Weekend At Bernie’s – A First Offering
Of course a nod to the 1989 American film directed by Ted Kotcheff, but more importantly a tribute to the late great rock guitarist Bernie Torme. Fellow Torme fan, Kyoko Cooley has been posting almost...
Of course a nod to the 1989 American film directed by Ted Kotcheff, but more importantly a tribute to the late great rock guitarist Bernie Torme. Fellow Torme fan, Kyoko Cooley has been posting almost...
So why abandon the band right before Woodstock? In hopping that flight to London, Jeff Beck not only bailed on Woodstock but likewise on that band, his band. A project which he had spent the...
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...