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After 1985, when Willy DeVille began recording and touring under his own name, his backup bands were sometimes called “The Mink DeVille Band,” an allusion to the earlier Mink DeVille.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRock and Roll Hall of Fame songwriter Doc Pomus said about the band, “Mink DeVille knows the truth of a city street and the courage in a ghetto love song. And the harsh reality in his voice and phrasing is yesterday, today, and tomorrow — timeless in the same way that loneliness, no money, and troubles find each other and never quit for a minute.”\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Mink+DeVille","playStationPath":"/stations/115881853/play","stationId":115881853,"bioPath":"/music/Mink+DeVille/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Traffic","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e62/e623edd5dfe54ee034c2ad849e67b2a6_md.jpg","artistName":"Traffic","artistId":2012,"station_id":113261931},{"musicPath":"/music/Bryan+Ferry","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/43c/43c3a6a044aec1654bf19085086e7630_md.jpg","artistName":"Bryan Ferry","artistId":5111,"station_id":113389605},{"musicPath":"/music/Mike+The+Mechanics","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e4f/e4faa655b7ace2492244a2ac9f87f00b_md.jpg","artistName":"Mike + The Mechanics","artistId":1289,"station_id":113288794},{"musicPath":"/music/Bob+Seger+The+Silver+Bullet+Band","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ed8/ed8f7920406b260506a5ba9a882976f8_md.jpg","artistName":"Bob Seger \u0026 The Silver Bullet Band","artistId":5777,"station_id":113293678},{"musicPath":"/music/Status+Quo","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d50/d50c7bb370050a95e6bd5975086a3328_md.jpg","artistName":"Status Quo","artistId":5361,"station_id":113302137},{"musicPath":"/music/Neil+Young+Crazy+Horse","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ad3/ad3b4c7ee77dc5d2517e6c80644fbc67_md.jpg","artistName":"Neil Young \u0026 Crazy Horse","artistId":570,"station_id":113285891},{"musicPath":"/music/Be+Bop+Deluxe","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/8ef/8ef651fa6b9bfa793e27478a9364786e_md.jpg","artistName":"Be Bop Deluxe","artistId":90086,"station_id":272352551},{"musicPath":"/music/Little+Village","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/10a/10a86b8befec9e0c87020b63b92a3bd3_md.jpg","artistName":"Little Village","artistId":132005,"station_id":285483842},{"musicPath":"/music/Billy+Joel","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/1a7/1a7877c36129cbea738227071ae9920a_md.jpg","artistName":"Billy Joel","artistId":169,"station_id":113260944},{"musicPath":"/music/Boz+Scaggs","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/2ee/2ee27b06cd6bffaa389efc0bdc6fa403_md.jpg","artistName":"Boz Scaggs","artistId":2804,"station_id":113265669},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Rolling+Stones","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/777/7773845561a62856a48063aa12e1b387_md.jpg","artistName":"The Rolling Stones","artistId":758,"station_id":113263034},{"musicPath":"/music/Suzi+Quatro","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/440/440b2f19d70f86c0264c7517e8bada71_md.jpg","artistName":"Suzi Quatro","artistId":8618,"station_id":113376938},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Romantics","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f80/f802b39f2fde0eb6da9b086a010aa4f7_md.jpg","artistName":"The Romantics","artistId":9974,"station_id":113359239},{"musicPath":"/music/Manfred+Mann+s+Earth+Band","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/097/097fbb74ea64776cc203b828768c5ff9_md.jpg","artistName":"Manfred Mann's Earth Band","artistId":10183,"station_id":113304892},{"musicPath":"/music/Crosby+Stills+Nash+Young","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/2d9/2d97a0f9703b2f3d78046bb932cb0045_md.jpg","artistName":"Crosby, Stills, Nash \u0026 Young","artistId":2573,"station_id":113295326},{"musicPath":"/music/Ian+Dury+and+the+Blockheads","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e93/e93c7f91ff712ed25f33be79b64ca021_md.jpg","artistName":"Ian Dury and the Blockheads","artistId":2185,"station_id":113407562},{"musicPath":"/music/Deacon+Blue","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c02/c02df4fbb407d31705e8c779c4dffaa6_md.jpg","artistName":"Deacon Blue","artistId":100731,"station_id":280763217},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Tubes","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d4d/d4de91bfba0c97552f55655fda9a21f7_md.jpg","artistName":"The Tubes","artistId":8824,"station_id":113321772}]}