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LP musician Roy West digs the gigs
Kori Kamradt
[email protected] LaPorte songwriter and musician finds inspiration in may places-but his best inspiration comes from his wife.
Roy West has been playing various instruments since he was 12, but says it's his wife, Denise, who really stirs his creativity.
"A lot of the songs are about her or when I met her," he said this week.
Roy and Denise met after one of his band practices when he was only 17-and they have now been married for 24 years.
"I'm his number-one fan," Denise said. "Even if there are instruments lying all over the house."
Roy not only writes songs, he also plays the harmonica,bass,guitar ,drums,
mandolin and keyboard. Sometimes he performs solo; He also plays bass for the FLYS band and plays it all, he says,by ear.
"I just play a little bit of everything," Roy said. "In order to join different bands I just learned to play whatever instrument they needed."
Denise says if he weren't playing music, he wouldn't be happy.
"I always tell people that if he didn't get to play his music, we'd both be miserable."Roy said his career has contained many steps and changes, but two experiences stand out the most.
Just last week, Roy appeared on WNIT-TV out of Elkhart on "Open Studio," singing and playing his own compositions.
"It was the highlight of my career," he said, giving a shy smile.
The other career highlights happened a few years ago when a friend from the Moose Lodge in LaPorte called Roy and asked him to come play guitar for another singer.That singer was Jay Lee Webb-brother of famed country singer Loretta Lynn.
Roy said he doesn't plan to stop at local TV appearances. He said he will continue performing at local venues .He also has performed @ Tootsies in Nashville "I'll be playing for the rest of my life," he said.
Denise is all for it."It's a lot of time and a lot of money, but most would have given up on their passion long ago," she said. "It's what makes us a good team, because he plays the music and I love to dance. Between that and his good looks, it's why I keep him around. His wife is the drivin force behind his music! Several songs on this c.d. is about the years they shared together. Songs of love and devotion people can relate to. Meaningful lyrics to capture true feelings and emontion. He has performed at many places from the Rodeo in Indiana to Tootsie in Nashville. He has been in many bands Lacross,Breakdown,Assult,Metal,Toyz,Blackout,Pegasus,Hoosier
friends,Wild West,Slambaked,SouthernImpact,TheProfessions.He now Plays bass for theThere's blood in the streets, it's up to my ankles
There's blood on the streets, it's up to my knee
Blood on the streets in the town of Chicago
Blood on the rise, it's following me
She came...
Just about the break of dayShe came, then she drove away
Sunlight in her hair
Blood in the streets runs a river of sadness
Blood in the streets it's up to my thigh
The river runs red down the legs of the city
The women are crying red rivers of weeping
She came into town and then she drove away
Sunlight in her hair
Indians scattered on dawn's highway bleeding
Ghosts crowd the young child's fragile egg-shell mind
Blood in the streets in the town of New Haven
Blood stains the roofs and the palm trees of Venice
Blood in my love in the terrible summer
Bloody red sun of fantastic L.A.
Blood screams her brain as they chop off her fingers
Blood will be born in the birth of a nation
Blood is the rose of mysterious union
There's blood in the streets, it's up to my ankles
Blood in the streets, it's up to my knee
Blood in the streets of the town of Chicago
Blood on the rise, it's following me.........................Peace Frog The Doors
