October 8th 2009 ARIZONA WES
As expected Wes gave us another great show, Filling his concert with popular country songs and a few new to our members. Tonight he started with Alan Jackson's, No 1 hit from last year, Good Time and followed this up with another chart topper, Charly McClain's, Who's Cheatin' Who, from 1981. Lots of numbers ideal for dancing and listening to were delivered in fine style throughout the show, including Randy Travis's, Three Wooden Crosses, Eddie Raven's, Cowboys Don't Cry, Johnny Cash's, Folsome Prison Blues and Ring Of Fire, Boz Scraggs', Fly Like A Bird and Travis Tritt's, Country Club. Continuing in similar vein, Wes featured Rodney Crowell's, I Walk The Line - Revisited, George Strait's, The Chair, Cat Steven's, Here Comes My Baby, John Schneider's, What's A Memory Like You ( doing in a love like this) and to conclude this fine entertainment John Denver's, Some Days Are Diamonds. Cyril Insley
June 18th 2009...ARIZONA WES
He may be small in stature but what a big, super Country voice Wes has and a variety of songs to suit dancers and listeners alike. Smartly attired as always, he gave us mainly old classics for his first spot including Jim Reeves', He'll Have To Go, Don Gibson's, Oh Lonesome me, George Strait's, All my Ex's Live In Texas, Ricky Van Shelton's, Living Proof and Life Turned Her That Way. New Country songs dominated his second session which featured Travis Tritt's,T.R.O.U.B.L.E., Toby Keith's, Cabo San Lucas and White Rose, Alan Jackson's, Laid Back 'N Low Key, The Lennerrocker's, High Class Baby and J.J. Cale's / Eric Clapton's, Ride The River. For the final act Wes gave us a lovely mix of old and new with Rodney Crowell's, Lovin' All Night and I Walk The Line-Revisited, Steve Earle's, Galway Girl, Alabama's, Lady Down On Love and John Denver's, Some Days Are Diamonds. Each song was afforded appreciative applause and Wes will always be welcome at Shobnall with shows like tonight's. Cyril Insley September 18th 2008.. ARIZONA WES
Sheffield based Wes is no stranger to this part of the world and knows exactly which songs suit our members. His programme and delivery this evening was as good as I can recall from him; so everyone had a most enjoyable time throughout his show.
Tonight's numbers were a great cross section of Country music and included, Have I Told You Lately That I Love You, a hit in 1946 for Gene Autry, Tex Ritter, Foy Willing and Red Foley, Don Gibson's, Sea Of Heartbreak, Hank Williams', Hey Good Lookin', Tim McGraw's, Just To See You Smile, George Strait's, One Night At A Time, Larry Cordle's, Murder On Music Row, Toby Keith's, Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine On You, Alan Jackson's, Mercury Blues, The Maverick's, Here Comes my Baby, Merle Haggard's, The Fugitive, Johnny Cash's, Ring Of Fire, and that great floor filler, Eric Clapton's, Wonderful Tonight, a country hit in 1989 for Butch Baker and in 1998 for David Kersh.
As always, Wes had a change of outfit for each of his three acts and received rapturous applause all night, sustaining the popularity he has with our members.
Cyril Insley January 17th 2008... ARIZONA WES
 A frequent entertainer at our club, Wes is always guaranteed a warm welcome. His shows always contain songs old and new and such was his concert tonight.
Old songs included, Waltz Across Texas, Mercury Blues, Louisiana Saturday Night, and Here Comes My Baby, amongst many.
More recent numbers included Tim McGraws, Just To See You Smile, Toby Keith's, Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine On You, Sammy Kershaw / Lorrie Morgan's, He Drinks Tequila, The Mavericks', Dance The Night Away and Pizzarica, and Brad Paisley's, The World.
Wes remains as popular as ever with our members and whilst he continues to give performances like this evening's he will always be welcome here at the Northern Renegades.
