a completely new spin to that hackneyed neo-folk song which had peaked in 1967 with Jimi Hendrix’s take on the story of the man running south of the border to escape the law and the consequences of his crime. Willy totally identified with the ‘bandido’ persona and slid into that character like a hand into a glove. Other information The cover photo for Backstreets of Desire was taken in a shrine at St. Roch Chapel in New Orleans. DeVille is shown sitting on the floor of the chapel surrounded by marble thank-you tiles, plaster casts of feet, polio braces, eyeballs, spider and cockroach parts, and other votive offerings. Backstreets of Desire is dedicated to Doc Pomus, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame songwriter with whom DeVille wrote songs for his Le Chat Bleu and Sportin' Life albums. The dedication reads: "Dedicated to the memory and inspiration that Doc Pomus freely gave to me and all music from his heart. His influence will forever be engraved in my soul." Pomus died in 1991, the year before Backstreets of Desire was recorded. The song "Chemical Warfare" is dedicated to Johnny Thunders, the New York Dolls guitarist whom DeVille knew from his days playing Max's Kansas City in the mid-1970s and who died of a heroin overdose in New Orleans in 1991 in a hotel near DeVille's apartment in the French Quarter. DeVille was one of the first to discover the body. DeVille originally made "I Call Your Name" during recording sessions for his 1987 album Miracle (the song appeared on a CD single with the song "Miracle"; Polyldor POCD 891). For Backstreets of Desire, he recorded another, more lush, string-arranged version of the song. The song "Voodoo Charm" is also on DeVille's 1995 album Big Easy Fantasy. Under the title "Jump Steady Come My Way," the song "Jump City" appears on the 1999 album The Orleans Records Story (Orleans Records OR-2311). Fourteen-year-old Tamera and Tia Mowry, future stars of the TV show Sister, Sister, sang background vocals on "Chemical Warfare." Track listing Unless otherwise noted, all songs by Willy DeVille. "Empty Heart" - 4:36 Willy DeVille on vocals; John Philip Shenale on keyboards, sythensizer, percussion; Brian Ray on guitars; Dennis Fongheiser on drums "All in the Name of Love" - 3:35 Willy DeVille on vocals, John Philip Shenale on keyboards; Brian Ray on guitars; Reggie McBride on bass; Dennis Fongheiser on