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Willie Nile
A blue collar songwriter and highly regarded, punk rock troubadour, Willie Nile
became a fixture on New York's music scene in the late 1970s, counting Bruce
Springsteen, Lucinda Williams and Lou Reed as huge fans. Born in Buffalo, New
York (June 7, 1948), his love of music was sparked by his mother's big band
records and his grandfather, who ran an orchestra and was a pianist for noted,
vaudeville entertainers Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson and Eddie Cantor. But, like
many of his generation, his world changed when he saw The Beatles give their
iconic performance on The Ed Sullivan Sho...
