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Mon 04 Apr 2007Lessons learned on the streets of New YorkWillie Nile has spent 10 years in the musical wilderness, but now he's back with a new album and his inspiration is as strong as ever, he tells Tony Clayton-LeaVery few people do urban realism the way Willie Nile does. Wrapping up his tales of street fights, boulevard bums and cul-de-sac romantics, in a kind of Dylan-meets-Clash musical merry-go-round, 58-year-old Nile - a veteran of the late 1970s New York City music scene - has recently come out from under years of fog and shadow.