“Times Ain’t Like They Used To Be”
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Wes Lee has appeared solo in many festivals throughout the Southeast including The L.A. Songwriter's Festival, King of the Delta Blues Festival, The Juke Joint Festival, The Roots Reunion, Hubfest, The Jimmie Rodgers Festival, Robert Johnson Remembrance Festival, Natchez Bluff Blues Festival, and has performed for the Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour. Other times he has been accompanied by his band 'Blue Roux' atBogalusa Blues & Heritage Festival, 59/20 Festival, Margaritafest, South Mississippi State Fair, Equinox Festival, among others.
Wes Lee was born in Alabama but has been a resident of Mississippi since 1995. His musical career started on brass instruments in the genres of Jazz, Dixieland, Swing, Classical, and Funk but switched to guitar in 1997, to embrace the Blues. He quickly became a strong Bluesman in the Southeast and has shared the stage with Tab Benoit, Tinsley Ellis, Kenny Neal, Sonny Landreth, John Mooney, Greg 'Fingers' Taylor, Steve Forbert, Ruthie Foster, among others.
Wes Lee
Wes has self produced 6 CDs of WesLeeMusic, beginning with Tone City(1998) and Anything But Wrong(1999), which are Electric Blues. His style and songwriting have evolved into a dynamic solo artist as shown on Live & Alone(2010),
The ShackSessions(2011), and the most recent, Wood & Steel(2013). His 2012 Six Pack of Soul was a full band tribute to the Memphis Sound.
Wes is a member of the Roots Music Association,Americana Music Association, and No Depression, all sources of strong acoustic and Country Blues. He is listed in the Who's who onCountryBlues.com. Wes has may international fans that find his music via website, iTunes, Internet Radio, YouTube, Reverbnation, and Facebook pages. Also, Wes has press in many publications includingMississippi Legends magazine, Blues Festival Guide magazine, Drawl magazine, Alabama Coastmagazine, Siganture magazine, The Hubmagazine,
The Hattiesburg American, and is a featured subject in a University of Southern Mississippi class called The Psychology of Music. Wes recently was a guest panelist for the Creative Mississippi Institute on the subject of Mississippi Creative Economy. His song, Angel Eyes, was featured in a American Cancer Society Relay For Life campaign in the state of Mississippi, and Wes headlined a benefit for T-Bone Pruitt when the aging Bluesman lost his possessions in a house fire in 2010.
Press Quotes & Reviews
Wes Lee:
The new "Wood & Steel" album by Wes Lee, the musician takes the listeners back to the essence of music: feeling good while listening... Fingerpicking with slides, soulful bluesy, engaging and dynamic whole, many music lovers will delight.
~Eric Schuurmans, Rootstime.Be
Incredible energy. Total heart and soul performer
~Malinda White, Executive Chair, BBHF
Wes Lee comes by his trade honestly. Bluesman? Sure. Folk artist? Yep. Jazz Man? You bet. In fact R&B, Dixieland, Classical, Rock, Country, Gospel, Disco- as long as the music's got soul, honesty, authenticity, and a big sound, he's all for it.
~Eric Stone, Ms. Legends Magazine
Right from the get-go, Wes Lee just took the music to a level of conviction and artistry that says, "I'm not afraid to spread the Truth."
~Lynn Rabren, LA Songwriter's Festival
Wes's voice is super - he has a Swamp Pop, funky swagger. A dynamic live performer.
~Mean Willie Green, WUSM Radio
He accompanies himself with Resonator guitar, and
makes clear his confession that he does not choose the blues, but that 'the Blues chose him’. The classic "John The Revelator," countless times covered, comes to him as new, intense and most deeply felt. Wes Lee's devotion to the old blues pioneers he confesses. His warm voice gives them all respect...follows his gut feeling and spirit unconditionally
~Marcie from www.rootstime.be
Just him, a guitar and brilliant songwriting backed up by guitar
playing that's steeped in blues and a style than can best be
defined as "Wes Lee Music". The only elements needed to bring the original feel of the blues back to life.
Wes Lee plays with a “little grease” to keep it real, but with enough
touch to keep it pretty. ~Blue Healer
