Woody
and the
Wildcats
are:
Jack
Square
Bass Guitar, Acoustic Bass
Ken
Lech
Drums & Percussion
Dianna
Richards
Lead & Backing Vocals
John
Ozcomert (Oz)
Saxophone
Vic
“Lil Tuna” Sandri
Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Lead & Backing
Vocals
Jack Square
Jack began playing professionally in the late 1950s along with his two older brothers Cecil and Blake; they were the Square Brothers a dynamic 'almost famous' rock-a-billy trio whose career was cut tragically short on a lonely two lane highway in rural Alabama.
Jack's travels took him to New York City's Greenwich Village beatnik community where he blended into the scene. There he got turned on to the jazz sounds of the great Charlie Mingus. But he never forgot his love for the simple music of the Square Brothers and their rock-a-billy roots, roots laid-down by great bands like The Bill Black Combo, Link Wray and Bill Hailey & the Comets.
Those seemingly contradictory styles drove Jack to seek out like-minded
individuals and form Woody
and the Wildcats.
Woody
and the Wildcats are complex musically but simple and
straight-forward in their approach. This vision, Jack's' vision, sets Woody
and the Wildcats apart and keeps their music, honest,
rich and exciting.
