Van Wilks

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Stiletto Blues 04:19 Tools
Boystown 08:18 Tools
Memphis Turnaround 04:15 Tools
Valley of fire 04:02 Tools
Crazy inside 04:37 Tools
Dialtone Blues 07:12 Tools
Cold side of cool 04:42 Tools
Without a Word 06:42 Tools
Texas jukin' 02:59 Tools
Go down easy 04:34 Tools
Koko's Hideaway 04:46 Tools
Badly mistaken 04:45 Tools
Long Way To Crawl 06:08 Tools
Stone cold day 04:46 Tools
Little Mona and the Scorpion 04:05 Tools
Tempted 04:29 Tools
Texas'51 04:27 Tools
Bleedin' For You 04:27 Tools
1959 04:50 Tools
Holy roller 03:08 Tools
Soul Of A Man 05:28 Tools
Just Walk Away 03:36 Tools
Would You Go My Way 04:06 Tools
Down island girl 03:28 Tools
Blues for Delphine 05:43 Tools
Sometimes You Run 03:35 Tools
Strange Girl 03:35 Tools
Our Little Secret 04:19 Tools
Morning Dew 03:35 Tools
Travelin' 04:32 Tools
I Know You Don't Love me No More 03:54 Tools
Temporary Love Affair 03:59 Tools
Drive By Lover 06:02 Tools
She's Drivin' The Devil's Car 03:28 Tools
Mama Talk 06:02 Tools
Bombay Tears 05:00 Tools
Goin' To See My Baby 03:35 Tools
21st Century Blues 05:02 Tools
On The Edge 05:28 Tools
Danger In The Dark 04:18 Tools
There's A Sin In There Somewhere 05:28 Tools
Golddigger 04:20 Tools
Can't Go On Like This 03:36 Tools
Metal 'N' Smoke 05:48 Tools
Happy Hour At The Asylum 04:28 Tools
Vanatized 03:47 Tools
She Makes Me Crazy 04:27 Tools
Who's Foolin' Who 04:27 Tools
Train Train 05:02 Tools
Can't Stop Thinkin' 03:32 Tools
No More Wishes In Your Wishing Well 04:18 Tools
Another Man's Shadow 05:16 Tools
Sheri Says Stop 04:20 Tools
Fever In The Desert 05:30 Tools
Down To Heaven 06:04 Tools
The Spank 04:15 Tools
Livin' On Borrowed Time 04:27 Tools
The Eleventh Hour 05:02 Tools
Midnight Crossing 03:32 Tools
Watchin' The World Go By 04:27 Tools
New Day Dawning 03:32 Tools
If I Were a Richman 03:32 Tools
The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys 06:54 Tools
Juvenile Licks 02:35 Tools
Can't Cry Anymore 04:13 Tools
Sirens In The Night 03:54 Tools
Eyes Like Lightning 03:12 Tools
Menphis Turnaround 04:14 Tools
De La Coupole La Mer Pleure 05:44 Tools
Older Than You Know 03:53 Tools
Cold Slide of Cool 00:00 Tools
The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys 06:54 Tools
Would You Go MY Way? 06:54 Tools
Holly Roller 06:54 Tools
Living on Borrowed Time 05:44 Tools
Driveby Lover 05:44 Tools
Texas' 51 05:44 Tools
Texas 05:44 Tools
De La Coupole La Mer Pleure-Bombay Tears 05:44 Tools
Sweet Sixties Songs 05:44 Tools
If I Were Rich Man 05:44 Tools
Never Say No 05:44 Tools
Without A Word. 05:44 Tools
Street Legal 05:44 Tools
Small Town Girl 05:44 Tools
Older Than You Know-Living On Borrowed Time 05:44 Tools
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His band, also known as Van Wilks, has topped music polls by the Austin Sun (Band of the Year), the Austin Chronicle (Best Hard-Rock Band four years in a row) and KLBJ-FM(Best Austin Band). Austin’s Mayor has proclaimed November 6 as "Van Wilks Day" and the Texas Legislature presented him with the Texas flag and a plaque honoring his musical contributions to the State. The French magazine "Guitarist" has placed Van’s records in the editor’s top picks two years running. Declared "a perfect cross between Jimi Hendrix and Van Halen" by the Austin-American Statesman, Van Wilks has toured nationally and internationally with such acts as ZZ Top (whose Billy Gibbons is one of Van’s biggest supporters) and torn the roof off nightclubs and concert halls from Lubbock, Texas , the Virgin Islands, Moscow, Paris, Madrid, and countless points all over Europe. As the Houston Chronicle noted of one show: "By the end of the night we were all so delirious we wouldn’t let them go until they came out for several post-closing-time encores". The four song E.P. "Boystown" prompted the Austin-American Statesman to proclaim the song a classic and with the release of "Soul of a Man" Van Wilks’ scorching blues-rock upped the anty. "Koko’s Hideaway" received the highest rating in the Stockholm daily by critic Magnus Eriksson and "Texas Jukin"again showcased both taste and raw power with an English writer proclaiming: that Van "does things to his Gibson guitar that deserves an X-certificate!" "Running From Ghosts" is an eclectic powerhouse displaying a mastery of tone fused with soulful vocals. Another gem in Van’s discography is the rare duet with Eric Johnson of the classic "What Child Is This", available on the Texas Christmas Collection cd. As Variety observes, "Van Wilks has a keen ear for ‘60's psychedelic-cum-British blues, which forms the foundation for his refreshing originals." At a time when the blues and its variations are more popular than ever, Van Wilks is poised to take his music beyond cult and critical acclaim here and in Europe. Mixing his fiery fretwork with searing slide and the soaring melodicism of his acoustic 12-string Van Wilks is blessed by what Kerrang! praises as true "originality" from "a unique artist". Or in simpler terms, as Jim Beal of the San Antonio Express-News declares: "He sure can play Rock ‘n’ Roll!" Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.