{"id":34000,"date":"2026-10-15T17:55:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T17:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/?p=34000"},"modified":"2026-10-15T18:58:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T18:58:41","slug":"little-eric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/little-eric\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Eric"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I found Willie\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/825360-Willie-Phoenix\"><strong>complete Discogs catalog<\/strong><\/a>, but I couldn\u2019t get the track lists. Opening each album\u2019s page needs your OK, and those approval requests timed out before you saw them. If you approve them when they pop up (they\u2019re all on api.discogs.com), I\u2019ll pull every tracklist. If you\u2019d rather not, I\u2019ll search album by album instead, which is slower and will leave some gaps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Albums still needing track lists<\/strong> (34 releases)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">1985 \u2013 <em>Not A Butterfly<\/em> (with the Shadowlords)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">1987 \u2013 <em>Is Mr. Dylan Home<\/em> (cassette)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">1988 \u2013 <em>Flower Machine<\/em>, and a cassette version, <em>Flower Machine \u2013 Incense<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">1991 \u2013 <em>Radio Simplicity<\/em> (with True Soul Rockers)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">1994 \u2013 <em>Nothin But Rock N Roll<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">1996 \u2013 <em>Dance&#8230; Or Else<\/em> (Willie and the Voodooz)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">1998 \u2013 <em>Medicine Man<\/em> (with the Voodooz)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">1999 \u2013 <em>Have You Seen My Tambourine?<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">2000 \u2013 <em>A Zillion Miles Gone<\/em>, <em>Eight Track Spider<\/em>, <em>Dream 17<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">2001 \u2013 <em>Between The Truth And Nowhere<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">2003 \u2013 <em>Last Sound Check In Memphis<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">2004 \u2013 <em>Blues Reaction<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">2005 \u2013 <em>Quick N\u2019 Dirty<\/em>, <em>Mojo 6<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">2007 \u2013 <em>Plastic Blues And Grooves<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">2009 \u2013 <em>Revolution In The Basement<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">2011 \u2013 <em>Blues Hippy<\/em>, <em>Magic Black Umbrella<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">2015 \u2013 <em>Captain Psychedelic<\/em> (with the Soul Underground)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">2016 \u2013 <em>Blues My Soul<\/em> (with the Soul Underground)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">2017 \u2013 <em>Garage Blues Band<\/em> (with the Soul Underground)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">2019 \u2013 <em>Backstage Rain<\/em> (with the Soul Underground)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">2020 \u2013 <em>This Ain\u2019t 1968<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">2021 \u2013 <em>3 Chords Maybe 4<\/em>, <em>Heavy Bubblegum<\/em>, <em>Poster Noise<\/em>, <em>Bomb Shelter 13<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">2022 \u2013 <em>Magic In The Dark<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">2024 \u2013 <em>Save the Angels<\/em>, <em>Soul Bender<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">2025 \u2013 <em>Happy Vibrations<\/em>, <em>Friends<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">2026 \u2013 <em>The Blues Ain\u2019t Pretty<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>New song titles from singles and compilations<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I Saw Superman (1979)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">One More Try Tonight (1982)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Man At The Window (1984)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Ball And Chain (1993)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Gasoline (2001)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Garage Rock (2001)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Let Me Fly (1971, with the Young Fostorians)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">He also covered \u201cNo Woman No Cry\u201d on a 1998 compilation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>His other bands<\/strong>, which you may want included<\/span><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Romantic Noise<\/span>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I Fell In Love With A Baby \/ Dead Flowers (In My Yard) (1977)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><em>\u201878 Affair<\/em> EP (1978), titles not yet pulled<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">The Buttons<\/span>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Blue Bicycle \/ Hey Little Girl (1980)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Magical Soul: a late-\u201960s 45, titles unknown so far<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Once the tracklists come in, I\u2019ll put everything into one sorted spreadsheet with the album and year for each song, so you can keep it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Here\u2019s what I could confirm. One caveat up front: Willie Phoenix has recorded a lot (Discogs lists about 36 albums, and he says himself he\u2019s lost count), so the solo section below covers only the releases with tracklists I could verify.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Eric \/ Little Eric<\/strong> (Marion, Ohio; the only album, a 1970 private pressing reissued by Soft Estate Records)<\/span><\/p>\n<ol dir=\"ltr\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Bye Cowgirl<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Satcho\u2019s Revival<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Goldrush (Willie later remembered it as \u201cGold Rush, 1849\u201d)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Sunshine Heartache<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Waiting<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Be Good To Your Woman<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">April<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Last Summers Dream<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Somewhere There Is Music<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Morning Lighthouse<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">A 1973 newspaper item says Little Eric signed with Laytra Records and planned an album for November 12. I couldn\u2019t confirm whether that is the same record or a second one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>The Boppers<\/strong> (two singles, both written by Willie)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Dancing in Rocket City \/ Cleveland Dolls (Kare Records)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Catrina \/ Let\u2019s Go Bad<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Willie Phoenix<\/strong> (solo, A&amp;M Records, 1982)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Kiss Quick Say Goodnight<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Talk So Loud<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">No Signs of Joanna<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">The Sketch<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Maybe It Won\u2019t Rain<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Dead From a Broken Heart<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Mary<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Rough Kiss<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">New York Is Burning<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Willie Phoenix and the Shadowlords \u2013 <em>We Love Noise<\/em><\/strong> (Shadow Records, 1983)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">My Apartment<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I\u2019m On Fire<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Slow Children<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Rebel in the Making<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Please Save the Boat<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">My Lucky Day<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Sneakin\u2019 Sneakers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Wanna See Ya Change Me<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong>Other recorded Willie Phoenix songs<\/strong> (from later albums such as <em>Plastic Blues and Grooves<\/em>, <em>Quick n\u2019 Dirty<\/em>, and his Soul Underground releases; I couldn\u2019t match them to specific albums)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I Got a Bible Belt Lover<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">The Spirit\u2019s Gotta Move Ya<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">New Shelter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Harperstown<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">American Blues<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Evil Baby<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Black Smokin\u2019 Train<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Alice Jane from the Flatlands (Marry Me)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">She\u2019s Got a Rainbow Soul<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Good Girls Love Bad Guys<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Tangerine<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I\u2019m Flying<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Happy Blues<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Drivin\u2019 with the Blues<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">The Sun<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">White Rabbit Flys an Airplane<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">It\u2019s Gonna Rain<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Tell the World About Love<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Boogie Loud<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Mama<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Back to the Fillmore<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Big Whiskey Woman<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Johnny Pulled a Gun<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Misunderstanding<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">His later bands (Romantic Noise, The Buttons, Magical Soul\u2019s late-\u201960s 45) and albums like <em>Crazy Velvet Horses<\/em> aren\u2019t included yet. I can keep digging album by album if you want a fuller catalog.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found Willie\u2019s complete Discogs catalog, but I couldn\u2019t get the track lists. Opening each album\u2019s page needs your OK, and those approval requests timed out before you saw them. If you approve them when they pop up (they\u2019re all on api.discogs.com), I\u2019ll pull every tracklist. 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