Featured Artist of
June 11, 2024
with
the song: "Lots of
You in My Life"
Artist's Biography
Joe
Viglione’s recordings stretch back 53 years to when WBCN first aired “Salt
Water Summers” in 1971, 1972. In 1976 he released that song on an EP and was
signed to Flamingo/Carrere in 1978, a label with Phyllis Nelson and Heavy
Metal band Saxon.
In 1980 Flamingo became New Rose/RCA and New Rose/Musidisc. Joe signed
Willie “Loco” Alexander and Johnny Thunders of the NY Dolls, produced by
Jimmy Miller. Viglione became Miller’s manager and they worked with Buddy
Guy, Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Nils Lofgren of Springsteen’s band and many
others. Miller produced Joe’s classic The Intuition Element album.
Miller introduced Viglione to Keith Richards, who introduced Joe to Eric
Clapton/Rolling Stones producer Rob Fraboni in 1988. Fraboni and Viglione
have worked together since then. With 118 songs on ASCAP and 333 tracks on
Spotify, Playboy Magazine calling Joe one of Boston’s Five Best Bands, Creem
magazine posting Viglione early on before other Boston acts, and Best Record
of the Month in Phonograph Magazine (California) and L'Attendant
(Belgium)the music keeps on flowing.
Viglione performs weekly piano concerts on Fridays and writes many, many
songs in the middle of the night in the piano room, three doors down from
his apartment. The prestigious Rock and Folk Magazine in Paris, France
called Joe one of the "Crazy Geniuses of Rock and Roll" along with Phil
Spector, Frank Zappa and others.
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