Cyril Insley
April 12th 2007 ARIZONA WES  Just as popular as ever, 'Wes' gave us another evening of good ' Ole' Country music keeping the dancers, listeners and singalongers more than content throughout the show.
Surprisingly tonight it was the partner dancers who were first to fill the floor to a super rendition of Jim Reeves' smash, Welcome To My World, which was also a hit for Eddy Arnold.
Line dancers were quick to respond however and strutted en masse to, One Night At A Time, Waltz Across Texas, I Just Wanna Dance With You, Forever And Ever, Amen and The Fugitive.
Wes continued with a variety of songs for all factions of the audience including Ballads, Uptempo and Easy listening numbers e.g, Fields Of Athenrye, Amarillo By Morning, Mercury Blues, Baby Likes To Rock It and King Of The Road. However for me he saved two of his best numbers till the end, When I Close My Eyes, a No 2 hit for Kenny Chesney in 1997 but first recorded in 1991 by the late Keith Palmer who tragically died of cancer, aged 39, in 1996 and Tracy Lawrence's, How A Cowgirl Says Goodbye which reached No 4 in 1997 Country charts.
As always 'Wes' was smartly clad and gave us a full and excellent programme to sustain his popularity here.
Cyril Insley
March 30th 2006 ARIZONA WES
It was another successful return for one of our favourite entertainers tonight. Wes has been coming to several venues in this area for a few years now and always receives a very warm welcome for a very pleasant show.
As usual he kept the dancers active all evening and listeners happy with his singing.
Both Line and Western dancers especially enjoyed, Gone Country, If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body, Cherokee Boogie, I Need A Breather, Tall Tall Trees, Okie From Muskogee, All My Ex's Live In Texas and loads more.
As is his custom, Wes joined in with dancers on several occasions and encouraged members of the audience to participate in the show by playing one of the many musical instruments he always brings. Tonight Chris, one of our visiting group from Chesterfield , played the Washboard for ' Louisiana Saturday Night.'
Once again Wes confirmed his popularity with another sparkling show.
Cyril Insley September 1st 2005 ARIZONA WES
Sheffield based Wes is one of our most popular visiting entertainers and always gets a good reception from our audience. Tonight was no exception as he produced a programme to suit all dancers and listeners alike. Dancers filled the floor to the Mavericks ' All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down', Tracy Lawrence's ' I See It Now', Daron Norwood's ' Cowboys Don't Cry', Mel McDaniels ' Louisianna Saturday Night' and Roger Miller's ' Tall Tall Trees'. Partner dancers were also catered for with Keith Whitley's ' Don't Close Your Eyes', Brad Paisley's ' We Danced' and another Tracy Lawrence number ' Texas Tornado'. Requests included Garth Brooks' ' The River' and ' The Dance', Paul Overstreet's ' Seeing My Father In Me' and Blake Shelton's ' Some Beach'. Everyone joined in with the Bellamy Bros ' If I Said You Had A Beautiul Body', Moon Mullican's ' Cherokee Boogie', Brooks and Dunn's ' Neon Moon ', Alan Jackson's ' Livin on Love' and Kenny Rogers ' The Gambler'. As we have come to expect , Wes gave us yet another fine all round performance to confirm the reputation he has here. Cyril Insley
April 7th 2005 ARIZONA WES We are always pleased to welcome' Wes' to our club as he is a strong believer in audience participation. The Sheffield singer / guitarist was only here at the end of December but received a very warm reception again from our members tonight. From the off ' Wes' was prepared to mingle with the dancers and listeners whilst continuing to sing. With ' Cheokee Boogie ' Moon Mulligan's 1951 hit, he produced his Indian wig and Tomahawk to encourage an ' Eh -Oh- Aleena'. A poncho adorned him for Willy Nelson's 'Seven Spanish Angels' and once again all sorts of small musical instruments were distributed for the audience to provide accompaniment to his singing. His programme consisted of predominantly of more recent music, most of which was from the last twenty years. Some of his songs are hardly ever heard from other singers: eg Tracy Lawrence's ' If The Good Die Young' and ' Texas Tornado' ; Dwight Yokam's ' 1000 Miles From Nowhere' and Garth Brooks's ' The River'. Other songs new from 'Wes' included Paul Overstreet's ' Seeing My Father In Me' and Eddy Raven's ' Cowboys Don't Cry'. As is his wont, he gave us loads of Alan Jackson numbers and kept the dancers on the floor all evening, albeit for line or partner dancing. Smartly dressed as usual, Wes and his rich country - style vocalising gave us another super night's entertainment. Cyril Insley. December 30th 2004 Arizona Wes
