Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Tom Waits, SparkleHorse, Gram Parsons, Townes Van Zandt, Sam Shepard, Harmony Korine, Steve Earle, Johnny Thunders, The Clash, Neil Young, Operation Ivy, Johnny Cash, Iggy, Sonny Boy Williamson, The Band, Hank Williams, P.T. Anderson, John Lee Hooker, Jim Carroll, Uncle Tupelo, Gus Van Sant, R.E.M. early U2, The Brianjonestown Massacre, CandyLand Music, My Brother, Whiskeytown, Richard Hell, The Velvet Underground, Herzog, The Replacements, Leadbelly, The Stooges, Mama Curtiss and the Breaks, Patti & Elliot & Robert but not The Smiths, Kundera, MF'ing Elvis, Wilco (not Sky Blue Sky), The I Hate Wes Charlton's (best band EVER), Ecstatic Truth, Shane Macgowan, Littleberry Darby, the late great River Phoenix, Lou Reed, Not This Country's Health Care System, Black Flag, Yesterday, Tomorrow...You.
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Upon visiting Nashville, TN to perform at the AMC, Wes decided not to leave and has thus resided there ever since. He tours regularly and will release his full length follow up to his debut, 'American Bittersweet', on Judy Collins' Wildflower Records January 2008. The new album is titled World On Fire' & is already being compared to such works as Neil Young's 'Tonight's the Night', Tom Wait's 'Rain Dogs' & mid 60's Bob Dylan. Jerry Jodice of The Great American Music Hour says, "It's refreshing to hear music that's great in and of itself, not because of any hype...It's quickly becoming my current favorite!"
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"Every so often I encounter a new artist that really gets me fired up.
Nashville’s Wes Charlton is one of those artists. All I can say is watch out. This kid is special. He is a roots influenced singer-songwriter who is a talented lyricist and composer. He is only 24 years but World on Fire is evocative of more established songwriters like a Ryan Adams. His music has Americana undertones but it is equally contemporary." --Chip Frazier, Twangville.com
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"AMERICAN BITTERSWEET" was a favorite amongst music critics. It recieved rave reviews in the U.S. as well as the U.K. "AB" won awards from the International Songwriting Competition and landed his song "TO BE FOUND" on MTV's THE REAL WORLD KEY WEST.
************************************************************************** "Here's another 21 year old steeped in Americana who sounds like hes been making records for years. A record that has surprising quirks sown into the fabric of it."-- David Rowling, Americana-UK.
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"He sounds like a 'seen-it-all' man with the voice of your favorite cowboy yelling for another whiskey in your favorite western. One of the voices that fail to tell you sweet stories, but that's the fact why you will always trust in it."-- David Wonschewski, Kontrastradio.
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"He presents a set of bruised but beautiful melodies that sit fittingly well under the records title. It's both organic and electric, mixing the hum and buzz of a wired world with acoustic warmth. He's ultimately singing the soundtrack to the heartland's disenchanted youth."-- www.milesofmusic.com.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION ON WES AND HIS MUSIC PLEASE VISIT WWW.WESCHARLTON.COM & MYPSACE.COM/WESCHARLTON
CONTACT WES CHARLTON @ WES.CHARLTON@GMAIL.COM
Howdy Wes! I wanted to drop you a note to thank you for taking the time to accept us as your friend, and listening to our music. We appreciate the gesture and are grateful that you enjoyed our tunes enough to add us to your community of friends. After all, having people connect with our music is why we do this. I hope you'll come by often to say hello and let us know what's happening with you, and when you have a spare moment, please visit our brand new webpage at www. crosstimbersbluegrass. com there you can listen to more of our music and find out more about us. Feel free to sign the guestbook! (And if you have any ideas about how we could improve the webpage, be sure to let us know)
All my best and thank you again, Matt (the bass player) Cross Timbers
Hi friend. I'm playing with Lisa Loeb this Sunday, July 6 at 3rd & Lindsley in Nashville. Show starts at 8pm sharp. You can buy tickets in advance at www. 3rdandlindsley. com
i'd rather not ask you to do this but i can't seem to get intouch with your brother. If you could be so kind, tell him that Brian jonestown is playing july 25th in NYC and he should come up and visit that weekend. If you could relay that message that would be great. Thanks wes. - Tom Ferro
