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Jeff Nielsen: April 17, 2011

Wille Nile: Rock N’ Roll Survivor

Like some über-sincere mix-up between Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen and Paul Westerberg, New Yorker Willie Nile has built up a searing catalog of sturdy songs over the last thirty years, despite only recording seven albums in that time span.

Please remember that while these video are occasionally shaky and ill-focused, Willie never is.

For more on Willie Nile visit Music Ruined My Life

  1. “House of a Thousand Guitars”

  2. “The Day I Saw Bo Diddly in Washington Square”

  3. “Hard Times in America”

  4. “Cell Phone Ringing in the Pockets of the Dead”

  5. “Rich and Broken”

  6. “One Guitar”

  7. “Run”

  8. “Game of Fools”

  9. “The Innocent Ones”

  10. “Heaven Help the Lonely”