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....
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...
Freeway Jam / The Western Front
by wildwestrocks · Published October 3, 2020 · Last modified January 17, 2021
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 Red Eye / The Western Front
by wildwestrocks · Published September 21, 2020 · Last modified January 17, 2021
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...
It is the Wild West’s first stab at interviews. The first of many we hope. Michael Grant who you might know from Endeverafter, or perhaps LA Guns is now gearing up for his new project:...
Last Tuesday, June 9th, Paul Chapman died on his 66th birthday. The man was an amazing guitarist known for his time with the band UFO. While in UFO, he contributed to four albums. No Place...
Back in 2015 I went to check out LA Guns. It was fairly ig event in the middle of New Jersey. Sadly they were not on the main stage. Big festiva, little stage. It had...