follow-up album Return to Magenta

The band’s 1978 follow-up album Return to Magenta continued in the same vein as Cabretta , but with a twist. “We went against strings on the first album—decided it should be outright, raw, and rude.” On Return to Magenta , Willy DeVille and producers Nitzsche and Steve Douglas employed lavish string arrangements on several songs. Dr. John played keyboards and, once again, Douglas played saxophone. Mink DeVille toured the United States in 1978 with Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe .