Dawson’s Pick
The Wild West is trying out something new. We have invited Cyndi Dawson of the Cynz to share with the Wild West new music she finds herself checking out. This will include local bands and...
Category: The Western Front
Starting the New Year Right!
New year. New day. Still had my chocolate croissant and coffee this morning. I did pause, however, and ponder what I was listening to first. What was the first piece of music to start the...
The Title Is “Truth” And The Music Is Good
Truth is an amazing album. It of course starts with the band’s take on the Yardbirds tune, “Shapes of Things”. Same song but done oh so much differently. Things had just evolved. Of course, this version...
Strike When the Guitar Is Hot!
With all that was evolving in 1967, both for Jeff Beck and popular music in general, there was no blueprint. There was no definitive template for how popular music was done. Not at that time....
Cyndi and Henry – The Wild West Interview with the Cynz!
This time around we catch up with Cyndi Dawson and Henry Seiz of the Cynz, a veteran NYC band. Ten years of playing together, playing venues such as Bowery Electric, the Sidewalk, Pianos, in NYC....
An Update on an Earlier Question. . .
Probably one of the stupidest titles above, but anyway. Anyway, two years back I wrote this post,”What to call this stuff? They ain’t ballads.” involving several favorite songs of mine, several Youtube clips. They included...
End of Rock’n’Roll As We Know It?
Written by and shared with us by the Freelance Writer Nelson Montana (Linkedin, Facebook, YouTube) whose work can be found in the Huffington Post and elsewhere. Eddie Van Halen’s Death is the End of an Era — In...
Sunday Morning, Coffee and the Love Pirates
Lazy Sunday morning. Finishing my morning coffee, going through the NY Times and then at some point jumped over to Facebook. Specifically, NY Rocks. And there are the Love Pirates. Just cool to see them...
The Summer of 69? (Part 1 of 3)
An Introduction What follows is a continuation of my earlier two essays focusing on Jeff Beck. This post is the first of three posts which will paint a picture of Jeff Beck’s first solo project after...
About the Wild West
About the Wild West Wild West Rocks has been promoting rock, punk and alternative acts since 2005. After a break of a few years, we could not stay away. Explorations into web radio evolved into...