by Philip Hopkins Philip Hopkins: How did playing with Dwight change your approach to playing, and songwriting if at all? Brian Whelan: I was a little timid when I first got into the band, and between Dwight and the other band members, we put a stop to that. Loud and proud is what they preach. It’s actually […]
Monthly Archives: March 2015
Country and Western Music – By Jason P. Woodbury Brian Whelan isn’t a snob when it comes to a good song. “I have never gave a shit if it’s a pop thing or a lo-fi indie thing, I don’t care,” Whelan says over the phone from the South By Southwest festival in Austin, speaking over the blunt […]
By William Michael Smith Thu., Mar. 5 2015 at 6:00 AM – Houston Press After four years of road-dogging with Dwight Yoakam’s band, multi-instrumental utility man Brian Whelan has quit and struck out on his own. He rolls into McGonigel’s Mucky Duck Saturday for a song swap with old Los Angeles running buddy and local […]