He was born in Oklahoma City, which, in the twenties, was a major musical hub — it was the home of Walter Page's Blue Devils, a band that later became Count Basie's.
And while passengers play the slots, bob their heads to the Jazzmanian Devils cover band and soak up the breeze and respectable amounts of rum, cruise officials carefully follow the voyage.
After a hard-edged performance by the Dog Voices, the Devils' official band, the crowd cheered as the winning moments of Sunday's game were projected on giant screens.
Those poor devils in the band have to play when their mouths are all sore.
"This would have happened whether he had a tattoo of Jesus, the devil or a band logo".
Willis had come from the Murder City Devils, a raw Seattle band with strong Misfits overtones.
(Trinidad's annual carnival, with its steel bands, "blue devils," and non-stop street dancing, rivals New Orleans's Mardi Gras in its feverish creativity).
Christian melodic metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada have a song called "Lord Xenu" which appears on their third album, With Roots Above and Branches Below.
His subsequent tenure with the Blue Devils, a co-operative touring band, inculcated a sense of community and brotherhood, a democratic view of music-making shared by the Basie band.However, Mr Daniels's viewpoint has its limitations.
He and his loud six-man band start with Devils Haircut and work their way through the singles, with detours through most of Beck's phases: morning, high noon and night.
