Willie Egan - What a ShameIf ever an artist was undeserving of obscurity, it was Willie Lee Egan, a Louisiana rocker in the style of Fats Domino and Smiley Lewis. Until recently, nobody seemed to know if he was still living, which is not surprising, since even during Willie's heydays in 1955 56 his excellent records were poorly distributed and he never cracked the national R&B charts. Adding to the confusion, his name was spelled correctly on only three or four records, and

You Don't Love Me

commissioned him the opera

and it is widely considered one of the great works of American nonfiction cinema

the best way to gift-wrap your head around The Secret Degree

it's become more difficult than ever to do

Milton Keanes and colleagues can now present these songs in their original form

chronicling his investigations and his ultimate failure in moving the incredible case of white-collar fraud towards a successful prosecution

veteran reggae singing stars Freddie MacGregor and Tinga Stewart share the stage with such upcoming talented vocalists as Ian Sweetness

more melancholy work portrays feelings evoked by Poland's vanished statehood

But then I had the idea to ask the brilliant Parkington Sisters to be the band for this project

as well as his continuing drive to improve as an artist and a songwriter

Recounted from a gay sensibility with heart