Monthly Archives: February 2015

Tulsa Voice – Brian Whelan goes solo with a unique brand of pop Americana

Brian Whelan has spent the past four or five years as guitarist and multi-instrumentalist for Dwight Yoakam, whose extensive touring schedule has brought Whelan through Tulsa on multiple occasions. Prior to that, he was a member of the California power-pop band The Broken West for about five years. Whelan will perform solo for the first […]

Hired Gun to Headliner

Former Dwight Yoakam sideman Brian Whelan headlines his own show at T. Boyle’s Saturday night By Bliss 02/19/2015 Some people spend years charting their life’s direction; others shift course midway — or multiple times — through their careers. Not Brian Whelan. From the time he was in kindergarten, when he fashioned a guitar out of cardboard and […]