LITTLE WILLIES - Little Willies Review

With the energy, passion and fun put into their self-titled debut album The Little Willies could have easily chosen to call themselves The Big Willies. Names aside, this jamming five-piece band blends barrel house rhythm and blues with honky tonk country, reminding us of a time thought long past. The band, Lee Alexander (bass) Jim Campilongo (electric guitar) Norah Jones (piano, vocals) Richard Julian (guitar, vocals) Dan Rieser (drums), and their name conjure up images of backwoods shacks and hole-in-the-wall juke joints packed with all kinds of cats having a good time late into the night....full text The Little Willies are a loose, expert country band featuring Norah Jones and four fun-loving buddies. Mixing classic covers and sturdy originals, their debut has the same easy charm and command of pre-rock pop as Jones' albums, only with less depth and more pedal steel. ...full text Poor Norah Jones. She'd scarcely had time to absorb her squillions of Grammys before her star was being cast down as something bland, something uncool, something just a bit naff....full text