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BROOKS WEST

if you really want control, just let everything go

About Me

The first guitar Brooks West picked up belonged to his uncle, a wheat farmer in North Dakota (and not a guitar player himself). Since then, this Fargo North Dakota native has gone on to write over one hundred songs, blending elements of contemporary folk, country, and pop. The son of a mortician and a school teacher, Brooks has a unique outlook on life that shapes his repertoire. His songs cover subjects ranging from death and destruction to love and hope and even the occasional ballad to office supplies. Over the past ten years, Brooks has performed in coffee shops, bars, colleges, festivals, and benefits across a good portion of the country. Some career highlights have included playing the national anthem for a sell-out crowd of more than 4,500 minor league baseball fans, and having opening slots for such nationally known acts as Grammy Award winning Doc Watson, Dan Bern, The Roches, KellyJoe Phelps, Jeff Lang, blues wunderkind Shannon Curfmann (A&M Records) and indy-rock icons, LOW. These days Brooks has branched out to the east coast, where he's traded bitter cold for heavy traffic. He's back in the station wagon-- with his second full-length cd, cruising the back roads and pumping out a fresh load of tunes wherever he goes.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/22/2006
Band Website: geocities.com/brooks_west
Band Members: 99% of the time i'm all alone up there, but every once in a while i find a friend. Matt Raum is the mandolinist/multi-instrumentalist who has been my main man when it comes to fleshing out my albums, but my pal Greg Koons has played some guitar at some shows as well.
Influences: Dylan, Difranco, Springsteen, Dan Bern, Stuart Davis, Patty Griffin, peter gabriel, greg brown, chris smither, and the list goes on and on. oh, also alcohol, my parents, carol han, my mood, peer pressure.
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Record Label: Magnolia Recording Company
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Check out this event: house concert/ birthday party

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Posted by BROOKS WEST on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:37:00 PST

they used my song!

hey everyone, Be Noticed Productions has use my song "Black Eye" in their weekly web show "the Perfect Rotation", which spotlights the finest high school sports talent in the nation. This week they co...
Posted by BROOKS WEST on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:47:00 PST

nominated

hey all, i just wanted everyone to know i've been nominated for a central pa music award in the category of best acoustic act.  so please go to hbgonline.com and vote for me. whooo hoo! brooks...
Posted by BROOKS WEST on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:46:00 PST

a new article in the fly!!

the kind folks at the fly magazine have published a VERY nice articl on yours truly. so check it out!!!
Posted by BROOKS WEST on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:04:00 PST

new video, big opening slots

big news in brooks west land.  first is my brand spanking new video press kit, produced by Media Boomtown.  it has some show footage, and some brief interview type stuff.  i think it ca...
Posted by BROOKS WEST on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 07:08:00 PST

how do you screw up mac and cheese?

i need to blow off some steam.  there are times in ones life where it seems that everything is up and the air and that despite all of the good things a person has going for them, shit is just not...
Posted by BROOKS WEST on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:29:00 PST

NEW VIDEOS!!!!!

hey all!! my friend ed fox brought over some video equipment to the house the other day and we shot a few vids for a contest on cmt.  we're submitting snowflake, but i put up videos of Fireflies ...
Posted by BROOKS WEST on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 05:33:00 PST

my tiny lame -ass pic

i have been catching a lot of shit for my profile pic lately.  i guess it was too big.  nobody liked the way it stretched out their top-8s and screwed up their layouts.   but godda...
Posted by BROOKS WEST on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 03:40:00 PST

Nashville.

i got back from nashville yesterday and all i can say is ,"wow".  four days in the studio, 3 songs, and the most polished form my music has taken.  the most amazing thing to me was the proce...
Posted by BROOKS WEST on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:44:00 PST

thanks

hi everybody, i know that thanksgiving is tomorrow, but i want to let you all know that i'm thankful today.  it was so cool to see all of the comments on my last blog.  at this point i'm thi...
Posted by BROOKS WEST on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 01:44:00 PST