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Can't get enough of your love.<\/p><\/div>\n

I\u2019ve said it before and I might as well lead off with it here: I\u2019m an acolyte in the Church of 1983<\/strong>. As in, there\u2019s been no good music since 1983. I\u2019m not a fundamentalist though; pre-1983 artists have put out good music since then. And, like a blue moon, every once in awhile some post-1983 artist sneaks through (although off the top of my head I can\u2019t think of anyone).<\/p>\n

But\u2014bad news\u2014I\u2019m addicted to music. But\u2014good news\u2014I already have more than enough fantastic music should I live another 57 years. But\u2014bad news\u2014I\u2019m also addicted to acquiring music. What to do?<\/p>\n

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My solution in the last decade or so is to go back to the past. Back to other genres like country & western. Today, for instance, I ordered 3 volumes of Bear Family\u2019s Dim Lights, Thick Smoke, & Hillbilly Music<\/em> series. And yesterday I got the Bear Family Jerry Lee Lewis<\/strong> Sun box. (Aside: I was prompted to do that after seeing Jerry Lee\u2019s guest appearance on TJ Hooker<\/em>. Absolutely fantastic performance in some little honky-tonk set scene and far better acting in other scenes than anyone else who has ever appeared on that series.) Or jazz; I\u2019m about ready to pull the trigger on the Mosaic Coleman Hawkins<\/strong> box.<\/p>\n

Or I get tempted by PR hype and reviews of artists from my sweet spot (aka, up to 1983) and decide to see if maybe, just maybe, I missed the boat on something or my tastes have changed. This has led in the last years to getting most of the Roxy Music<\/strong> and ELO<\/strong> catalogues, among other more dubious, less rewarding, purchases.<\/p>\n

The latest temptation comes after reading the latest issue of Record Collector<\/em>; this had a very nice article on Bear Family that spurred recent purchases. But it also had an article on Willy DeVille<\/strong>, about whom I knew very little. Article sure made him sound like something I\u2019d like and shouldn\u2019t have missed. I\u2019m certain I\u2019ve heard a few songs on comps but I sure can\u2019t recall anything about them.<\/p>\n

Any advice from the Hall of Rock? Yeah or nay on Willy DeVille?<\/em> If yeah, where to start? Any suggestions for other neglected pre-1983 artists I can indulge my habit with?<\/p>