Go West Young Man
The first show in the US was at the Filmore East in New York. They were warming up for the Grateful Dead. That was June 14, 1968. It was a good night, a stellar night...
The first show in the US was at the Filmore East in New York. They were warming up for the Grateful Dead. That was June 14, 1968. It was a good night, a stellar night...
Dawson's Picks / The Western Front
by Cyndi Dawson · Published January 17, 2021 · Last modified January 25, 2021
My very first Dawson’s Pick will be the phenomenal pop punk album ‘Uh Oh, It’s The Coolies’ EP. ( Wicked Cool Records). This fantastic July, 2019 release is everything you want in power pop with...
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...
The Red Eye / The Western Front
by wildwestrocks · Published January 1, 2021 · Last modified January 17, 2021
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...
Freeway Jam / The Western Front
by wildwestrocks · Published November 17, 2020 · Last modified January 17, 2021
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...
Freeway Jam / The Western Front
by wildwestrocks · Published November 17, 2020 · Last modified January 17, 2021
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....
Interviews / Only In NYC / The Western Front
by wildwestrocks · Published November 2, 2020 · Last modified January 17, 2021
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....
The Red Eye / The Western Front
by wildwestrocks · Published October 30, 2020 · Last modified January 17, 2021
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...
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...
Only In NYC / The Red Eye / The Western Front
by wildwestrocks · Published October 4, 2020 · Last modified January 17, 2021
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...