Jesse Wilde Bio:
Jesse was raised in New Zealand on the music of the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Paul Simon, Bob Seger, and Fleetwood Mac. He went on to develop his own musical interests including the sounds of popular Rock and Southern Rock artists such as Springsteen, Mellencamp, and Dylan and the vibrant up tempo alternative southern rock beat of Steve Earle & the Dukes. The result is the unique Southern Country Rock Americana flavour of Jesse Wilde. Jesse's first major band was the well known Acoustic Attitude which played a very successful mix of popular covers and original songs. Jesse has toured extensively overseas including the UK, Europe and North America. During a ‘Rock Pilgrimage’ of his musical influences, he met and played with John "Cougar" Mellencamp, Bob Seger and Steve Earle. Jesse spent several months writing and performing in the US. He co-wrote the song ‘Ghost Town Road’ with Rick Beresford who has a gold record for a song he wrote for George Jones titled ‘If Drinking Doesn’t Kill Me her Memory will. Jesse Wilde based himself back in Auckland and formed a band ‘Fiesta Drive’ which enjoyed much success in New Zealand, playing a large number of successful gigs all over the country. Jesse’s current band The Jesse Wilde Band and The Wilde Storey trio have played many successful gigs. Off stage, Jesse has built his own professional ‘state of the art’ Recording Studio and Venue (Studio 38) where he records and mixes some of his own albums as well as those of many other popular New Zealand and international artists.
About Jesse Wilde's new Single 'Rambling William'
I wrote this song after driving Route 66 and stopping at a town called Fort Sumner's in New Mexico where the Notorious outlaw Billy The Kid is buried. After viewing his grave stone and a museum built in his honor I had a dream that night that Billy and I were friends, back in the days of old. I woke up, picked up my guitar and this song just flowed out. It's a story song and in my version of the events, Billy is a misunderstood good guy and, with my help, he gets away from the authorities and settles in Mexico!
Bandcamp Link: https://jessewilde.bandcamp.com/album/jesse-wilde-headin-south
Spotify, Apple Music & Itunes Link: https://smarturl.it/jwilderw