cabretta

Even working delicate cabretta leather does not prepare you for really fine work.

Willy DeVille said the Cabretta leather was like his band's music, tough but tender.

The band's 1978 follow-up album Return to Magenta continued in the same vein as Cabretta, but with a twist.

A state campground is also available to groups of 15-25 people on Cabretta Island (adjacent to Sapelo Island).

Spanish Stroll is a 1977 single by Mink DeVille, off their debut album Cabretta.

The mannequins wore commercial work in progress, dramatic Armani knockoffs mostly, in fine black cabretta leather, all roll-pleats and pointed shoulders and breastplates.

Except for frontman Willy DeVille, the original members of the band played only on the first two albums (Cabretta and Return to Magenta).

American Hit Network said of the album, "Under-promoted, under-appreciated and ultimately under-sold, Cabretta is a sleeper masterpiece that sounds as good today as it did in 1977."

The song "Rolene" was written by Moon Martin, who also wrote "Cadillac Walk," a song on Mink DeVille's previous album, Cabretta.

Mink DeVille recorded their debut album Cabretta (entitled Mink DeVille in the U.S.), produced by Jack Nitzsche, in January 1977.

After the band's breakup, keyboardist Bob Leonard went on to play with Mink DeVille appearing on the bands 1978 debut LP,Cabretta, and touring Europe to support the release.

Willy DeVille said about Cabretta, Mink DeVille's album prior to Return to Magenta, "We went against strings on the first album - decided it should be outright, raw, and rude."

Assisted by saxophonist Steve Douglas and a cappella singers the Immortals they recorded the band's debut album Cabretta (simply called Mink DeVille in the U.S.) in January 1976.

The album gets its name from a type of leather jacket (a cabretta leather jacket was worn by Ben Edmonds, the Capitol Records A&R man who signed Mink DeVille in 1976).

The band's follow-up album, Return to Magenta (1978), continued in the same vein as Cabretta, except that Willy DeVille and producers Nitzsche and Steve Douglas employed string arrangements on several songs.

It was through him that I bought my Alfa kit last December, with a package of enhancement parts (like a swatch of the "finest cabretta hides," or leather from a sheep, for the seats) for another $275.

In liner notes to the 2001 compilation album Cadillac Walk: The Mink DeVille Collection, Ben Edmonds relates how Mick Jagger dropped by the Hollywood recording studio where Jack Nitzsche was producing Cabretta: