapes transferred so far are in pristine condition.

Though we may do some mini releases of a series of shows in order for one portion of a tour for the most part shows will not be released in order, there are just too many of them.

This will be a very exciting series and we hope along the way we upgrade existing circulating audio and offer up shows that do not have any circulating audio.

We hope you enjoy the ride, this is definitely not a dark ride.

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Will DeVille & The Uptown Horns @ The Lone Star Cafe 1986-11-28 (Early & Late Show)

Will DeVille was a man of many textures. In 1986, after 10 years leading Mink DeVille he decided it was time to strike out on his own, he dissolved the band playing their last show in NYC on February 20, 1986, filed for bankruptcy and began what Billboard described as a major restructuring of his career. He told an interviewer at the time ""Ten years with the band was enough for Mink DeVille; everyone was calling me 'Mink.' I thought it was about time to get the name straight."

Striking out on his own and before his first solo release, 1987's "Miracle", Willy played a number of shows around NYC and "Two Of Us" were on hand for many of those.

This is the second of what will be a dozen or show captures over a three year period. In what was a nod to his future endeavors, moving to New Orleans in 1988, Willy puts on a ripping set of soulful R & B covers with the "Uptown Horns" giving it the flavor it needs.

The performance taking place a week after Volume 44 is the same set as the 21st with the addition of "Dust My Broom" featuring some nice slide guitar work from Willy.

Quality is excellent throughout, "Two Of Us" did an excellent job capturing the night's proceedings. The late show is missing at least one song and most likely the following two. Two Of Us is unsure why it is incomplete, the tape was marked as Willy DeVille but had a different show on the side.

It's possible given the volatility of Willy's late show performances due to his affinity to drink there was only one more song and it may have been missed. Since this is the only known recording we will likely never know.

We will be sharing more Willy shows in the future from the Lone Star as well as Willy captured at the Stone Pony, Maxwell's and the Bottom Line.

Thanks to "Two Of Us" and their dedication to capturing all these great shows as well as trusting me to be the caretaker of their work. Also, a big thank you to my friend "fmcleanboots" for putting me in touch and laying the groundwork that has resulted in this release and finally to professor goody for always being "on call" to ensure we're at the correct pitch...we've only just begun to scratch the surface.

Artwork included...

mjk5510 & Two Of Us

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