Accompanied
by a host of
amazing Musicians
including:
Melody Mock ~ Violin / Fiddle ~
Britt Alexander ~ Drums ~
Johny Broomdust ~ Upright Bass ~
Influences
the ever changing Landscape ~
Music lovers
Grandpa Don & Mama Donna Louise ~
John Ford Movies ~
Neil Young & Crazy Horse ~
Minor Chords ~
Ralph "You don't have to be Lonesome to sing Lonesome"
& Carter Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys ~
Harmony Singing ~
Richard & Mimi Farina Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Otis Redding ~ Sex Pistols ~
Hank Williams ~ Web Pierce ~
George Jones ~
Duets ~ Gram Parsons & Emmy Lou Harris ~
Louvin Bros ~ Delmore Bros ~ Carter Family
Sam Shepard ~ Red Velvet Vengeance ~
Wim Wenders ~ Paris, TX
Road Trips ~ Living Outdoors
Joni Mitchell ~ Patti Smith
Folks who sing like they mean it
Dolly Parton
~ Cocktail Hour ~
Gibson Guitars ~ Martin Guitars ~ Vox Cougar Bass ~
my J200 I got from Tony Kinman... said he bought it off a hitchhiker in Texas... ~ Songs fly out of her ~ Rank and File ~
Maddox Brothers and Rose ~
Janis Martin ~ Ruth Brown ~ Wanda Jackson ~
Harper Lee ~ Dashiel Hammett ~
Dorothy Parker ~ Will James ~
'Beggar's Banquet' ~ Keith Richards ~ Bruce Springsteen 'Nebraska' ~
Landscapes ~ the Long View Miles Davis ~
Jonathan Richmond and The Modern Lovers~
the Middle of the Night
Byrd's 'Sweetheart of the Rodeo' ~
Velvet Underground ~ Muddy Waters ~
Jimmy Reed ~ John Coltrane ~ Drugstore ~ Portishead ~ Lenny Bruce ~
Sound Tracks ~ John Zorn ~ Ennio Morriconne ~
Elmore James ~ Billie Holiday ~
Sun going down ~
Moon coming up ~
Meteor Showers ~ Nebula ~ Spiral Arms ~
Lighting ~ Atmosphere
Wind full of Monarch Butterflies
Sounds Like
~~~ A Weather Report ~~~
Some Singer ~ Songwriters Christina has been compared to are Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, Chrissie Hynde & Gillian Welch
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E. Christina Herr leads the band
~ Wild Frontier
through the rugged Western Gothic Landscape.
Her eye on the Horizon
ever searching the Constant Beauty of the Sky
for signs of an approaching storm or a fleeting oasis.
Inspired by the old Souls of Trees, Ancient Minerals & Bodies of Water ~
Telling Stories of the New ~ Old Frontier ~
Blending Americana ~ Alt Country ~ Folk and Rock'n Roll ~
to create Songs of Lonesome Roads, Devil Winds,
alluring Rivers, startling Rock Formations
and the Romance of Decaying Buildings & Graveyards.
The songs sound like gentle Lullabies until you listen to the words
and find them to be Cautionary Tales.
Playful Melodies mask dark Mysteries
revealing an emotional forecast within each song's Borders.
Wild Frontier interprets these songs from the ground up.
From the pure simplicity of two Vintage Acoustic Guitars
to the full blown dynamics of a 5 Piece Rock Band.
A veteran of the Alt Country scene in Los Angeles in the 1980’s she has shared stages with Lucinda Williams, Jim Lauderdale, Buddy Miller, Dwight Yoakum, Randy Weeks, former guitar player in her band ‘Jumpin‘ Bones’, Rank n’ File, Dave Alvin, James Intveld, the late great Chris Gaffney and many other amazing musicians...
Christina & the members of Wild Frontier live near the red waters of the Rio Grande in New Mexico.
Cottonwood trees perched with Bald Eagles watching thier nests
Walking the Petrogylph Mesas
In the Land of Enchantment.
Some of the Past Shows, Projects & Musical Associations~~~
Jumpin' Bones ~~~ (Rockabilly)
Randy Weeks ( found him in the Recycler) (Before the Lonesome Strangers), Ben & DD Pruit (currently in the 'where are they now file'..?)
Comstock Jug Band ~~~ (Psycho Blue Grass)
w/Kurt & Scott Comstock(Comstock Brothers), Smokey Hormel (Beck, The Blasters), Jerry Mascott (Radio Ranch Straight Shooters), Brother Man Kent Geib
Family Jewels (Psycho Folk) with Kurt Comstock ~~~
Composed Music and Played Guitar for Reine River Artist & Self Proclaimed Cowgirl Poet
Cowboy Poetry Gatherings ~ Elko Nevada ~ in the early days ~
Western Music Association Festival ~ Tucson, Arizona~ Drove from Los Angeles in Dan's '62 Dodge with a hole in the gas tank ~
Ghost Ranch ~~~ (Atmospheric Western Gothic Dream Scapes) Daniel Pretends Eagle (Peckinpahs ~ Bone Orchard), Paul Morris (Trailerpark Casanovas) and Michael Wolf (Peckinpahs ~ Bone Orchard) ~~~
Heyoka~~~
(Western Gothic Noir Road Trips with Cello & Percussion) Alison Chesney, Jeff Moses and Michael Wolf ~~~
Quak 'n' Bush ~~~ (Free Form Wackabilly Jazz) Randy Metz (Sawdust Caesars), Tom Bogden (Chica Chica), Steven Salardino (UKefink), Creekbird~~~
Sour Grass Eddy French (Ukefink), Brian
Snake Oil ~~ (Lead Singer & Writer by Default ~ Art for Art's Sake) Tom Blaylock(Screamin' Hyenas), George Barker, Jay Nowac (SpitFires~Condors)~~~
Spiral Arms ~~~ ( Spooky Sad Eerie Rock n Roll) ~ John Traynor (Sawdust Caesars) & Mark Mastopietro (Scenic, Pancakes) ~~~~~
~ ~ ~Wild Frontier Social Club~ ~ ~
Homage to Americana Music
Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris... all their kin and kindred
Martin H. Rowell ~ MelBay Guitar Lessons @ age 8 taught by Mr. Stump in Shreveport, Louisiana ~
Mike Lawson and Some Other Guy ~~~ Seville Quarter (Tourist bar duo) ~ Pensacola, Florida ~
Scarlet Fire ~~~ Grateful Dead Cover Band ~ Florida in the 80's ~ Kings of the Frat Parties! ~~~ Lead Guitar for ~~~ Charles Atkins the Blues Professor ~ Legendary Tallahassee R & B
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