The guitarist recalls joining the Devils and hanging with Bruce Willis and Johnny Cash, and shares his memories of Lester Butler in this interview with NoFightin.com.
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The Red Devils on the eve of first US tour
The Los Angeles Times catches The Red Devils in August 1992, when they were graduating from local bar band to touring machine.
7 rare photos of The Red Devils’ last gig at the original King King
For those who couldn’t be there, Vince Jordan provides these rare pictures of The Red Devils performing on June 14, 1993, at their last gig at the King King in Hollywood.
Lester Butler: ‘Music helps me escape my head’
Lester Butler opens up about drugs, creativity, and the end of The Red Devils in this 1997 interview in Oor magazine.
JD Considine on ‘King King’: ‘Lean, mean and utterly believable’
No music critic in the 1990s was as acerbic or as succinct as J.D. Considine. Thankfully for The Red Devils, Considine became enamored “King King” in 1992.
Jagger/Devils story reissued by Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone magazine has reissued its “collector’s edition” Mick Jagger birthday special, including a report on “The Great Lost Jagger Album” with The Red Devils.
Howlin’ Wolf’s 113th birthday playlist
Today, on what would have been The Howlin’ Wolf’s 113th birthday, we pay tribute to the master with a playlist of songs that inspired or influenced The Red Devils and Lester Butler.
The Red Devils’ 7 most-played songs are …
NoFightin.com looked at available setlists and calculated how many times songs were played during Red Devils shows.
Gorgeous Red Devils/Mick Jagger bootleg 45 appears
A mysterious Mick Jagger/Red Devils bootleg 45 that materialized this year has become an instant collector’s item thanks to its gorgeous packaging and its scarcity.
The final days of Lester Butler
Twenty-five years after the death of Lester Butler, No Fightin’ tells the story of those last days, using archival interviews, court documents and new sourcing.
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