{"id":4548,"date":"2012-02-08T00:44:21","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T07:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=4548"},"modified":"2012-02-08T00:44:21","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T07:44:21","slug":"willie-nile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2012\/02\/willie-nile\/","title":{"rendered":"WILLIE NILE"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"WILLIE NILE<\/h1>\n

The Innocent Ones<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

willienile.com<\/p>\n

If there were a version of the Traveling Wilburys for unfairly overlooked singer-songwriters, Willie Nile could be its very own Tom Petty. A rock \u2019n\u2019 roll lifer who\u2019s earned endorsements from Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Lucinda Williams and just about every other guitar slinger with an opinion worth trusting, Nile has managed a mere seven studio albums since debuting in 1980. Luckily three of those have come in the last five years\u2014and as this latest suggests, he\u2019s not finished making up for lost time.<\/p>\n

On The Innocent Ones<\/em>, Nile gets right down to affirming his faith in music. Four of the first five tracks are about the healing power of song, and thanks to his classicist touches\u2014Byrds jangle, Beatles melody, Dylan conviction, Springsteen big beat\u2014he has no trouble making his point. Nile evokes the Ramones on the fast and spiky \u201cCan\u2019t Stay Home,\u201d flashing back to his nights spent hanging out at CBGBs back in the \u201970s. He makes a convincing enough punk, but it\u2019s the earnest anthems \u201cSingin\u2019 Bell\u201d and \u201cOne Guitar\u201d that reveal his true nature. He may not be a Wilbury, but this troubadour is still traveling.<\/p>\n

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