A Nod to Link Wray on the Man’s Birthday
Link Wray, whose name one routinely sees referenced, has a birthday today, May 2nd. Born on May 2nd 1929, the man would have been 92. He sadly passed in 2005. I have heard the name...
Category: The Western Front
A Time Capsule of Sorts
I began writing this post last year. I had saved it at 5:29 PM on March 29th, 2020. After that it was neglected until this evening. Signed on this morning to see what is going...
A Night at the Ruskin Arms, 14 Years Back. . .
Fourteen years ago last month I travelled over to London to see a show. It was a pretty cool show, a tribute to and fundraiser for Iron Maiden Drummer, Clive Burr, who had been struggling...
Rock’n’Roll Memoirs. . .
It has become almost the norm to not only listen to Rock’n’Roll but also read about it. We have always had our fanzines, our Cream and Circus, Hit Parader, and let us not forget Kerrang....
The Len Price 3 – My Longtime Obsession & Why They Should Be Yours
The Len Price 3 – my longtime obsession and why they should be yours. I have loved this band for years. With completely catchy hooks, classic garage punch, this speeding train combo ( consisting of...
Different Angles
The Wild West has reinvented itself several times. Who knows what this site is about. Its origins involve a failed attempt to bring the late great Bernie Torme to the Americas for a much overdue...
Alice Cooper is Happening. . .
I have been an Alice Cooper fan for a long time, but sadly I have neglected him. This might be the first time he is referenced here on the Wild West. I actually have given...
Ginsberg’s Howl on Trial – Sixty Four Year Ago
It was on March 25th 1957 that US Customs confiscated five-hundred-and-twenty copies of Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl”, a collection of poetry Ginsberg recently had published. That was sixty-four years ago. US Customs had claimed that Ginsburg’s...
Live Shows after all this. . .
Jay Shepard of Shepard the Breeze offers up ten basic rules. . . guidelines to keep in mind when we do make it back to concerts, which should be happening sooner than later! Yep. The...
An Interview with Tuk Smith!
For this installment of ‘Dawson’s Pick’ I am delighted to bring you Tuk Smith and The Restless Hearts! Many of you already know Tuk as the very charismatic front man from The Biters. My dear...