'Wet Willie' from whence this pack o' southern scragglers derived their name, is a apparently a regional term, referring to an Alabamian practice of sucking on your finger and then shoving it in somebody's ear. It also means that dirty stuff you're thinking right now.
They're real rawhide power swaggerin' son's of 5 bitches, and commence to whoop out some of the hottest, nastiest, most needlin' on the point southern rock ever created. Gotta' say they do the best white rock slash James Brown act since the Yardbirds (disagree? ITS IN THE DAMN MOUTH HARP!). Vocals like Creedence, swag like Little Richard, collective instrumental harmonies like a dirtier grittier version of The Band, but instead of those extended jams the Allman Brothers were renowned for, Wet Willie were closer to the spirit of Booker T & the MG's or perhaps the Mar-Keys, much more steeped in sweaty, good-time R&B than the blues-rock of the Allman's or the likes of the Marshall Tucker Band. Think of what Lynyrd Skynrd would have sounded like if they had one lead guitarist and performed strictly on an all white chitlin' circuit... if such a thing ever existed....
If y'ur unfamiliar with all the bands I just referenced, I did a toad suckin', gawd awful job of critiquing these guys, but trust me and give 'er a listen.
-Creol'w Fedo'
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