Know Yer Artist: Willie Phoenix

Artist: Willie Phoenix

Bands
Eric
Magical Soul
The Boppers
The Buttons
Romantic Noise
Willie Phoenix And The Shadowlords
Willie Phoenix And The True Soul Rockers
Willie Phoenix And The Voodooz
Willie Phoenix And The Soul Underground

Solo Releases
1982 - Self Titled album (A&M Records)
1988 - Flower Machine album (Not On Label)
1999 - Have You Seen My Tambourine? album (Not On Label)
2000 - Eight Track Spider album (Not On Label)
2000 - A Zillion Miles Gone album (Not On Label)
2004 - Blues Reaction album (Junkyard Cat Recordings)
2005 - Quick N' Dirty album (Not On Label)
2007 - Plastic Blues And Grooves album (Junkyard Cat Recordings)
2009 - Revolution In The Basement album (Junkyard Cat Recordings)
2011 - Blues Hippy album (Orange Mono Music)
2011 - Magic Black Umbrella album (Junkyard Cat Recordings)

The Q-FM 96 Hometown Compilations

As mentioned in a few previous posts, Q-FM 96 put out a number of "Hometown" compilations throughout the 1980s featuring an interesting variety of artists over the years. Q-FM keeps a Q-Seum page of their history and includes some screenshots. Nine total compilations were released between 1980 and 1988 - eight on vinyl and the last on cassette.

A lot of the material is expectedly radio friendly 80s AOR, pop and singer/songwriter. Occasionally, some more diverse material made the cut, such as the Willie Phoenix band The Buttons (Vol. 1), Rosie and The Jetboys (Vol. 3), Oswald And The Herringbones (Vol. 5), as well as discoveries like The Guise (Vol. 3) and Columbus (Vol. 4).