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Wes Jeans
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Wes is one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. He's intelligent, soft-spoken, polite and in every way a Gentleman...until he gets onstage.
Take one part SRV, one part Hendrix, three parts Tequila and a dose of steroids and you'll begin to get the idea. This "Texas Tornado" uses the guitar as a weapon and he is quite deadly with it.
The first time I saw Wes perform live, it took two people to pick my jaw up off the floor.
And, as you might expect, Wes is rather tough on equipment. "I don't know why, but sometimes my stuff explodes, melts or just plain catches fire."
explains Wes.
Well, after seeing Wes perform, we have a pretty good idea why.
Throughout his career, Wes has had the honor of meeting and sharing the stage with many musical greats such as B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, Billy Gibbons, Hubert Sumlin, Lynryd Skynyrd, Joe Bonamassa, Lance Lopez, Chris Duarte, and Kenny Wayne Shepherd,
just to name of few. After the October 2003 show opening for B.B. King in Shreveport, Louisiana, Wes' performance received a standing ovation and B.B. asked Wes onto his bus where he told him "Son, you keep your head on straight, you are going places."
Not only has he earned the respect of his peers, he has perked the ears of the media and has been featured by many newspapers, magazines and radio stations throughout the country and Canada. When a poll was done by Guitar Player Magazine in late 2003, readers voted Wes number three among the
Young Gun Guitar Players in the nation between Jonny Lang and Kenny Wayne Shepherd(GUITAR PLAYER March 2004). In early September 2005, Wes performed and interviewed for a feature-length documentary that focuses on the guitars musicians have preferred over the past fifty years, Fender and Gibson.
This Lightning Lab Production was filmed in the Historic Memphis Brewery and is scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2006.
Simply put, Wes is among THE BEST of the Best and we are proud to introduce him as our "family" and a Sponsored Member of "Team MILLS". His custom designed cabinet, appropriately called "The Beast", will be onstage with Wes at the Stevie Ray Vaughn Ride and Remembrance, which is being held in Dallas on the first weekend of October, 2005.
More updates to follow... Dave |
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