Willy Vlautin

Biography

Willy C. Vlautin (born 1967) is an American author, musician, and songwriter. He was the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of Portland, Oregon, rock band Richmond Fontaine (1994–2016) and is currently a member of The Delines. Born and raised in Reno, Nevada, he has released 14 studio albums since the mid-nineties with Richmond Fontaine, while he has written six novels: The Motel Life, Northline, Lean on Pete, The Free, Don't Skip Out On Me, and The Night Always Comes. Description above from the Wikipedia article Willy Vlautin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.