To see out 2004 we welcomed another of our favourite artistes, the songster from Sheffield , Arizona Wes. Though only a petite person, Wes has a mighty powerful voice capable of delivering ballads and up-tempo numbers with similar ease. Picking songs that suit his voice, his program has a nice blend of old and new material. Wes makes no secret of his admiration for Alan Jackson; so it was inevitable lots of his Favourite singers numbers would be included in his act, not just the established popular ditties like ' Gone Country', ' Little Bitty' , ' Tall Tall Trees', ' Mercury Blues', ' Summertime Blues' 'Chattahoochie' and ' Livin' on Love' but also his more recent recordings like / ' It's Five O'Clock Somewhere', Wes's first public airing of that beautiful ballad ' Remember When' and the less common ' Tropical Depression'. Wes likes to involve himself with his audience, occasionally dancing along with members on the dance floor e.g. ' Neon Moon' ' The Chair' and Brad Paisley's ' We Danced'. He also distributes any number of instrumental accessories like Castanets, Maraccas, Tambourine, etc.and invites the audience to participate in the songs such as ' Cherokee Boogie' ' Dance the Night Away' and ' Pizzarica' older songs included Willy Nelson's ' Funny How Time Slips Away' Don Schlitz's' The Gambler' ' Folsom Prison Blues' and ' Okie From Muskogee'. Newer songs featured, included, ' Beer For My Horses' and ' Wooden Crosses'. As always Wes's dress and presentation was immaculate, and his performance included no fewer than forty- five full -length songs to produce a splendid feast of real Country Music to keep dancer's, listeners and singers happy all night long. Cyril Insley July 8th 2004 Arizona Wes
Tonight we welcomed the return of Sheffield based Country singer Wesley Redfern better known on the circuit as ' Arizona Wes'. He has been singing Country music for 34 years and like several other artistes became professional following a couple of excursions in the Karaoke field. Smartly dressed and differently, for each of his three acts, Wes gave a well balanced concert to keep the whole audience content all evening. An ardent admirer of Alan Jackson, he included several of his songs and it was pleasant to hear the less common ' Meat and Potato Man' and ' It's 5 'o' clock Somewhere'. A smaller than usual number of visitors still managed to keep the dance floor full for most of the evening. Particular favourites included ' Folsome Prison Blues' Cherokee Boogie, 'Gone Country' and the Bellamy's ' Beautiful Body' song. More recent songs included ' Three Wooden Crosses ' Beer for my Horses, and 'Brokenheartsville' which were all well received. A wonderful evening's entertainment was concluded after Wez delivered his fortieth full-length song to a very appreciative reception. Cyril Insley. Top
To mark the occasion a grand party was organised. The evening's guest entertainer was a guy from Sheffield(the city of steel) Arizona Wes. Anyone who has seen him before knows that he worships Alan Jackson, so it came as no surprise that his show was dominated by the latter's songs. Wes soon got into the party mood, joining in several of the dances but still continuing to sing whilst on the dance floor. Though slight in stature, he has a powerful voice and his repertoire of songs which included George Strait, Mavericks, Neil Diamond and 2003 newcomer Award Winner Joe Nicholls' numbers kept the party swinging all night long, pleasing dancer's and listener's alike. |
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