{"id":202537,"date":"2026-04-19T13:31:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T13:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/202537\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T13:31:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T13:31:20","slug":"willie-nile-joes-pub-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/202537\/","title":{"rendered":"Willie Nile @ Joe’s Pub, NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Date: April 3rd 2013
Band Link: willienile.com<\/a><\/p>\n

New York rocker Willie Nile and his band played an early show at Joe\u2019s Pub last night. If you\u2019ve been to a Willie Nile show before, you know why they are legendary! This was only my second time seeing Willie, but I\u2019ve been a fan of his since 2004 when I saw him for the first time. I believe it was in 2004 and he opened for the Saw Doctors at Irving Plaza. I have no idea why I haven\u2019t seen him since but I need to make it a point to see him more than once every 9 years!<\/p>\n

Willie and his band came on stage at 7pm and rocked Joe\u2019s Pub until about 8:40pm. It was the quickest hour and forty minutes and I wish he went on longer! Willie played early on \u201cHeaven Helped the Lonely,\u201d which is one of my favorites. I wanted to hear \u201cPlaces I\u2019ve Never Been\u201d but hoping to hear that next time. Other tunes Willie played throughout the evening include \u201cHouse of a Thousand Guitars,\u201d \u201cOne Guitar,\u201d \u201cMidnight Rose,\u201d \u201cInnocent Ones\u201d and Jim Carroll cover of \u201cPeople Who Died.\u201d \u201cHouse of a Thousand Guitars\u201d had to be my favorite song of the night besides \u201cHeaven\u2026\u201d \u201cOne Guitar\u201d was a fun one as well.<\/p>\n

At one point Willie performed \u201cLove is a Train\u201d on the piano and it was beautifully done. What I love about musicians like Willie Nile and other singer\/songwriter types is the personal stories they tell in-between songs. But \u201cLove is a Train\u201d is a slow song but picks up at the end. Besides obviously Willie\u2019s guitar playing and singing, I was also impressed with bassist Johnny Pisano and guitarist Matt Hogan wailing about too. <\/p>\n

As the show was happening, Willie was dancing and rocking on stage, then he comes out into the crowd and sits right next to me in the table. Figures I had my telephoto lens on and couldn\u2019t switch to a wide angle lens to take a picture. He did that a few times and the bassist did that as well. It was a fun seeing that. I was also cracking up how Willie kept saying \u201cThank the Baby Jesus,\u201d which just reminded me of Talladega Nights. <\/p>\n

Later on singer\/songwriter James Maddock came on stage to sing and play tambourine. Others joined Willie and the band later on to sing as well. You never know who\u2019s going to turn up at a Willie Nile show. Willie\u2019s new album American Ride went through the PledgeMusic\/ Kickstarter process and he got his funding in 4 days. The album will be out June 25th and he played a couple from that as well. Looking forward to hearing more from the new album!<\/p>\n

All in all, Willie Nile and his band put on one hell of a show. It was outstanding to say the least. Even if you don\u2019t know any songs, you will by the end of the night. Seeing his shows at Joe\u2019s Pub is a must if you live in New York City! I just wish I saw more of his shows sooner. <\/p>\n

See all the photos from the show at my photo site SkaPunkPhotos.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\tTopics:American Ride<\/a>, concert photography<\/a>, concert review<\/a>, James Maddock<\/a>, Joe’s Pub<\/a>, live review<\/a>, New York City<\/a>, NYC<\/a>, rock<\/a>, rock and roll<\/a>, singer\/songwriter<\/a>, Willie Nile<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Date: April 3rd 2013Band Link: willienile.com New York rocker Willie Nile and his band played an early show…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[80247,62529,17128,80248,55579,33160,9,24,56,63,65,64,601,2857,69585,80249],"class_list":["post-202537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-american-ride","tag-concert-photography","tag-concert-review","tag-james-maddock","tag-joes-pub","tag-live-review","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-rock","tag-rock-and-roll","tag-singer-songwriter","tag-willie-nile"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}