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Wet Willie is a southern rock band from Mobile, Alabama, U.S. <p>Formed in 1969, Wet Willie was a versatile, high-energy Southern Rock band that, from 1971 until 1978, produced an array of albums awash in good-time music, rollicking high-energy blues-rock, and white Southern soul, but racked up just one Top Ten hit and a lot of admirers. Wet Willie put out several albums on Capricorn Records between 1970 and 1976. <p>The core members of the band during that period were Jimmy Hall, vocals, harp, saxophone; Jimmy's brother Jack Hall on bass; John Anthony on keyboards; Ricky Hirsch on guitar, and Lewis Ross on drums and percussion. It should be noted that it was Lewis Ross, who actually assembled the musicians and group called Fox in the Summer of 1969, which a year later became known as Wet Willie. The duo of girls singing background vocals dubbed "The Williettes" were staple of the classic Wet Willie sound, and always featured Jimmy &amp; Jack's sister, Donna Hall. Keyboardist Mike Duke...